{"id":3171,"date":"2007-04-10T21:52:01","date_gmt":"2007-04-10T21:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2010-12-09T16:25:41","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T16:25:41","slug":"5510","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/04\/10\/5510\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission pixs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MATADI, CONGO (April 10, 200) &#8211; The three-day celebration in Matadi included many special moments, as reflected in these additional photos from that event.<!--more--><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>A large number of people participated in the three-day weekend celebration of the beginning of mission work and the arrival of the gospel in Congo in 1881.<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/uploads\/Km\/eN\/KmeNAYNFVksah5Qpw_n5YA\/Congo-1R.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"right\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/uploads\/4Y\/zl\/4YzlAJ1IQF3vHbiMcDNzzA\/Congo---2L.jpg\" alt=\"Plaque\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"left\" \/><\/td>\n<td>SMK President Goran Zettergren (left) and CEC President Fidele Muanda Mikiama dedicate a special commemorative plaque.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Some of the special guests for the weekend celebration included (from left) back row: Ola Bojestig, Bertil Svensson, Lennart Renofelt, and Asa Konde; front row: Mama Misundidi, Mossai Sanguma, and Steven David.<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/uploads\/kK\/Tl\/kKTlvc3ZqCP73yMIUZDbvA\/Congo---3R.jpg\" alt=\"Special guests\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"right\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/uploads\/hv\/d7\/hvd79Pjhvs2YaFmjQuNkOg\/Congo---4L.jpg\" alt=\"Sanguma and Ekstrand\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"left\" \/><\/td>\n<td>CEUM President Mossai Sanguma and Pete Ekstrand share a moment during the celebration events.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>A special Swedish delegation choir joined in the festivities.<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/uploads\/nJ\/7v\/nJ7vqXgrCb8vrABB11gs4w\/Congo---5R.jpg\" alt=\"Group\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"right\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=3171&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MATADI, CONGO (April 10, 200) &#8211; The three-day celebration in Matadi included many special moments, as reflected in these additional photos from that event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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