Answers to Prayer

 

Yesterday  (9/6) it was good to see the first book from off the new binders in Goma.  The Bishop and other pastors were excited to see Habari Njema ya Yoane (Good News from the book of John).  Today the electricity was off for most of the day, so training was printing sample covers and sample pages for bindery prep (off battery power).  Hopefully electricity will be up & running tomorrow so we can continue training and get the bible production up & running.

We're also praising the Lord for answering out prayer about housing arrangements for September 11-30.  We have been able to move in earlier to our Oct-Nov arrangements due to availability.  What a special retreat place this is, along the shore of Lake Kivu in the city of Goma.  We're in a 3 bedroom apartment where we will need to share accommodations periodically in the other 2 bedrooms.  The kitchen and living room are shared spaces and plenty big enough.  Right now as I type this from our balcony, an armed guard is doing his rounds patrolling the grounds.   There is also currently a large group of medical personnel from Australia sharing the compound with us.  (Dinner for 21, anybody?) Their group size was smaller than anticipated, so we were able to help fill the vacancy.  Our evening meals together have been serving about 20 people.

Another answer to prayer happened last week.  We brought a suitcase of parts to be used to get the machine we brought out 10 years ago back and running.  It was heavy and caused some raised eyebrows at the security checkpoints, but made it through 3 border entries without problem.  While we were staying at the Catholic rooming house, Judd made contact with a priest who was staying at the same facility as we were.  After chatting with him, Judd learned that he would be returning to the area where these parts needed to go.  He agreed to carry the suitcase with him where it can be retrieved by our contact in the city of Beni.  God is so good.  We're hoping these replacement parts will enable them to continue the work of producing the discipleship materials and tracts for pastors in that area.  

We will try to keep this site updated the best we can.  Internet service has been sporadic, at best (today is a good day!)