Tomorrow we are heading to the Chicago area to attend a Congo Consortium meeting. The Congo Consortium is a group of churches who are involved in ReachGlobal ministries in the Congo. Aaron and Michelle (the other half of our team) are meeting up with us there. We will have the opportunity to share with the people there more about the Elikya Center and our plans. This could be a great support-raising opportunity for all four of us. We are also excited to connect with people who are excited about what is happening in the Congo and have invested a lot into the ministries there. Plus, Selenga, the director of ReachAfrica will be there. We are looking forward to seeing him again and putting our Lingala to practice.
Please pray that all goes well and that God brings more supporters into our support team.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Progress at the Elikya Center
We were so excited to receive these photos in an E-mail from Mowa, the director of the Elikya Center. The center is up and running again which is very exciting in light of the conflict that occured at the end of last year. These are photos of one of the classrooms being built at the Elikya Center.
This building will be used for teaching English and Computer Skills.
The beginings of the foundation were there in August when we were in the Congo, but the building was put on hold due to the lack of funds. But, now enough money has been raisied to complete the building!
In the past few months, enough money has been raised by U.S. churches and individuals to fund a 4-plex for the widows to live in on the property as well as another 4-plex for the short-term teams we will be hosting. This is big news and we are amazed at how the funds came in for these projects. We are praying and hoping for this same kind of miracle for the funds we need to return to the Elikya Center.
Monday, February 15, 2010
February Already...
We can't believe it is already mid-February. Our original plan was to return to the Congo in January and due to the fighting that occured there the end of last year and the lack of funds, we are not there...yet. We are so grateful for the support that has steadily been coming in and all the opportunities we have had to meet with friends and family to share about the Elikya Center.We sure have been learning a lot about trusting the Lord with not only our ministry plans, but wth our whole lives.
We received the following E-mail last week with some good news about the conflict in the Congo. The E-mail was sent to the churches in the Congo consortium who are involved with ReachGlobal in the Congo.
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News of the War
We are very thankful to report that there has been no new fighting reported in recent weeks. Unfortunately there are still many people living as refugees. Latest reports say that about 90% of the population at Bozene (town 14 miles west of Tandala) have returned, and even in Dongo where the worst confrontations occurred down on the Ubangi River, about 30% have returned. But there are still tens of thousands of people still living as refugees, either across the border in the other two countries, or in the forests.
The CECU has used the funds that were sent them from our churches here to buy a large number of tarps to help people with shelter, as well as food stuffs. They are working on distribution right now. If you’d like to read a summary of the war that occurred from the UN perspective, check out http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=87961.
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Thank you so much for your prayers for us and for the Congo. We still need to raise 45% of our monthly support which is roughly $1,775 each month. Please consider joining our monthly support team. You can find information for donating on the sidebar of this site.
We received the following E-mail last week with some good news about the conflict in the Congo. The E-mail was sent to the churches in the Congo consortium who are involved with ReachGlobal in the Congo.
______________________________________________________________________
News of the War
We are very thankful to report that there has been no new fighting reported in recent weeks. Unfortunately there are still many people living as refugees. Latest reports say that about 90% of the population at Bozene (town 14 miles west of Tandala) have returned, and even in Dongo where the worst confrontations occurred down on the Ubangi River, about 30% have returned. But there are still tens of thousands of people still living as refugees, either across the border in the other two countries, or in the forests.
The CECU has used the funds that were sent them from our churches here to buy a large number of tarps to help people with shelter, as well as food stuffs. They are working on distribution right now. If you’d like to read a summary of the war that occurred from the UN perspective, check out http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=87961.
________________________________________________________________________
Thank you so much for your prayers for us and for the Congo. We still need to raise 45% of our monthly support which is roughly $1,775 each month. Please consider joining our monthly support team. You can find information for donating on the sidebar of this site.
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