Congo + Culture
Watching People Help Themselves
I heard from our worker this morning that his daughter (who was bitten by a rabid dog last Sunday night) is doing better and better. She slept well last night, and is in school today, in part because exams start tomorrow. Praise God! But there were two people at his Read more…
Asperger's
Rabies & Balloons… Except Not
Over dinner just now our family discussed just how wild a day we have had, and Kent asked, “Are you going to blog about this? Because if you don’t, I will!” You see, I had a peaceful, quiet extra Sabbath day of rest in mind. Today is national election day. Read more…
Congo + Culture
My First Exit Poll, and Other Stuff that Happened Today
OK, it wasn’t a real exit poll, but I was very interested to know how the voting went today, so I asked the night guards when they came on shift. I was able to ascertain that: There were MANY people voting. They ALL got a chance to vote. There were Read more…
Congo + Culture
One More Thing…
I almost forgot! To go along with the fascinating sermon on the Fall and it’s effects… I did happen to notice that right in the midst of the part about the serpent, a wayward bat lost his footing in the rafters and flew two circles over our heads trying to Read more…
Congo + Culture
Fallen
Yesterday at church we heard a fascinating take on the Fall. There were several points that stuck in my head – maybe you will also find them thought-provoking: – All in the Family: From an African perspective, family relationships define most everything and the terms, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, etc. Read more…
Congo + Culture
Fully Un-isolated
Congo is in the news this week! Help is being sent for problems ongoing and seemingly unnoticed by the world at large for a decade. I’m infused with hope. This land I call my home frequently goes unnoticed.I’ve heard it called lots of different names this week: ruggedisolated‘Wild West’troubledpoverty-strickenbackwoods forgotten Read more…
Congo + Culture
Université Shalom de Bunia Jubilee
This didn’t work for some reason, so I’ve posted it here.For a more in-depth, if somewhat jaded, report on one aspect of the Jubilee, go here.
Congo + Culture
The Light(ning) Side
In Kenya we were told that the ‘long rains’ come in Sept/Oct, which was easy for me to remember as it should be ‘fall’. Only not really. In Congo, things are similar in the sense of dry – then wet – then dry – then wet. [Cultural tangent: We have Read more…
Congo + Culture
flower
I feel like I have had precious little to put into our yard, but God has been gracious. In the back there is a stand of banana trees that, in addition to producing far too many bananas (once they do), produce the most wonderful flowers. Anyway, here is a taste. Read more…