Barlows in the DR Congo: New Humanitarian Directors in the Congo

Friday, April 10, 2009

New Humanitarian Directors in the Congo

Our replacements in the Congo have finally arrived and are in full swing. If you want to follow the Congo Adventure you must hook up to their blog and read about what is happening now.

It is called

http://moodysinthecongo.blogspot.com

Good things are happening and will continue to happen with this great couple in place. It is fun to read their impressions of this wonderful part of the world.

3 comments:

Michael said...: The link is bad. You have an extra http// in there.; April 10, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Michael said...: It's great to have the work continue.; April 10, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Linsey Farley Jameson said...: Hi! I have enjoyed reading your blog! My mother and father in law just received their mission call to the DR of the Congo!! We were so shocked and now, since reading the Congo Chatter blog and your blog we are just so excited for them!!! So neat!; June 8, 2009 at 9:41 PM

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