by Greg Herring | Jan 8, 2014 | Congo News, Congo Trip Updates
If it’s January, it’s time to flee the cedar pollen in Austin and fly to DR Congo! Ivan, Mike, Josh and I left on Wednesday and will arrive in Bukavu Friday afternoon. We return on January 21. We are looking forward to building existing relationships and beginning...
by Greg Herring | Aug 12, 2013 | Congo News, Congo Trip Updates
Good news: Keep praying! The Word of God is penetrating the hearts and minds of His people in the Congo. Their stories appear below in their words. I want to give you an update from Trip 7 in June. Who would have guessed that the first trip exactly five years ago...
by Greg Herring | Aug 11, 2013 | Congo News, Congo Trip Updates
I have posted below several photos from trip 7. Take your time to look around and get a glimpse of what we experienced during our trip.
by Greg Herring | Jun 8, 2013 | Congo News, Congo Trip Updates
“Without training, we cannot succeed.” – Solomon (a young man in Bukavu) And that is why we go. We follow the model that Jesus demonstrated long ago. We proclaim truth; we demonstrate love; we develop relationships; and we train. We try hard not to “do” for them....
by Greg Herring | Jun 8, 2013 | Congo News, Congo Trip Updates
“Even rats store food.” That statement really got me. How could people living in a fertile, productive land live in such a subsistence manner? The answer is complicated, as are all things in the Congo. I’ll get back to that quote in a minute. This letter is in two...
by Greg Herring | Feb 6, 2013 | Congo News, Congo Trip Updates
It’s working. That’s the overwhelming sense that I have from Trip 6. Now, to be clear, I’m not bragging – for several reasons – it is a work of God; it is very much “in progress;” and it is a very tiny work, like a few drops of rain in a dry lake. I was telling a...
