Just a quick update. We have been trying to get Episode 17 (our last full episode) online by this Wednesday (April 22nd). We have been pushing hard to get it done – but it looks like it will actually be completed at the end of the week. We will update everyone here [...]

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I have received many questions in the past from viewers of our podcast about the role of missions in Africa. Some comments have been from atheists wondering whether missionaries can truly have an impact. I came to my own conclusions on these questions mostly from what I have seen, felt, touched, and experienced [...]

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We are now back from Congo and I wanted to thank everyone for your prayers and letters of support!  It was such a whirlwind trip – I don’t know that I have ever been that busy while in Congo.  It was like a blinked and it was time to leave, but I am sorry I [...]

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Well, the trip is officially coming to a close. I will be posting some of our pics and more about what we have gotten to experience once I am back on the ground in the US later this week. We are excited about what we have gotten to be a part of here [...]

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So our time in the DRC is coming to a close. We have one more full day on the ground – and hopefully we can get it all ironed out before we leave. God has really provided for us on this trip – and I can’t wait to see what it is that [...]

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In attempt to escape the chaos of Congolese Children curious to see strange people, we drove our Mitsubishi mini van down a long dirt road into rural Congo.  We ate avocado and cheese sandwiches, drank coke from a bottle and goofed off.  When we finished eating, Robin couldn’t turn the van around on the narrow [...]

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By far one of the coolest experiences we have had thus far was sitting across from some of the women that Robin and Wendy had worked with in Congo and getting to show them episodes from the podcast. To see them laugh, talk and share about what the podcast meant to them was incredible. [...]

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The human pinball. That is what it feels like to ride in a car in Congo. I feel like someone is getting points every time we ride through a bumpy patch and I hit my head on the ceiling. I can hear the “BING” “BING” “BING” sound as 200 points go up [...]

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It was only about a month ago that we decided to go on this trip – so we had a very small window to get organized before we left. As we were getting ready I had a very strong feeling that there was no way to have everything worked out before we got here. [...]

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If you have watched any of the episodes of the Congocast (Episode 9 to be exact) – we are officially experiencing crazy Congo! We’ve had a few visitors in our house (a chicken and a cat have both tried to make themselves at home – Erin, our writer on the trip, has named the [...]

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