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.