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 agreed to go…
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 groups will listen to the…
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 to be exact. Back to DR Congo. …
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 the Bible Recipients:…
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 three separate directions — meeting in…
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 US, 1/2…
Well, it’s three weeks to departure. I am excited but feeling the burden of lots of details that need to get nailed down. Now that I am on my third trip though, I have learned to expect it. It’s time to just push through it. On this trip, the team will be Mark and Kenna…
The next trip to Bukavu, DR Congo is set for October 11-24, 2010. Indeed, what will God do? It is clear that we are inadequate for the challenge. The breadth and depth of corruption is not to be believed. The goal for the trip is to continue building relationships that we established on the last…