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So you have here the Ange bridge.

As you can see, you have to have one of your tires properly on the log or…let’s not consider that option.

Now picture doing this at night.

As you consider what that would …

I did it.  I completed the Marathon to Marathon this morning in 4 hrs 46min & 16 sec.  The race is from Storm Lake to Marathon, IA.  Marathon is about 35 min from Pocahontas.  It was a workout and I’m …

Last Saturday was Donut Saturday.

Cindy was telling stories to our colleagues about how, when we had little kids years ago living in Congo, we used to have “Donut Sunday” when it rained long and hard on a Sunday morning …

Here’s a shot of how we are sending email this week in Bongabo.

I am holding a Thuraya satellite phone. Phone time costs about $1.00/minute and emails go quickly as you the UUPlus program we use is a compaction program …

Gisele Nkakala, Dr. Aime’s wife, asked Cindy to teach her how to bake and decorate a cake some time ago. Yesterday was finally the day when it worked out for both of their schedules. Here are pics of the process …

December 15th was Helen Smith’s birthday. To celebrate, Cindy invited 12 women from the community over to our home!

After singing Christmas carols all the women shared a favorite Bible verse as a blessing for Helen.

They had crafts and …

A colleague of ours in Congo, Marta Klein, has started growing Moringa in order to help fight malnutrition in Congo. The little seedlings are growing strong! Check out her blog and the post on Moringa that she wrote.  To …

Yes, you read that right: we flew home to Gemena on Saturday. It was a long time in time and a confusing morning, but we’re home. On Friday, Pastor Danu, the man who checks on the flights in Kinshasa, checked …

We enjoyed our friend Paul DeNeui’s visit earlier this week. Paul is the professor of missiology at North Park Theological Seminary after having served as a missionary in Thailand for 18 years. While it’s fun to have a friend visit, …

That’s the question– did we start our own Ekstrand loan association? Sometimes it seems like it and honestly sometimes we, Pete more than Cindy, tire of dealing with loans and keeping track of their repayment, but that’s life here. Here’s …