Archive for July, 2006
From A.J. Parry
July 25 - Tuesday - Lodja
I feel as the trip comes to its final weeks that I should reflect back on that lessons that have been learned and that are being learned. This trip has been filled with delay after delay, disappointment and frustration. It has been said that the problems we have […]
For all of you that have been praying regularly for this project, this news will be very welcome. The barge, which left a month and a half late from the capital city of Kinshasa, arrived Saturday afternoon at the upriver port where the team is to unload their truck with all their supplies. This means […]
From Josiah Littrell:
Sunday, July 16
The Congo.
Often times it feels as though we are living in the middle of some reality tv show where they ship people off to live in a primitive environment…like “The Simple Life” on steroids or something. Â At least that’s how I felt when Elisa and I spent 3 hours last week […]
From Jeannie Banter:Â
July 16, 2006
As of yesterday we have been in the Congo for six weeks. Â Seems like forever, and yet it is just a flicker on the radar screen of life. Â As I reflect over the last six weeks, I am amazed at what I have learned and the more I realize (thankfully) that […]
Good news coming from Congo that the saw mill is finally operational, and the team has spent two days in the forest cutting wood. They have already cut about one-third of the wood needed for the columns in the tabernacle. The boat with the truck and supplies is due on Saturday, July 15; the teams hopes […]
