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Letters from Rwanguba – November 2, 1985

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While we were missionaries in Africa, we sent letters from Rwanguba, a village in DRC (formerly known as Zaire), to our families in the States several times a month. My mom, knowing the letters would be like a time-capsule, saved them for us. So glad … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Letters from Africa Tagged With: DRC, Goma, hepatitis, malaria, missionaries, Zaire

Letters from Rwanguba – September 25, 1985

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My mom started saving my letters from Rwanguba in 1985, despite my protests. I’m so thankful she did! My husband and I were appointed as missionaries in 1980. For the next two years we visited churches in the Pacific NW and California to raise … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Letters from Africa Tagged With: bugali, Gisenyi, manioc flour, Rwanda, Rwanguba, Zaire

Daylight Must Come, by Alan Burgess

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I read Daylight Must Come, by Alan Burgess (1975) for two reasons – because I liked another book by Burgess (The Small Woman) and because Daylight Must Come tells the story of Helen Roseveare, who served as a medical missionary in the Democratic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Archbishop of Canterbury, Cambridge, Catholic nuns, Congo, Dr. Harris, DRC, Helen Roseveare, leprosy, MAF, Missionary Aviation Fellowship, Mombasa Kenya, Nairobi, Nyankunde, Rwanguba, Simba Rebellion, Swahili, Zaire

A Resignation Letter

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During our first term as missionaries in the village of Rwanguba, in the DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly known as Zaire,) I wrote a resignation letter. Not really. But I sure wanted to. So I poured my frustrations into a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coping with Life Tagged With: Dance of the Hours, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, filaria, Hello Faddah, Hello Muddah, home office, malaria, missionary, Poncielli, Rutshuru, Rwanguba, Zaire

John 10:11 Sheep Need a Shepherd

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Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (John 10:11, New American Standard Bible) When we lived in DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly called Zaire), we often saw farm animals in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Expressions from the Bible Tagged With: Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, I Peter 5:4, Isaiah 53:6, Luke 15:2-7, Matthew 20:28, Matthew 9:36, Psalm 23:1, Zaire

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