update...

we are here in Goma until some official travel papers arrive for me. Praying that will happen on Monday. We have had to change our flights. 😣 ( apparently, this is called the persevering face".....so we are persevering)

Farewell to Bukavu.....

3 hours to Goma, and then a day of meetings, followed by a flight to Kinshasa the following day.
My passport is in Kinshasa, not with me. I am only carrying pohotocopies, so I pray the airport will be content with that.
Please pray!
(why is my passport in Kinshasa, you ask?......getting a gov't visa renewal.....needed every 5 years)

busy Sundays.....

Sundays are very busy here. We spent time with 2 churches in the morning. This is Behtsaida;

there were 2 baby dedications. This one was a surprise for me.......meet wee Doreen Simba!

Always a joy to spend time with dear friends, sharing love and laughter. A cross-cultural oneness only found in Jesus! Such a great blessing!

just normal life.....

The youth choir were singing an English worship song, so I thought I would join them! There were a lot of pictures taken....I wonder why? Could it be that I am rather 'youth-less'?

We were strolling down the lane leading to the church, visiting with people, sharing laughter & greetings. I am so blessed to be here!

Today it was back to the leadership seminar. One more day to go......

Yesterday, we took a long, jarring journey out to Mudaka. As you can see, the roads were very interesting....

This was the purpose of the trip. These are some of the ladies supported by our micro-finance post in Mudaka.










We had a very enjoyable time with them and learned a lot. I can not possibly write all they shared, but I will just give you some idea;
- I put my loan into my business, and it succeeded
- I have 5 children and this allowed me to send them all to school
- I am able to feed my family and my husband, and now I can eat every day, I feel so much better and stronger!
- I can even buy soap for us to wash ourselves
- I have joy in my heart because you have helped me to build my business. My children even have new clothes!
- people in this village looked down on me, I was nobody, I could only ask them for money so I could stay alive. Now I am a farmer! They even respect me! I am a big lady and I have my own money!
- I had no hope, now I have hope
- thank you, thank you, thank you! I pray God will bless those who support Wezesha (that is the name of the micro-finance group) I pray God will even bless their parents!
- Wezesha really helped me
- Wezesha transformed my life (to which everyone nodded their heads and clapped)

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I give my thanks also to all of you who have enabled us to do this! This was a remarkable day! I thank God for those of you who stand with us! Without YOU, there is no US!
God bless you again and again!

Had to let you see for yourselves, how tall the sunflower plants are!