Wednesday 27th February 2013

We have been back home for a week now and as you might guess there was a mountain of mail, both paper and electronic, to deal with. Fortunately none of it missed deadlines! That has now been dealt with and the household is just about back to normal, whatever that may be!!!


I have discovered that the last Blog posting was missing a large chunk which I had typed out but somehow was not included in the posting. That explains why you were surprised when the postings stopped as this chunk explained that we anticipated having no internet access for the rest of our Congo visit. So to keep you up to date here is the missing day’s posting. It will be followed by postings which will update you on the rest of our visit!


Saturday 2nd February 2013

Last evening Janice had a last minute request!! We had brought with us some redundant flannel graph teaching aids from our home church. These had been passed on to the Sunday School Superintendant at the WEC Swahili Church, CECCA16 here in Bunia. The request was, could she go to the church at 9.0am Saturday to teach how to use this material. She was anticipating language problems knowing that it is a Swahili speaking church but she is sure that whoever is there to be taught will find some way of communicating!! So that is where she is this morning.

John is at ISTM for a final session with librarian, Moseka. And to publish this Blog posting!!

This is likely to be the last posting as we have been told that there is no electricity and no running water on the trip!! In which case it is unlikely that we will find an internet connection unless one of the larger churches has a generator and the necessary facilities!! We have a busy Sunday, tomorrow, and then, on Monday, we welcome the rest of the “walkers” at Bunia Airport (weather permitting) and then move on with them.

Our itinerary is as follows:-

4th 2.0pm Meet party at Bunia Airport. Overnight stay as Shalom University.

5th 7.30am Leave Bunia by minibus for Nyankunde. Fly MAF to Nebobongo. Tranport to Ibambi.

5th to 11th Ibambi with special service on the 10th.

11th Transport to Isiro.

11th to 17th Isiro with special service on the 17th.

18th Isiro to Aru by MAF. Transport to Arua (Uganda). Night bus to Kampala

OR

18th Isiro to Aru by MAF and night in Aru.

19th Aru to Kampala by bus.

20th Fly back to Heathrow.

Our thanks go to all who have followed this trip so far. May the Lord encourage and bless you as He has us.

Keep checking the Blog because we will publish a posting if at all possible!!