{"id":1308,"date":"2015-08-28T16:27:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T21:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/worldmission\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2015-08-28T16:27:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T21:27:41","slug":"step-into-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2015\/08\/28\/step-into-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Step Into Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>reposted from\u00a0http:\/\/covenantcompanion.com\/2015\/07\/16\/step-into-congo-a-day-in-the-life\/<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When Annika Steib was in fourth grade she heard someone at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/portagelake.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Portage Lake Bible Camp<\/a> talk about missions\u2014and she knew right away that she wanted to be a missionary. \u201cI like people, and I like helping them. Since I made that decision, I\u2019ve gotten to do a lot of cool things,\u201d she says.<span id=\"more-25349\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"http:\/\/covenantcompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/07\/Lidia-teaches.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25354\" src=\"http:\/\/covenantcompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/07\/Lidia-teaches.jpg\" alt=\"Lidia Sanguma explains that entire lessons are written on blackboards because schools can't afford textbooks for every student.\" width=\"756\" height=\"504\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So when her congregation at DeerGrove Covenant Church in Palatine, Illinois, hosted a Hope Sunday to sponsor children through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Covenant Kids Congo<\/a> (CKC), Annika was quick to tell her parents that she wanted to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>Her youth pastor, Alicia Vela, says, \u201cI remember that day and Annika telling me that she wanted to be a missionary. She picked that child. Not many students think like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was more than two years ago. Annika and her family have been corresponding with eight-year-old Delivrance, who lives in the remote \u00c9quateur Province in DR Congo, since then. They knew she had several siblings and they knew her favorite color. \u201cShe loves dolls, and she always draws a fish on her note,\u201d Annika says.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"http:\/\/covenantcompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/07\/Christine-and-Lidia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25352\" src=\"http:\/\/covenantcompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/07\/Christine-and-Lidia-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Buettgen and Lidia Sanguma demonstrate how many students have to sell fruit and vegetables in order to pay for their school fees each month.\" width=\"410\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But here in Knoxville Annika unexpectedly gained a clearer understanding of what Delivrance\u2019s daily life is like. Step into Congo, one of the experiences offered at CHIC, provides students a glimpse into a day in the life of Congolese people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst we took off our shoes,\u201d said Annika, \u201cto walk past our sleeping mat. It\u2019s symbolic of humbling ourselves. Then we had to carry a jerry can to fetch water with broken flip-flops in socks. It was hard.\u201d Her guide explained that a sixteen-year-old student might have to walk two miles to the nearest water source. She might put on her plastic flip-flops for the walk, but if they broke once she reached the well, she\u2019d have to walk the two miles home in broken flip-flops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the hardest part,\u201d Annika reflected. \u201cThe broken flip-flops really caught me off guard. They seem really disposable. We could get those at Old Navy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other steps of the experience included having their hair braided by a friend and a dance lesson and playing drums with other participants Congo style.<\/p>\n<p>At the Lyc\u00e9e Congo, participants learned what it\u2019s like to go to school.\u00a0Congolese students place a high value on their education because they have to work hard for the opportunity to stay in school. \u201cWe got to meet a woman who grew up in Congo. It was so cool to hear about her story. She taught us the French verb <em>aimer<\/em>, for \u2018to love,\u2019\u201d said Annika. Lidia Sanguma, who grew up in Congo and currently lives and works in Minneapolis, was the teacher for the day.<\/p>\n<p>The model school, which was constructed on-site for the event by Scot Gillan, pastor of Naperville (IL) Covenant Church, and Meagan Gillan, women ministries leader for the ECC, replicates schools in Congo like Lyc\u00e9e Vanette School, which is part of the Educate the Girls Project of Covenant Women Ministries. Students had an opportunity to write messages of encouragement to their peers at Lyc\u00e9e Vanette.\u00a0Many wrote in French, aided by translations made available, saying, \u201cYou are loved,\u201d or \u201cWe are praying for you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"http:\/\/covenantcompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/07\/Annika-and-Alicia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25351\" src=\"http:\/\/covenantcompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/07\/Annika-and-Alicia.jpg\" alt=\"Annika (left) and her youth pastor Alicia Vela at CHIC\" width=\"756\" height=\"567\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Students also were encouraged to take action.\u00a0Because many phones and laptops are made with conflict minerals from Eastern Congo, students wrote letters to their tech company, asking them to stop fueling war in Congo through the use of such minerals. Katie Isaza, Covenant missionary serving in Colombia, said, \u201cSome students asked if they could write to more than one technology company. In fact, Ella and Megan from Woodbury, Minnesota, took twenty minutes to sit down and write to every company on the list. It was pretty amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Covenant churches are invited to host a second Hope Sunday for CKC if they\u2019ve already had one. \u201cWe need the participation of every single congregation in order to reach our sponsorship goal of 10,000 children,\u201d Christine Buettgen, project manager of CKC, said.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the experience, Annika Steib said, \u201cI saw how life in Congo was really different from my life. Besides loving God, we live in completely different places.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For information on hosting a Hope Sunday, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/\">here,<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:christine.buettgen@covchurch.org\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> Christine Buettgen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1308&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>reposted from\u00a0http:\/\/covenantcompanion.com\/2015\/07\/16\/step-into-congo-a-day-in-the-life\/ When Annika Steib was in fourth grade she heard someone at\u00a0Portage Lake Bible Camp talk about missions\u2014and she knew right away that she wanted to be a missionary. \u201cI like people, and I like helping them. Since I made that decision, I\u2019ve gotten to do a lot of cool things,\u201d she says. 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