Our first full fledged TOT (Training of Trainers) for CHE (Community Health Evangelism) is underway as you can see in this photo. We have 27 participants and maybe 2-3 more yet to arrive. We will be together all this week …
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Lumba Bridge Work
The Lumba bridge is wonderfully rebuilt thanks to the hard work of Tom Lawson, Clay Schwab, Kade Zongalinga and Kade’s team. This log bridge has been problematic for years and now there is a good stable, durable bridge in place …
World Vision Partnership
News from Sudan
Many of us have been following the news in Sudan, hearing about continued violence and the challenges the Sudanese people face every day. I invite you to read this article about what the Covenant Church in South Sudan is doing …
CEUM Election Results
The “Assemblee” for the Congo Covenant Church (CEUM) is finished and here is a link to the story of the election results. This meeting is similar to the US Covenant Church’s “Annual Meeting” where various leaders give reports, new leaders …
Email through satellite phone
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 …
Travel Mishaps
In Congo you may be delayed on your trip not because you get stuck, but because someone else has a problem. This is what we encountered when we went to Karawa a couple weeks ago. As you can see from …
CHE meeting in Bogose-Nubea
“What resources did the men carrying the paralytic have that they used to aid their friend?” we asked the Nguya regional admin council last Saturday. We had traveled an hour and 45 minutes, 44 kms, N of Gemena to Bogose-Nubea …
Drought Relief Provided by the Kenya Covenant Church
“The place is very dry. Camels are the means of transport in this region,” reported Pastor Simon Kamau, Moderator of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Kenya (ECCK) after his team returned from distributing $5,000 worth of corn, bean, rice and …
Successful fields of corn in South Sudan
Thanks to the partnership between the Evangelical Covenant Church of South Sudan (ECCS) and Community Covenant Church in Scotts Valley, CA these fields of corn are growing well in Malakal.
Community Covenant initiated an agricultural project with the ECCS …