When I saw her picture my first thought was, “there is no way that is her…”
Saturday night as I was wrapping up my work, I stopped to check my twitter feed. As I opened my favorite twitter client I saw at the top of the list a tweet from Nicholas Kristof. If you [...]

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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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So last about two weeks ago we posted Episode 16 of the Congocast video podcast. Episode 16! We think we only have one more episode to go – and I can hardly believe it.
We began editing this project about 2 years ago – and a team of people* have helped us comb through [...]

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I have had the incredible opportunity to direct this podcast for the last two years.  Over that time (which I now realize as I write this is quite a while to be doing one thing) I have also had the opportunity to lose focus on why we embarked on this journey at all.  BUT – [...]

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We posted some of this info in our latest newsletter earlier in the week – but we thought it bared repeating on the blog!
This podcast exists to bring awareness of the situation in the DRC in an effort to bring about positive change for the country – we’re working hard to be a voice for [...]

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CONGO NIGHT – Pastor from the DRC to close week of Prayer in Wilmington, NC
WHEN: This Saturday, May 3rd @ 7pm – 8:30pm
WHERE: Studio 3 (Behind McAlister’s Deli in Wilmington, NC)
Directions: http://tinyurl.com/6fmrkm
WHAT: Music w/ Matt Blair, Pastor Desire from DR Congo, and Closing Prayer Time for Maombi Mission
Our week of prayer for the DR Congo [...]

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EPISODE 11 – We’ve been working on our next Episode (EP 11) – and it will be up by the end of the week (we are shooting for Thursday morning). Check back later in the week as we get ready to post Episode 11!
MAOMBI MISSION – Many of you have already signed up for [...]

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Back in December of 2007 – Congocast.org hosted the first ever Maombi Mission – week of prayer for DR Congo on our website. Well – in April we will be hosting the Maombi Mission prayer week again! To find our more about this awesome opportunity to join others in unity with the Congolese people in [...]

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Last night CBS Evening News ran a story by coorespondent Anderson Cooper (click here to watch his report). He interviewed Dr. Denis Mukwege, the head doctor at the Panzi Hospital, which was highlighted in Episode 7 and Episode 8 of the podcast. The story on CBS is a long needed spotlight by the American media [...]

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Our mission with this podcast right now is to do three things
1) get people to pray for the situation in DR Congo and its people
2) raise the awareness of the American community of the crisis in the DRC by sharing about it with everyone we know
3) and help get the Julie Project finished – a [...]

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