{"id":227,"date":"2010-10-15T20:37:34","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T00:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/smith\/?p=227"},"modified":"2010-10-15T20:37:34","modified_gmt":"2010-10-16T00:37:34","slug":"thursday-oct-7th-2010-approximately-530-p-m-congo-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/smith\/?p=227","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, Oct. 7th, 2010 approximately 5:30 p.m. Congo Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Today I really felt like I had the privilege of being part of a very special historical moment for our Congo Covenant Church as I marched with a crowd of hundreds (probably over a thousand) people following Rev. Sanguma (Congo Church President) and Rev. Gary Walter (President of the U.S. Evangelical Covenant Church) as we all entered the grounds of the church headquarters at Bokonzo\/Gemena.\u00a0 This event has been the main focus of attention since before we arrived back in Congo on July 30th.\u00a0 The atmosphere has been &#8216;abuzz&#8217; with all sorts of preparation from landscaping to making special outfits.\u00a0 Pastors have come from all over the Ubangi region to hear Gary speak.\u00a0 In his opening message he spoke of the &#8220;great church&#8221; God has established here in Congo and the great message of Good News in Christ we can all share with others.\u00a0 He &#8216;brought the house down&#8217; by closing with the Lingala blessing &#8220;Nzambe apambola bino!&#8221;&#8230;.God bless you.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_228\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2010\/10\/blog-photo-Presidents-Sanguma-and-Walter-march-into-Bokonzo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228 \" title=\"blog photo Presidents Sanguma and Walter march into Bokonzo\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2010\/10\/blog-photo-Presidents-Sanguma-and-Walter-march-into-Bokonzo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the photo Pres. 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