We are! For the next two months, our blog will consist of live updates from Congo. Friday, Feb 13, we left Detroit to Chicago to Washington Dulles, to Johannesburg, South Africa, and then today on up to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. A total of 21 hours was spent in the airplanes, and we are thrilled to report that all 17 trunks made it in good shape.
We are staying at the home of Dan and Karen Carlson in the capital city and will have internet access until late Thursday night. That's because on Friday we fly into the bush via Mission Aviation Fellowship, and there will be no internet access there. So to keep you current, we will call home and dictate updates which will be sent through an email to JCI Design who will post them on this blog. Cool, eh?
Tomorrow will be spent going to several different locations to get propane tanks so we can have COLD water and ICE from our propane frig and freezer, HOT RUNNING WATER set up by Towers for Jesus some years back, and COOK QUICKLY on a propane stove. We go one place for dried beans for the students at Laban Bible Institutes as well as dried fish and another place for rock salt, 100 lb bags of sugar and flour, another place for 50 lb bags of dried milk, and another place for potatoes and fresh vegetables. It takes all day going for several days, but we should be through by Thursday night.
We expect to have a grand time with our people. One highlight will be a reunion, Lord willing, if funds are available (and we have a good start on them) around Mar 20
with graduates coming as close as 50 miles and as far away as 200 miles. By the way, they don't fly in, nor do they take a Greyhound bus; nope, not even a bicycle. They walk to come and be refreshed in the Word of God and by their fellow grads. (See our website, home page, for more information).
Another event will be attending graduation. Because we were unable to return to Congo last year, the ceremonies will be held in March. We are thinking of combining the reunion with graduation. A couple of cows will give their all to help feed the hundreds who will attend, along with goats, chickens, and fish, dried beans, rice, caterpillars (silkworms) cooked in palm fat with onions and hot pepper, saka saka (similar to our spinach), fresh bread baked in clay ovens, tea, coffee, and sardines. Are you working up an appetite? It will be a great week, and our grads will go home so encouraged and ready to plunge back in to their routine with fresh zeal.
Please pray for Satan's defeat. He hates seeing Christians praising God together. He hates the advancement of God's kingdom. He hates seeing God rescue the perishing. He hates seeing triumph and valor and rejoicing. He hates seeing God glorified and worshiped. He hates seeing our trust strengthened, deepened and solidified. That's what is in store, so we can be sure he will appear in many different forms. After all, he poses as an angel of light doesn't he? We want to see him coming and see him defeated in Jesus' name, diffused before our eyes, and fall into the pit he is attempting to dig for us all our here who love the Lord Jesus Christ, who will be high and lifted up by men and women we consider
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2 comments:
So glad to hear you've arrived safely! Technology amazes me... my system says you've just posted this 9 minutes ago!
Rest up, because jet-lag is sure to come! And I'll be sending prayers up to our Father for your protection and provision while in Nkara.
Father, we ask You to be with Nancy and Jim right this minute. Give them rest, and energy to do YOUR work while in Congo. Give them the resources to meet the many needs of their friends and fellow believers. I ask that You would move powerfully in the next few months and in the years beyond.
So glad that you have arrived safely. We are fervently praying for this trip and expecting huge things from God Almighty. Love you both so much, Shawn
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