I arrived back home last week
from our trip to DRC. I returned home
physically tired and emotionally drained. Upon returning I tried to type an update
but it was difficult to put into words what I was feeling. I could not seem to adequately describe the
trip to Kazimia.
I could probably describe the physical
difficulty of the trip; thankfully compared to our first trip it was much
better. It was still torturous but much better.
No, it was not the difficulties of traveling in the remote areas of
Congo that caused words to fail me.
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| Starting to get crowded on the boat |
I could probably describe the joy
of serving God together with the team of men who accompanied me. I have the privilege of serving with some of
God’s choice servants. These are men of character,
who have a great love for God and a willingness to sacrifice to be in His
service; men with whom I count it a privilege to call them my friends.
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| Brother Benard Adjai a faithful member of Grace Bible Baptist Church |
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| Pastor Justus Oloo- there is no one quite like him! |
I could probably describe the
absolute blessing to travel with my son Timothy and to watch him minister to
the Congolese people and to fellowship with them in their language of
Swahili. To see God continue to work on
his heart and burden him for this land that has been forgotten by many. To see him stand before the church and the
pastors and listen to him take the Word of God and preach it with conviction
and power.
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| Timothy preaching and Pastor Oloo interpreting |
Yes there is a lot that I could
probably describe and help you understand.
But…there are some things that I
do not have adequate words to describe. My
words cannot describe the absolute joy in the hearts of those people because
God did not forget them and He answered their prayers and sent someone to teach
them. I cannot describe how they sat
each day hungering to be taught the Word of God and their expressions of
disappointment that we were only staying for five days. I cannot describe their
pleadings for us to bring them BIBLES
because without them their people will never properly mature. I cannot describe
the reminders of hunger, disease, war and death that they face on a daily basis. I cannot describe their pleading with us to
not forget them, to come back soon. I
cannot describe the 45 minute walk from the church building to the shore to
catch the boat for our return trip. I
cannot describe the emotion we were all feeling as the congregation walked in
front of us, behind us and beside us singing praises to God. As we stood on the shore and the people sang
to us AT CALVARY the emotion running
through us was electrifying. Who were we
to have the opportunity to serve such a great God and to minister to such worthy
people? Why did our God give us such a
privilege?
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| Saying goodbye and singing AT CALVARY |
This past Sunday I showed the
Grace Bible Baptist Church a short video about our trip. Take a moment and watch the video, maybe it
can help give you a little bit of understanding of the great opportunity and
the great need in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE KAZIMIA STORY
