by Greg Herring | Feb 23, 2012 | Congo News, Congo Trip Updates, Prayer Requests
I wanted to let you know that three other men and I are headed back to Bukavu, DR Congo as I write. I believe this trip will be a trip of surprises. The surprises began even before we left. Two of the team members had some serious health problems after they had...
by Greg Herring | Jul 12, 2011 | Congo News, Congo Trip Updates, Prayer Requests
Just a quick note to ask you to bear down in prayer today for our training event Wednesday from 8am to noon (1am to 5am CDT). We will be distributing 100 MP3 players with the New Testament in Swahili. We will be training the people to form listening groups. The...
by Greg Herring | Jul 8, 2011 | Congo News, Congo Trip Updates, Prayer Requests
Off to DR Congo Encouraging Relationships — Bibles, Business, Prayer Well, I am embarrassed to say that once again I am drafting an email update on the verge of another trip to DR Congo. The only difference is this time I am actually already in Africa – Zambia...
by Greg Herring | Oct 12, 2010 | Congo News, Congo Trip Updates, Prayer Requests
We made it to Kigali. We had a great pizza dinner at a restaurant on the side of a hill in Kigali. It was a beautiful evening. Here are some prayer requests — the same requests that are on a yellow card that you may have. Thanks for praying. Prayers for...
by Greg Herring | Oct 11, 2010 | Congo News, Congo Trip Updates, Prayer Requests
Looking forward to getting on the airplane. The prep time is coming to an end! Please pray that Newton’s very long bus ride from Nairobi to Bukavu would go well — safely and no bribes. He is bringing the Bibles. Mark and Kenna Smith and I are flying from...
by Greg Herring | Oct 6, 2010 | Congo News, Congo Trip Updates, Prayer Requests
Well, it’s just five days to go. At this point, I am just ready to get on the plane. I am tired of the details. My daughter Emily sent me a sobering statistic today: 1/2 of the people that die every year in the Congo are kidsless than 10 years old. In the...