the Big Reveal.........

Great news!  We are in the planning stages of expanding our outreach to the west side of Congo, the capitol city of Kinshasa!

We will be initiating a church plant, in addition to the pastor seminars and humanitarian project of the past.

Kinshasa is a immense city sprawled over 9,965 km2 !! It is the home of the embassies and ambassador residences, as well as the leading officials and the president of Congo itself.

However, it is also a city of great extremes. There are homes and properties of great beauty, but the vast majority of the city is impoverished. One wonders how such extremes can co-exist?

There is also a new language for me to process. Lingala replaces Swahili as the language of choice on the west.

That being said, it is the people of Congo who hold my heart, and I look forward to being reunited with them this September! I will be spending 4 months in Congo this trip, and anticipate an adjustment period, as I transition to Kinshasa. I will keep you posted.......as long as my faux pas can be made public, of course!

My husband will be with me once our house sells. He is planning to teach English, and has a few other ideas to assist the ministry. I will leave that to unfold in the future (I hope....the near future!)

This is the school water tank! When the cement is dry, they will put a cap on it and fill it with rain water, which will be treated for human consumption.
When we all work together, astounding things can happen! One person cannot do this, it took all of us to make this miracle happen!
For all who invested, you are looking at the results of your vision and generosity, toward a group of children you may never meet, in a country on the other side of the world!
No one can do everything, but we can all do something.
Thanks, again, and again!

Dear friends..........meet Kinshasa
Kinshasa...........meet my friends!

This is the capital city of Congo, a city of 12,5 million people! That's a few more than where I currently live...........like about 12,450 million more!! The province of Ontario, in Canada, has 13 million, so that gives you some idea.....
As you can see, this city has some lovely areas for embassies and ambassadors. However, the majority of the city is very very needy!
We drove 90 Km's one day, from the centre toward the outskirts.........we did not reach the edge of the city!
We are currently commissioned, by a church with great vision, my dear Bethsaida, to plant a church here! Bethsaida Church is in Bukavu, on the east border of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kinshasa is on the far west border.
I have been struggling to learn Swahili in Bukavu, and Kinshasa speaks Lingala!
More to come on this.........stay tuned!

We are so glad you have found us........stay tuned for updates!

testing.......testing........I am starting over with a new blog.

I locked myself out of the old one! Technology is tough!

Let me know if you have found me here please. I will continue to build this site if you are with me?

the Water Tank......

I may not have properly explained the water tank project.....

In Bukavu, there are many children who can not afford to go to school, they live in abject poverty and generation after generation faces increased hardship. This spiral can only be stopped by educating the children. A school was opened in this area and has struggled through a number of years on the small amounts the parents can pay.
Last year, a group of Canadian school children were learning about being global citizens. They decided to do something to help. With the funds they sent, a roof was put on two of the classrooms in Bukavu!
This year, with help from many of you, we were able to build a water tank. This is the first available water supply in the community!
Here is a quote from an email Rev. Raha sent;

"Accurately school has 324 children who have faced water shortage every single day, spending day in classes without having to drink clean water. The community and parents have expressed their deep appreciation.......the tank has a capacity of containing (10,000,00litres) by itself, it`s a work done and perfect."

To all of you who have helped make this possible....thank you again and again....from myself, but from many parents and children you may never meet in this lifetime!!

These hard working ladies carried 2 20L water containers uphill for 500M to help build the water tank at the school! 

This work helps them to provide for their families.