tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91652326736973269162024-03-12T21:17:32.406-07:00Barlows in the DR Congo19 months of Congo adventure is represented on this boardLincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-44074255412246916602016-09-22T12:22:00.000-07:002016-09-22T12:36:06.357-07:00Rachel's Mission Call<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Got up at 4 am this morning to try and FaceTime to family to see if we could watch Rachel open her mission call. Who knew that Facebook now has a live feed. Nathan put up the feed and we logged in and watched the whole thing live. We didn't even have any internet glitches to interfere. </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;">Well our </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100002286418701" href="https://www.facebook.com/rachel.barlow.585" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">Rachel</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> is going to Barcelona Spain on her mission. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;">Can't wait sweet Rachel to see you in action speaking Spanish. She is beautiful inside and out and that is a fact</span>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Her twin brother Elder </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100007667148286" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007667148286" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">Lincoln J. Barlow</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> just arrived in the Singapore Malaysia mission where he is speaking Mandarin, Her cousin </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100005718874574" href="https://www.facebook.com/ethan.ormsby.50" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">Elder Ethan Ormsby</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> is serving his mission as a Volunteer (no longer missionaries there but volunteers) In Vladavostok Russia Mission speaking Russian and our adopted son Elder Andy Romero is in the Mexico City Mission speaking Spanish. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I was just thinking how we are getting quite an international mission group in our</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline;"> family. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline;">Our returned grandsons have added to our international status. <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=674703082" href="https://www.facebook.com/Ryanklever" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Ryan</a> served in Scotland/Ireland mission, <span style="color: black;"><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=561271126" href="https://www.facebook.com/mormsby3" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Michael</a> </span>served in Moldova Romania Mission speaking Romanian and <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1382782929" href="https://www.facebook.com/adam.b.lever" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Adam</a> served in the West Indies Mission speaking French. Put that together with our sons who have been on missions, Mark served in Honolulu Hawaii mission, Matt served in the Milan Italy Mission speaking Italian. Ben served in the Toronto North Canadian Mission speaking Canadian ( </span><span style="background-color: white;">I am sure that is a foreign language). Nathan served in Australia speaking Mandarin Chinese. Dean served in Boston Mission (thats kind of a foreign language)and Keith served in the Cali Columbia Mission speaking Spanish.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Add in Farrell who served in the French East mission where he learned French and has since served three French speaking missions with his companion including Kinshasa DR Congo Mission, Burundi-DR Congo-Kenya Humanitarian Mission as Clean Water Specialists with LDS Charities and now currently serving in the</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Lubumbashi DR Congo mission all french speaking. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We truly are an international family. And I have come to realize that this world is very small and we are all connected and if we would only treat each other like family our world would be a safe and wonderful world to live in.</span></span><br />
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Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-25813757294212243962016-09-18T12:25:00.002-07:002016-09-18T12:58:44.226-07:00THE BEDNAR CHALLENGE<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We wanted to share with you or learning experience with Elder Bednar. Before he came to Lubumbashi he asked us to read 4 talks that he had written. We ask that you too read these talks before we share our learning experience with you. read them with the intent of learning something you didn't know, building on something that you have already started to learn or as a refresher of things that you haven't thought about for awhile. After you have read them contemplate and ask yourself what you have learned and how these things will change your life.</span><br />
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This was such a special experience we want to share it with you. After you have read and pondered these talks. We will share with you our thoughts and feelings. We ask that you also share what you; learned, how you will apply it to your lives and what questions do you wish you could ask Elder<span class="il">Bednar.</span></div>
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1. Father in Heaven knows me, he knows my name.</div>
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2. Just be good and the Holy Ghost will be able to use me in many ways whether I am aware of it or not.</div>
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4. Conversion is a process. I will continue to work toward having my actions show I am truly converted to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.</div>
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<br />Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-29811887978494435202016-09-18T11:46:00.000-07:002016-09-18T11:46:38.704-07:00<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For The Strength of Youth Conference</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">EFY is just part of the summer fun in the USA but here in Lubumbashi it is new stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This summer the DR Congo Lubumbashi Mission area had its first EFY all though here is is called JSF, JEUNES, SOYEZ FORTS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There were 240 kids in attendance and they stayed at a college. They were put in to groups of 10 kids and were mentored by a counselor who was a returned missionary or a youth leader.</span></div>
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It was the first time most of the youth had left their homes and it was a very big deal.</div>
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We were not involved in the program but watched from afar and witnessed the first Strength for Youth program in this area.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have always loved to listen to Elder Bednar's talks in conference, looking forward to see what inspiration we might get to change and improve our lives. While in the MTC we got a real Bednar fix. We heard him speak 3 times that week, twice in video and once at the devotional. We want to share what we learned during this time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Bednar came and taught us a great idea for studying the book of Mormon. He said to ge t a paperback BofM and choose a topic you want to learn about such as the "One on One" and as you read mark everything in the book relating to that topic. He stated that he had many paperback Book of Mormon's sitting on his shelf as his study reference. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He taught us about The Character of Christ and the principle of one by one. He asked us to pay attention to this principle as we read the scriptures and note the examples of how this was practiced and also how to apply this principle in our daily lives. <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12.8px;">As you study the scriptures look for the pattern of 'One to One'.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The story from his side is that while serving in the missionfield he got a call from a missionary that was in the airportand was stranded. He said his name was Elder Packard. Elder Bednar racked his brain trying to remember a missionary in their mission by the name of Packard and finally ralizing he was talking to THE Elder Packard he and his companion went to the airport and picked Elder Packard up along with his wife. They returned to the Mission home (mission president was out of town) and eventually took them to the train station as they were able to get tickets on the train. This is where Elder Bennars story ended but 20 years later when he was serving as a Stake President in Alabama, Elder Packard came to a regional meeting to meet with the stake presidents. Elder Bednar asked him if he remembered getting grounded in Germany and having to take the train to which Eldler Packard said he did remember and related the story that he told in his talk. The point of Elder sharing this story was that he did not remember giving Elder Packard any money nor did he know anything about the intervention of the Holy Ghost in this incident. . . . we often will not know we are being prompted and may never know . . .</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do; you wonder if the spirit is speaking to you? Quit worrying about it and . . . just be good boys and girls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who would have thought we would return to Africa after all grandma Mildred told us we needed to stay home tell she was safely dead. Well she is very healthy and may out live all of us.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">April 8th we recieved a call from Elder Brent Nielson's office. When wewent to visit him he asked us if we would return to Africa to the Lubumbashi DR Congo mission to support the new mission president Pres. Larry Shumard. Pres. Shumard had been called to serve but did not know french. He was on a fast tract to learn french but couold benefit from our cultural experiences in Africa and from Farrell's ability with the french language.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everything fell into place very quicky and we submitted our papers within two weeks. We entered the MTC June 6. Our MTC District was awesome and we learned so much even though it was our third time around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder and Sister Card, The Smiths, __________________, and us. Cards were going to Hawaii Polynesian Cultural Center and BYU Hawaii, Smiths were going to Redlands, California and we were going to Africa. Go figure.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After our MTC Week we headed home to wait for our Visas to come through. And so we waited and waited . . .</span><br />
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<br />Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-75909563959798529462010-04-06T11:30:00.000-07:002010-05-08T08:53:34.596-07:00New Adventure for the BarlowsIf you enjoyed the Barlows in the DRCongo you will love <a href="http://barlowsinuganda.blogspot.com/">Barlows in Uganda</a> This is a new mission and another great adventure.Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-37830557078553818072009-04-10T08:59:00.001-07:002009-07-13T07:57:41.207-07:00New Humanitarian Directors in the CongoOur 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.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZe5SCBfWm3YKnoPgLuTFIkmgd3S0wb_FCnx2wY5Xv6eLBlbLh4NQ7wzoXhMchn_kLGGUhE0A4haWCHNC5mbH6D0I4iTmMj5YJCSwuFhJibH6Rixej_DOIoIqic-reoeep4R5GuvtnwQ/s1600-h/moody+pic"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323095019907351458" style="WIDTH: 104px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZe5SCBfWm3YKnoPgLuTFIkmgd3S0wb_FCnx2wY5Xv6eLBlbLh4NQ7wzoXhMchn_kLGGUhE0A4haWCHNC5mbH6D0I4iTmMj5YJCSwuFhJibH6Rixej_DOIoIqic-reoeep4R5GuvtnwQ/s320/moody+pic" border="0" /></a><br />It is called<br /><br /><a href="http://moodysinthecongo.blogspot.com/">http://moodysinthecongo.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />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.Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-17035666294141758332009-04-01T05:58:00.000-07:002009-04-03T07:27:31.193-07:00No excuse, can’t even explain it – it has been very difficult to write since leaving Kinshasa. My Journal has no entries except . . .<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Nov 5, 2008 Thursday<br />I am finally awake enough to think about a blog. We left Kinshasa .</span></em><br /><br />So much has happened since coming home and so many mixed feelings have been hanging around us that we have not been able to put into words our thoughts.<br /><br />We left Kinshasa excited to meet our daughter Christie and granddaughter Jenny in Nice, France and spend a great week. When we walked of the plane in nice there they were waiting for us.<br /></div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMSfr353lbvmrcLsRE48nT4DoVu-W0PSLj3h56Kahk-KxTACSj8VUB_GcBXJYN0FLPfBYVJmzOQ7hVOieQtGAZGfHN82SeZrrTBfAejkknhHa7qm2hStZcYfPrCohJsHEH87284XbRsM/s1600-h/DSC02631.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320452385325873042" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMSfr353lbvmrcLsRE48nT4DoVu-W0PSLj3h56Kahk-KxTACSj8VUB_GcBXJYN0FLPfBYVJmzOQ7hVOieQtGAZGfHN82SeZrrTBfAejkknhHa7qm2hStZcYfPrCohJsHEH87284XbRsM/s320/DSC02631.JPG" border="0" /></a> All I could do was cry after not holding them for 19 months. We had a great week traveling around Nice and Paris, laughing, freezing (it rained and it was so cold we had to go buy coats).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8Iup9UqpB9mBxnvNXaCBfNqMRcOAufzYUph_PjFpajW-RQgPe1yMkIR7Tv7RuvtHk3jIF02e3knpSjHIbRmq7tiHz68h_a1WXKJip89jORv-KMG84I5wvxX09pifXCnaoHA2tzRLF8c/s1600-h/IMG_1352.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319710694787394194" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8Iup9UqpB9mBxnvNXaCBfNqMRcOAufzYUph_PjFpajW-RQgPe1yMkIR7Tv7RuvtHk3jIF02e3knpSjHIbRmq7tiHz68h_a1WXKJip89jORv-KMG84I5wvxX09pifXCnaoHA2tzRLF8c/s320/IMG_1352.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkDEaY6UhWok0_8MuHXsKgeyGU9pVQ_3rTKrLuzOTGr2qicEL0eJBU_jSJlMwc62xlUnkSt2qhpoRGB18ey3UkwRCREbCfsyKEmYab2-kbBYgVvi_YCyUpWWL4n3QQ_gEMwNXM-AEEg0/s1600-h/DSC02761.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320453977298275026" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkDEaY6UhWok0_8MuHXsKgeyGU9pVQ_3rTKrLuzOTGr2qicEL0eJBU_jSJlMwc62xlUnkSt2qhpoRGB18ey3UkwRCREbCfsyKEmYab2-kbBYgVvi_YCyUpWWL4n3QQ_gEMwNXM-AEEg0/s320/DSC02761.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFtVKutOk0CHEprZt70ijUINbzpjMrLLNkQtLgDCJpuKpqH6mPc7pAai8MmMQCJSL3IUVZL62XabeaSmmfQodDT5_HrQepSbQn5meE5h_mxbnrgX9WBuQdX4-slVCAFaHNtuslwgvo5Y/s1600-h/IMG_1352.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvJHYWPMMeHkSWT4XkWTbsmJxC8Pnrm73kKDm0CDXvwMCYJKmu1tmLDyTrIsf2mD7Lx6ZOkfYaMHrd3o1HQIumMbl7aswDKuvBGVmxh-IuUlV7Tv5_diMahlkVXfknvf5AWZa40CuKsY/s1600-h/STA_1382.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320456060451503746" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvJHYWPMMeHkSWT4XkWTbsmJxC8Pnrm73kKDm0CDXvwMCYJKmu1tmLDyTrIsf2mD7Lx6ZOkfYaMHrd3o1HQIumMbl7aswDKuvBGVmxh-IuUlV7Tv5_diMahlkVXfknvf5AWZa40CuKsY/s320/STA_1382.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vctAbivNNDMfjMkkZIghRKrvWfvad6gaOdUQ2SnEbIFRyUh_HivKe9i6foBJdIdgwZ67IUZGLbC5CC_aMlpchfSPUGotBfGlOlRsl7sbUyPM7oX8ufHPKCz2xJVFU6mwxP3tvFeBI9Y/s1600-h/DSC02649.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320452399443083506" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vctAbivNNDMfjMkkZIghRKrvWfvad6gaOdUQ2SnEbIFRyUh_HivKe9i6foBJdIdgwZ67IUZGLbC5CC_aMlpchfSPUGotBfGlOlRsl7sbUyPM7oX8ufHPKCz2xJVFU6mwxP3tvFeBI9Y/s320/DSC02649.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Since it was so cold we found many opportunities to have rich, wonderful hot chocolate and pastries. We were on a mission to find the best hot chocolate in Paris... I think we found it many times. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigx0X9HS-wTsytYg1cJGSiolHTDncDkNoPAp6gcWq1G2n_MrbXvn1P4tEMzb_e1yXHjcIn_dVn9rv0qGUki5oPV9bF34wd76I7HRqKQJV_QpM6D4G5a902yCWJzFZlGMUPyVDWFkRg2dQ/s1600-h/DSC02736.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320452402331460226" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigx0X9HS-wTsytYg1cJGSiolHTDncDkNoPAp6gcWq1G2n_MrbXvn1P4tEMzb_e1yXHjcIn_dVn9rv0qGUki5oPV9bF34wd76I7HRqKQJV_QpM6D4G5a902yCWJzFZlGMUPyVDWFkRg2dQ/s320/DSC02736.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssMPxHqYyaXvLlbPstG7CD8m8B9dY83rQrulykCttF0LV0yu6Agc2-UnJrdELSHHsrkME_XLSh9piEJR4eDDaOAK3cQYDfvlQFXUnXyY4nYS__hbrdNou7HMlL5J8_jI7IWN1r38CH1M/s1600-h/DSC02735.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320452401153247074" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssMPxHqYyaXvLlbPstG7CD8m8B9dY83rQrulykCttF0LV0yu6Agc2-UnJrdELSHHsrkME_XLSh9piEJR4eDDaOAK3cQYDfvlQFXUnXyY4nYS__hbrdNou7HMlL5J8_jI7IWN1r38CH1M/s320/DSC02735.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljH_Ld2sMJxkFq6knap8Wu6fMEo-8nmK3yDyWmuyMV6t4yYaLZvAWCDOP-yPVwtECoFhzNZAmD9LP0Fmf6TNUFRY8C2EyS-Abn58bPCiyR_HnYMBlMrmsCFR8ldN2UBxfYDhmkdoN9yI/s1600-h/DSC02734.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320452399741768322" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljH_Ld2sMJxkFq6knap8Wu6fMEo-8nmK3yDyWmuyMV6t4yYaLZvAWCDOP-yPVwtECoFhzNZAmD9LP0Fmf6TNUFRY8C2EyS-Abn58bPCiyR_HnYMBlMrmsCFR8ldN2UBxfYDhmkdoN9yI/s320/DSC02734.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSqAIGq_WRoYLVaTowaiIkCT2YE0zPeBEWiQgl_wEhSS8AbbaVYmiDEPGFWHhPWjaymzriSNuDh9BFVh1zyk-6H4PPSw82uuPTbAHNcFG6nS2hVMa9wzdRAQTuNGb8lvKLibH0Vs9Jks/s1600-h/DSC02737.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320456367896396386" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSqAIGq_WRoYLVaTowaiIkCT2YE0zPeBEWiQgl_wEhSS8AbbaVYmiDEPGFWHhPWjaymzriSNuDh9BFVh1zyk-6H4PPSw82uuPTbAHNcFG6nS2hVMa9wzdRAQTuNGb8lvKLibH0Vs9Jks/s320/DSC02737.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Our homecoming was memorable with all the family at the airport to greet us. I was so excited I had to check my desire to run through the airport to find them. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6214TifJxojTuaCNvLfblO_FS7Al_p5qDkcUbE76unvyj5bt2XL7JsDD_6lXPI4CJvIzUyJgMwhwMePeEzR8KOUTy1-iTGkYTysHoYVrKtpf02DJa5dsBrMRJ_YGl33plm4crIA_TzQ/s1600-h/DSC03013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320453987791355218" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6214TifJxojTuaCNvLfblO_FS7Al_p5qDkcUbE76unvyj5bt2XL7JsDD_6lXPI4CJvIzUyJgMwhwMePeEzR8KOUTy1-iTGkYTysHoYVrKtpf02DJa5dsBrMRJ_YGl33plm4crIA_TzQ/s320/DSC03013.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrBEVJEPD_YREjGUSZxHB-H_cSgSJQEmyFN4jkljbzuHJJBfIpdRd4aD8tn2DxyYKL2lW7_K2hVUHlsfef_zgsvwBqc9GXyGTXXSkJoYN2lp3EqNJqceqj79XwjGte7Ci_YKLU2uwyHc/s1600-h/DSC03030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319710698559959138" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrBEVJEPD_YREjGUSZxHB-H_cSgSJQEmyFN4jkljbzuHJJBfIpdRd4aD8tn2DxyYKL2lW7_K2hVUHlsfef_zgsvwBqc9GXyGTXXSkJoYN2lp3EqNJqceqj79XwjGte7Ci_YKLU2uwyHc/s320/DSC03030.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1VwzZX7g6YyKG54gjJ0uHIdj9wxKT6kvbmlWOviLkG2VnncyUd0ZvGcysylnhlbcMyH4km34e1ZMeZSO58YMYKPc_y7k9TCfCKv2wnGn8Cqq1k_inA4DP4y-HDUVzELo39uOWXvTcOo/s1600-h/DSC03020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320453987219666242" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1VwzZX7g6YyKG54gjJ0uHIdj9wxKT6kvbmlWOviLkG2VnncyUd0ZvGcysylnhlbcMyH4km34e1ZMeZSO58YMYKPc_y7k9TCfCKv2wnGn8Cqq1k_inA4DP4y-HDUVzELo39uOWXvTcOo/s320/DSC03020.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VTU85lHFyIXGUXZRjZFzC8OK4RZu0c7Pl7YhfXVBX79_TpQ-Ks0C4ou0bIKo_LcXWqq4F1zVcpkT6S331Eg0VdDCskwLf2pFhC-Yy7vS3GGSAb6BCBMrWys6ZoJEboSfYNaIncaGSd8/s1600-h/DSC03019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320462590911983282" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VTU85lHFyIXGUXZRjZFzC8OK4RZu0c7Pl7YhfXVBX79_TpQ-Ks0C4ou0bIKo_LcXWqq4F1zVcpkT6S331Eg0VdDCskwLf2pFhC-Yy7vS3GGSAb6BCBMrWys6ZoJEboSfYNaIncaGSd8/s320/DSC03019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Some of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">grandkids</span> were hard to recognize. I looked everywhere for Adam (middle) and couldn't find him only to find out he was standing right in front of me. He had changed the most.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvy00MQD_sKK_8_V_ahAu8Zbnt286wAq5T0r9aYBKOCJVzFRKKvGBEiCZTyAsrkiTo1vG0703iGou8w1fKi_EwPBfUWvT9Z3EKrYzyGMKbY04u42_bCMQQa-BwnUtnV3diX7gBs9iJ0Y/s1600-h/DSC03011.JPG"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320453982199054290" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyiQucXq14_m4VzgChVFGwKbDl_dCimEEobyR01MOCrsOp2M_o5GhdL6_eK5aYM9MUv3JR7gGa1Kd9LZj18KnuLfhXTvFz2lLAn2h3r8_S6cQaXxAy4bS3IcKFrCe3paSsnnEaZFJkGC4/s320/DSC03010.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Our first time to hold our two new grandchildren <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Samantha</span> and Mari. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5vQAm0WrxEZSgdXwzhsDF7kZdm9M2OvFjfdw5zg0z8-SdcASlAduuPJyS5r9oKlxtXQIodabMfkHlG8P42wq82fdLON7V3gYuaZQpwXpjLiw5W94YSAowtl7XNGw_Ou5YOa69FNFl-Y/s1600-h/DSC03033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320462594326338754" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5vQAm0WrxEZSgdXwzhsDF7kZdm9M2OvFjfdw5zg0z8-SdcASlAduuPJyS5r9oKlxtXQIodabMfkHlG8P42wq82fdLON7V3gYuaZQpwXpjLiw5W94YSAowtl7XNGw_Ou5YOa69FNFl-Y/s320/DSC03033.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Who missed us the most? I think it was Rachel. she kept a calendar the whole time we were gone and knew to the hour how long we had left. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktaIGCwIbcuaki3cA0UtmAXZAA7NpCsETIFViePyqjBqhT7KHGJvt9J55eYzZurpBFJkYd1KpqDz9AG5zhZ2c4e49GMKBhha6WJbmU0tJcCwPRfg7sv-QHSVTcaE9LjHeVw0gIwDmBcU/s1600-h/DSC03038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320462595134456194" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktaIGCwIbcuaki3cA0UtmAXZAA7NpCsETIFViePyqjBqhT7KHGJvt9J55eYzZurpBFJkYd1KpqDz9AG5zhZ2c4e49GMKBhha6WJbmU0tJcCwPRfg7sv-QHSVTcaE9LjHeVw0gIwDmBcU/s320/DSC03038.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb24ZjHliY_oYVeceOGQPKTR1pjWUghQ2NvpstnB1HzME0nm0oZHybtAqvjO5np6oinya0ShuVizI6_I9UuVJcNdYqzhP89UoWrtUB8vwrfQ1JIfdlp6UmdJeCUHLmKl_XU77qhyphenhyphen_Isyk/s1600-h/DSC03034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319710698783646274" style="WIDTH: 320px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhleIKee6TDLHtBzAHM6BsM_gZMfDwD2GkuqkYgVOzKMxtJGY36XUsMzm2VwoIYvVsrDhfO-gotrNP5RSlgbBVx7ILGBsak9M4raDHluyfhkJnQ2qdyc7Ptg9Un-fxtkEKwQb7fZpR18/s320/DSC03055.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Waiting for us were a few things we had missed like FRESH MILK, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">rootbeer</span> and microwave popcorn.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgHvq42_Rg12PS9LCcS0fOkQ34K6oqA4o2r6LFBDj0jAmNmuU0LyXn3XURO9clRxM_5P9BivMA5Ogvs6wDd3tr7jTKrZLbVqLnAezwU0DNujaE5X5SUDtRUxt38mFFB73hBu0JZMp00k/s1600-h/DSC03043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320455123669010210" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgHvq42_Rg12PS9LCcS0fOkQ34K6oqA4o2r6LFBDj0jAmNmuU0LyXn3XURO9clRxM_5P9BivMA5Ogvs6wDd3tr7jTKrZLbVqLnAezwU0DNujaE5X5SUDtRUxt38mFFB73hBu0JZMp00k/s320/DSC03043.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Td-leh0B7m_XN9nxm8mR2v-ccs8y5HQdqgS0TPa0ecKmw9l4YgAWkKBnAFcFsJJBw4cUrzLb1cPWCYwsEv1IwXdaLqMZD_H2WN0IoM7ZyBdE2vebWtTk3Et8-UZEJe2q1s8Yqj-Jve4/s1600-h/DSC03048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320455123656056658" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Td-leh0B7m_XN9nxm8mR2v-ccs8y5HQdqgS0TPa0ecKmw9l4YgAWkKBnAFcFsJJBw4cUrzLb1cPWCYwsEv1IwXdaLqMZD_H2WN0IoM7ZyBdE2vebWtTk3Et8-UZEJe2q1s8Yqj-Jve4/s320/DSC03048.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>It didn't take Farrell long to get his glass of milk and toast our welcome home.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilomNEmSTWbGBVdY29u2_CInTHFMgqZYBRkBjPcL0mjHuRpKsBwq3xN2z8XL8JOGw6RxjLtB26NP7lSEezWuQmNF4REawXDzDD3fSLc_AyNdc5GC3jIz4BfHyskTRee7-dsHt-s1XU0y0/s1600-h/DSC03044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320462776749642082" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilomNEmSTWbGBVdY29u2_CInTHFMgqZYBRkBjPcL0mjHuRpKsBwq3xN2z8XL8JOGw6RxjLtB26NP7lSEezWuQmNF4REawXDzDD3fSLc_AyNdc5GC3jIz4BfHyskTRee7-dsHt-s1XU0y0/s320/DSC03044.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1_XLvIs2peoiZdOgk8XgMjwx-TE_szQ0mS6RWoUXmquuI0MVtKe7U51-OZfJavHQjvRic2KWtu4hgVPAxdjBh1FpzkeyO-jrpmkQT-3SfRzfvWNkMJiOIPGPjoQPbQt_JWBGIKK6BdA/s1600-h/DSC03041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320466253610803314" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1_XLvIs2peoiZdOgk8XgMjwx-TE_szQ0mS6RWoUXmquuI0MVtKe7U51-OZfJavHQjvRic2KWtu4hgVPAxdjBh1FpzkeyO-jrpmkQT-3SfRzfvWNkMJiOIPGPjoQPbQt_JWBGIKK6BdA/s320/DSC03041.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Kimberly had spend some time cleaning and spiffing up the homestead making it sparkle and she had decorated with our Congo treasures we had sent home. All the kids had chipped in and got us our favorite picture and hung it over the mantel. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdyRbRYi3OpqazX4kUFWdIkuiXCt-rMrFPamQlQLfZNRA2t368pmDWTs-yCXzEh2w5tl3hMjrAUgphbfhyw3xeBAlvz4ctLDlgHFzZJm6-Ghq-d-DPj8gygIvwHamT-_I19OHw5wNTWQ/s1600-h/DSC03040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320462600516093714" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdyRbRYi3OpqazX4kUFWdIkuiXCt-rMrFPamQlQLfZNRA2t368pmDWTs-yCXzEh2w5tl3hMjrAUgphbfhyw3xeBAlvz4ctLDlgHFzZJm6-Ghq-d-DPj8gygIvwHamT-_I19OHw5wNTWQ/s320/DSC03040.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>We were now home without a car and our Torres sons came and parked their parents car in our garage for us to use. Their parents had recently left to go to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Guatemala</span> as mission president. They are like our own and we appreciated so much their thoughtfulness.</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_TkB8nfwBAQjkHyj_h_gu73PRNxvEGauc1OLQgMqjKbDqTJh7YEo9hruhvFuBLZrAe1lH7sTQ8eJTIop1VvdSZ4_awCARynC9KXtKDhp-aW6KSCu7UBizdKodCGY-u46khNp7EclWpQ/s1600-h/DSC03052.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320469702693498002" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_TkB8nfwBAQjkHyj_h_gu73PRNxvEGauc1OLQgMqjKbDqTJh7YEo9hruhvFuBLZrAe1lH7sTQ8eJTIop1VvdSZ4_awCARynC9KXtKDhp-aW6KSCu7UBizdKodCGY-u46khNp7EclWpQ/s320/DSC03052.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div>Mark took us to look at new cars and on the way we stopped at Temple Square. He had something to show us. There in the bottom floor of the visitors center was a picture of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Luputa</span> water project. There we were with all out <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Luputa</span> friends. What a great memory.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin3Rcwne9KilTx0l6rSVVW0jOnaPoiqvNrZ_q-5TU1cADUbLMVNdzHUH5Gsn-j8Kx2YfV8f2TOtZaOn-KlE4P20LkL7oZg2p2Ap_bW97eAXHHZ1fsMLCySlXaHLubKb1VKVWQwzs5AQ4/s1600-h/DSC03067.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320462778326512754" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin3Rcwne9KilTx0l6rSVVW0jOnaPoiqvNrZ_q-5TU1cADUbLMVNdzHUH5Gsn-j8Kx2YfV8f2TOtZaOn-KlE4P20LkL7oZg2p2Ap_bW97eAXHHZ1fsMLCySlXaHLubKb1VKVWQwzs5AQ4/s320/DSC03067.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizE4alU_K-_HfFEVbTpmdVoQr4KyxnkfqOmU20l_3CEivx15mTc8Z7GQmSycR1N-a3k8VAvvZ_hW3opNxkF4-CWcfW6OzXRxLBWE6Ln3M7wOvhKO3ov8Fd2fA-sNEQZ5jtsKQAH8YnjX4/s1600-h/DSC03072.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320462777971644978" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizE4alU_K-_HfFEVbTpmdVoQr4KyxnkfqOmU20l_3CEivx15mTc8Z7GQmSycR1N-a3k8VAvvZ_hW3opNxkF4-CWcfW6OzXRxLBWE6Ln3M7wOvhKO3ov8Fd2fA-sNEQZ5jtsKQAH8YnjX4/s320/DSC03072.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br />Several times while on our mission Pres. Livingstone would ask me, “What are the ten things you are going to do when you get home?” or “What are the ten things you miss most about home?” My answer was always the same. “I try not to think about that so I won’t get homesick.”<br /><br />Well now I am home and all the abundance of life in America hits you and you wonder if all of this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">isn</span>’t just a bit overkill.<br /><br />What was it that we had missed about home?<br />1. Standing under the shower and being able to open my mouth and taste the clean water. Actually Farrell said that it’s getting in the shower with an expectation that water will come out of the shower and it may even be hot water.<br />2. Going to the grocery store and finding anything you want. I cried the first time we went to the store as it seemed so overwhelming to see so much food in one place and that the price was so reasonable that I felt no guilt getting everything I wanted.<br />3. Driving down the street that had stoplights and stop signs and turning lanes and no pot holes.<br />4. Rules of the road – there actually are traffic rules and people somewhat obey them. We have encountered a few drivers that rival the Congolese drivers who seem to have no rules.<br />5. Playing with our two new granddaughters, born since we left on our mission.<br />6. Being cold – for 19 months we slept in a bed with just a sheet over us and we came home to the beginning of winter where we <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">couldn</span>’t seem to get warm.<br />7. Clean streets, garbage collection, the great law of no littering.<br />8. Airports that accommodate your needs, do not require bribes, have safe airplanes to ride in.<br />9. My mom. It took me two months to watch the video of her funeral. I wish I had some video of her. I miss my mom.<br />10. Family, family, family – calling them, visiting them, having dinner with them, thanksgiving , Christmas, New Years.<br /><br />That is just a few things we have missed about home. But what about the Congo? What have we missed about the Congo.<br />1. Pascal, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Eustache</span>, the Moons, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Livingstones</span> – our mission family - number one in our heartache.<br />2. All our friends – our church friends and our many friends we made doing projects – we receive emails from them and we love hearing anything about them and what they are doing.<br />3. The weather – I don’t ever remember being cold in the Congo except once when we visited Lubumbashi in the dry season and our hotel had no hot water. I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">couldn</span>’t get warm for three days.- even the rain, though harsh at times left the world looking rejuvenated and everything grew with abandonment.<br />4. Wonderful bread – abundance of fresh fruit - $20 boxes of cereal.<br />5. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Wivine</span>, Mimi and Eric, our friends on the corner who sold us fruits, veggies and plants. Eric was my gardener and came regularly up to our balcony to tend to my multi. plants making sure I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">didn</span>’t kill them.<br />6. Movie night every Friday night. Dinner and a movie at either the Moon’s or the Livingstone’s ( or the Thomas’ before they left).<br />7. Rationing of chocolate chips, coconut, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">rootbeer</span> or any other treasure we were able to get from the US knowing that it was irreplaceable.(note that these are all food items)<br />8. 4 wheeling – always an adventure – my back will never be the same.<br />9. 24/7 with my companion. We had no choice but to spend our days together as we were not suppose to leave each other’s side. I miss that dependency and reliance on each other.<br />10. The presence of my Savior building, directing, inspiring and watching over all we did. I know he is still with me but our need is less today and the mantel of being a missionary is gone and so the feeling of his presence is less intense and I miss that.<br /><br />So President Livingstone, there it is. I have thought of little else since we returned. Serving a mission really is one of the best times of my life. I am a different person. I have changed --- for the better I hope. I will never be the same.<br /><br />And it is true what they say. “Once you go to Africa part of you stays in Africa.”</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-48279619034606917012008-11-11T06:03:00.000-08:002008-11-21T19:18:10.436-08:00Africa, our friends and new family au revoir - Bittersweet<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvZIB7M47lufFQo-8BOqf94XHsNdUliSrgo1xs9DBU1-Glp_evZGKen3Dq2kUktlRKlEpUF8dS8o4aoadE-ZR9tPom8yMw1Bp72jZiOJ-RDxM6dlAnp-01jRk6yN5bNvrDc4YYMF0H0c/s1600-h/DSC02608.JPG"></a>We knew the time would come when we would say goodbye to Africa and all our new family. Such a bittersweet farewell.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XzgjoPP1xvesMKFJpUZBTTA1nn3ykkCu4DjJvnODkXi3kWJHA9a_T-cU-mM6jhwvbYoc_FpuePVDIo9dXGZtih8xym02OnRKZ1WesR0SHY57_wnSJDHj5flfKa0CMN19KwI4e7_FoJQ/s1600-h/DSC02605.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271258588545246194" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XzgjoPP1xvesMKFJpUZBTTA1nn3ykkCu4DjJvnODkXi3kWJHA9a_T-cU-mM6jhwvbYoc_FpuePVDIo9dXGZtih8xym02OnRKZ1WesR0SHY57_wnSJDHj5flfKa0CMN19KwI4e7_FoJQ/s320/DSC02605.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Our flower sellers who kept us in fresh flowers (for a wee price) and Eric (far right) who taught me much French and learned some English to communicate with me. He kept my beautiful garden on our balcony alive and well.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirvF-6UGfpz6SS7k3wtgve2F4p_iOqdxOZnVmXmVNyW1EKPKq1iSHrkYIEwvdolAR2_VLFHEFcIrGSoKIBb6H2XFUmDI52wVHb-Y6wIPW1oJp6s-Et9e9QDxgnsBR0-w700sFlRr7p7I/s1600-h/NRT+506.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271254469742706098" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirvF-6UGfpz6SS7k3wtgve2F4p_iOqdxOZnVmXmVNyW1EKPKq1iSHrkYIEwvdolAR2_VLFHEFcIrGSoKIBb6H2XFUmDI52wVHb-Y6wIPW1oJp6s-Et9e9QDxgnsBR0-w700sFlRr7p7I/s320/NRT+506.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS802kI23ibwFUhvxB71nymjcvCiWlqbMpmi0Ble082ZBmpOhgACRClFh4tTeGRwrk8duwdecZm3rkPEJfh5EIm1aJCT5WYTtZHcExTGilE9x9V5RMFqXURbk1viy1QjkaF6bpPmNGg_4/s1600-h/NRT+508.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271254480081412626" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 255px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS802kI23ibwFUhvxB71nymjcvCiWlqbMpmi0Ble082ZBmpOhgACRClFh4tTeGRwrk8duwdecZm3rkPEJfh5EIm1aJCT5WYTtZHcExTGilE9x9V5RMFqXURbk1viy1QjkaF6bpPmNGg_4/s320/NRT+508.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Wivine and Mimi who kept us healthy with their fresh vegetables and fruit. Their stand was on the corner of our apartment block. I bought many a pineapple through the fence. Wivine never missed a chance to prod me into buying more than I needed. Many of our francs went to supporting their enterprise. I cried when saying goodbye and they cried as well. A big part of our life in Kinshasa.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPoBXQ3r_L790Lps_o71SOPVvmtCx0M1iUoGptAobOze1LfT7-7pr535zbzLbRlnMaDemhD4fDQQ6o4vFNV8qYPHSR5hV67rcTcraDQfsau3D6eo5QW4rgaSsCtZUGYu8N5AMHBZ9OUk/s1600-h/DSC02601.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271258582774781042" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPoBXQ3r_L790Lps_o71SOPVvmtCx0M1iUoGptAobOze1LfT7-7pr535zbzLbRlnMaDemhD4fDQQ6o4vFNV8qYPHSR5hV67rcTcraDQfsau3D6eo5QW4rgaSsCtZUGYu8N5AMHBZ9OUk/s320/DSC02601.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0daBhTGGv4lcJPUMEBXCY98xH1LkG6x1kiP14j19GJtA8GVAfFdYfU0AB8Y5eMrh9W7ycdLpSiolNa2WrDw90mOBga7srk0ezdCgqsvu36SkMX4V6xyFnET7vKd06vq9Szkp80Kj-X_0/s1600-h/NRT+587.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271256227685209234" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0daBhTGGv4lcJPUMEBXCY98xH1LkG6x1kiP14j19GJtA8GVAfFdYfU0AB8Y5eMrh9W7ycdLpSiolNa2WrDw90mOBga7srk0ezdCgqsvu36SkMX4V6xyFnET7vKd06vq9Szkp80Kj-X_0/s320/NRT+587.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The hardest people to leave behind were Eustache and Pascal. They have been our mentors, our protectors, our friends and our sons. We love them like our own and it hurts to think we may never see them again in this life.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBFJs1-5y8ZN-LNOc5_-FCL3yFQ15GFKddu85GY4xLH5-G8QOaSwZeoOAb49WDLBkKU3Sksjm8w2C1PAQjeAbABUslcCkBTDtdfXwJO8Ab9CqIez0ywRWTYBiZV8WKz0RL4qEM4rTSiU/s1600-h/DSC02593.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271258102551336802" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBFJs1-5y8ZN-LNOc5_-FCL3yFQ15GFKddu85GY4xLH5-G8QOaSwZeoOAb49WDLBkKU3Sksjm8w2C1PAQjeAbABUslcCkBTDtdfXwJO8Ab9CqIez0ywRWTYBiZV8WKz0RL4qEM4rTSiU/s320/DSC02593.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Our planning wall. Here we listed all the things we did or needed to do for our whole mission. The board was full and as we looked it over we realized why we were tired and why we were always so busy doing good.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCkkyK2bBDQWpXKsA13argCToxIwAhzOA_NNEU1nKQ4UtxhUxhGhaCRc1JBMnPaGgmTdtp_wjn-SVa3LITixxY4HYN_Bz2wLP6EWISWQ6l-O_JyF2hyphenhyphen_BHFmhsVHTUuwGgIOvTLP1MCI/s1600-h/DSC02606.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271258099971597794" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCkkyK2bBDQWpXKsA13argCToxIwAhzOA_NNEU1nKQ4UtxhUxhGhaCRc1JBMnPaGgmTdtp_wjn-SVa3LITixxY4HYN_Bz2wLP6EWISWQ6l-O_JyF2hyphenhyphen_BHFmhsVHTUuwGgIOvTLP1MCI/s320/DSC02606.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />One last lunch in the mission kitchen. Sis. Moon knows how to throw a quick lunch together but it wasn't the food that was so good as it was the company.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Pf8SegM-_rRJtRxky56aiROkNm4MdgN3Ys2L6Vpsw8GhviJrFXmhaHm2v7EBLxV1IQ17VS6kFk2anm-oST7hWJnmS0hZd28vc0XhrFWV7zMqtz24WCSMXxSPNKKxCe9Yr31oaxuUUnU/s1600-h/DSC02599.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271258091159405170" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Pf8SegM-_rRJtRxky56aiROkNm4MdgN3Ys2L6Vpsw8GhviJrFXmhaHm2v7EBLxV1IQ17VS6kFk2anm-oST7hWJnmS0hZd28vc0XhrFWV7zMqtz24WCSMXxSPNKKxCe9Yr31oaxuUUnU/s320/DSC02599.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Our replacements the Davis from Montana arrived excited to get to work and ready for anything.<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncw4ozejrkldUojMcTAtMThyphenhyphenLmTJYYPlEuxtR0kRlv4KjaTnZu8FHccE8QVDjZSrNvA79mCxWohEUpQO1ewbeRk2W-6_6PNY-DWm5ml-lXh_mVlmFPmYI-EMMzi6jaJHKARyom1INdeo/s1600-h/DSC02614.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271258087935335394" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncw4ozejrkldUojMcTAtMThyphenhyphenLmTJYYPlEuxtR0kRlv4KjaTnZu8FHccE8QVDjZSrNvA79mCxWohEUpQO1ewbeRk2W-6_6PNY-DWm5ml-lXh_mVlmFPmYI-EMMzi6jaJHKARyom1INdeo/s320/DSC02614.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Newly appointed Bishop Jean Pierre Nguwa became a dear friend and a great help with our projects as he had a company that could transport goods for us and helped us make the City of Hope project a success. He gave us some special gifts as we left including a beautiful statue of a Congolese woman we are sure was made of alabaster not ivory. We are unable to post a picture of his statue as it is without clothes.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIR2nTxI28CG00kzZ-ZM9P6-ZVQcpy-ZotLutW_IbErOQmNkm5St8ttXNaObQ9h0nIrp3oN4i_jGuqPosTFM8aydye5HYrwYwLYHDv6a3pZp65aizQRCX22kVyIcCYn1gIBLf6YHkZnvo/s1600-h/DSC02622.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271258084796225602" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIR2nTxI28CG00kzZ-ZM9P6-ZVQcpy-ZotLutW_IbErOQmNkm5St8ttXNaObQ9h0nIrp3oN4i_jGuqPosTFM8aydye5HYrwYwLYHDv6a3pZp65aizQRCX22kVyIcCYn1gIBLf6YHkZnvo/s320/DSC02622.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Pres. Livingstone an Pres. Koliker (counselor in the area presidency) presented us with our missionary release certificate.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGmhgUiNRQxADhrwGm8V92ObqsdfmH7BPsalIKHKDj3z_LloVmVZPlZC0hIYMdgpAnCIlHJ-0YC0kARSGTRl5AeDMOwIRW22OYG6tFBKulkzjUrkejb5mWRQ5aFD_gqsTRlWlWJVQFA0/s1600-h/NRT+624.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271256597348920786" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGmhgUiNRQxADhrwGm8V92ObqsdfmH7BPsalIKHKDj3z_LloVmVZPlZC0hIYMdgpAnCIlHJ-0YC0kARSGTRl5AeDMOwIRW22OYG6tFBKulkzjUrkejb5mWRQ5aFD_gqsTRlWlWJVQFA0/s320/NRT+624.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Pres. and Sis Livingstone held a farewell dinner for us at the mission home with the Davis, Moons, Eustache, Mami, Steven, Staci, and Pascal. We had a lovely dinner and then the Livingstones and the Moons sang us a farewell song, fun and very tender.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZovS6N22MLn3cazXALgug4FR9xWJC8Lc_Dc_LTU6eDJJl1yDgmz37LXgUR67pXROxGnE0MO3adf1G6RhIB_QAXuIyKvGp8ZVS_TzKdnKKZqMLeVajCUp3GJtRHd_uZf2O8fsPxt7lkoI/s1600-h/NRT+586.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271256220810547794" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZovS6N22MLn3cazXALgug4FR9xWJC8Lc_Dc_LTU6eDJJl1yDgmz37LXgUR67pXROxGnE0MO3adf1G6RhIB_QAXuIyKvGp8ZVS_TzKdnKKZqMLeVajCUp3GJtRHd_uZf2O8fsPxt7lkoI/s320/NRT+586.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcyrUX8sb_RO304mEgXGSs6ByHQFtDpWTCd1bBOA_KncCrxe2AwhPpYw6GJPhEC6MmyhYum6gH92kM-_ci23FHXExqTSqMGeseCUZ-UPS99MCvGtIFWEDpXwI4rg2gb1pS_i1qVbItUE/s1600-h/NRT+585.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271255859476399122" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcyrUX8sb_RO304mEgXGSs6ByHQFtDpWTCd1bBOA_KncCrxe2AwhPpYw6GJPhEC6MmyhYum6gH92kM-_ci23FHXExqTSqMGeseCUZ-UPS99MCvGtIFWEDpXwI4rg2gb1pS_i1qVbItUE/s320/NRT+585.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div>We gave memory gifts to each person. </div><div><strong>Pres. Livingstone:</strong> a French Dominos game so now that we were leaving he could play games. Farrell wasn't much of a game player so game playing had been held to a minimum.</div><div><strong>Sis. Livingstone:</strong> My prize gardenia bush, a piece of material to match her Congo dress so she would have a pagne to wear with her dress and a Congolese cell phone holder to wear around her neck because she could never find her cell phone.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8R91bAg7NUL7oS-1WWLTid7mRndERvxlccZWjKRDdxRvUZ1Anuhpoad8DlomCLgh963zkSwqgCLkmDBzEB1oXyx9PSxl-nqEjP3hAhJfYkN9I2LLeutOTd2WGl7WL8JcwwsDGXzqM-6k/s1600-h/NRT+594.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271268529530782258" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8R91bAg7NUL7oS-1WWLTid7mRndERvxlccZWjKRDdxRvUZ1Anuhpoad8DlomCLgh963zkSwqgCLkmDBzEB1oXyx9PSxl-nqEjP3hAhJfYkN9I2LLeutOTd2WGl7WL8JcwwsDGXzqM-6k/s320/NRT+594.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>Sis. Moon:</strong> A Congolese outfit from Lubumbashi that matches one I have. We were always going to get matching outfits. Just a little late.</div><div><strong>Elder Moon:</strong> A water bottle with a fan to keep him cool on his Congo walks</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikxxrThGtk8rbddBsfx6cfZyPYZgMuE93mZ4Xxp1SINjT2rMFgRMLjT5zpHYTRlcVyr3hD09yXVZ5S4QU0TUTtPoun9jHtiBe4ZxbVwKRlzyD_9ECGzpPedPXn67lLI9pFJKKChjbRRmw/s1600-h/NRT+597.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271268525423895058" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikxxrThGtk8rbddBsfx6cfZyPYZgMuE93mZ4Xxp1SINjT2rMFgRMLjT5zpHYTRlcVyr3hD09yXVZ5S4QU0TUTtPoun9jHtiBe4ZxbVwKRlzyD_9ECGzpPedPXn67lLI9pFJKKChjbRRmw/s320/NRT+597.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>Eustach and Mami:</strong> Mormon Tab. cds to remind them that English is their second language<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA8yUItB8Ptnq0qLUpXSf8JLmMgllC2BVu0t7wPUTs9KzsszlstNxt3fB_xjCOysSEfUqxX9NwWNH1TY1OJPpmUvsuCJwmkd1g5ZqNyZBJM1mqF-I-a9PHhsdiGqHkRb1TjpP-sOUdVQ/s1600-h/NRT+595.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271256238172883650" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA8yUItB8Ptnq0qLUpXSf8JLmMgllC2BVu0t7wPUTs9KzsszlstNxt3fB_xjCOysSEfUqxX9NwWNH1TY1OJPpmUvsuCJwmkd1g5ZqNyZBJM1mqF-I-a9PHhsdiGqHkRb1TjpP-sOUdVQ/s320/NRT+595.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><strong>Pascal:</strong> Farrell's guitar so that he would start singing again. It had been a long time since we had heard Pascal sing.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PIPmb5AHbK8rQaQ6AULiGI8wj1J7NR6JNrGYQXjFOOmOt1Z2BtF5gBOWL_cu30lHDmLwbwi9kUY3LmQxPGQsHoIyXAhrM0R7JnfuIFQMD8BGZG_Xeub44jTYafsCumILd-PIvsz3U7k/s1600-h/NRT+603.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271256240509962674" style="WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PIPmb5AHbK8rQaQ6AULiGI8wj1J7NR6JNrGYQXjFOOmOt1Z2BtF5gBOWL_cu30lHDmLwbwi9kUY3LmQxPGQsHoIyXAhrM0R7JnfuIFQMD8BGZG_Xeub44jTYafsCumILd-PIvsz3U7k/s320/NRT+603.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Elder and Sis. Davis: We bequeathed our wonderful bug zapper so they could keep the mosquito's under control.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPa3y-B1gIvcIdJMzdZAvPUIPFdN-d-SQ08II5YAwMi-UzxulFRm0IShRBkGdW_R-RDXBtG08z4cZ2Qg9K46sb-yhFXjsFVP_hI9FSwJNdRF03oU7AMLgrFwsI-KmjFwOgm7ryRaKq1Pc/s1600-h/NRT+592.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271268534218726626" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPa3y-B1gIvcIdJMzdZAvPUIPFdN-d-SQ08II5YAwMi-UzxulFRm0IShRBkGdW_R-RDXBtG08z4cZ2Qg9K46sb-yhFXjsFVP_hI9FSwJNdRF03oU7AMLgrFwsI-KmjFwOgm7ryRaKq1Pc/s320/NRT+592.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8iYngMSaG9WxG4efqEuYUklgedEmsSjnVfjdym2OOtJCrFhnrZOtUny54sr6rQUcn8N3yDM2Sg4UpAZYnM43JP3_cCPXlumNcfBZzGH77qlTp9EOlSI6syMF7agZB0lJSLl3HyqWYrO4/s1600-h/NRT+590.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271256231510752258" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8iYngMSaG9WxG4efqEuYUklgedEmsSjnVfjdym2OOtJCrFhnrZOtUny54sr6rQUcn8N3yDM2Sg4UpAZYnM43JP3_cCPXlumNcfBZzGH77qlTp9EOlSI6syMF7agZB0lJSLl3HyqWYrO4/s320/NRT+590.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Eustache's family has become part of our own. We were here for Staci's birth and claimed grand parenting rights to his children. He is a wonderful man who keeps the mission going and serves well in the church.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTf9X_XKwKPs-VaIO05j62C84eGKlHcn6TfqxPIdpb7zKKPRKVDu805VRncWpV4W3CKvL2GXb2naFLeqvIkncrV7yN44gh7zt4SUCcHXUUoWkqM1PvZtS5SwcYSSmc1y510KVcHWYwqps/s1600-h/NRT+623.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271256595843785666" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTf9X_XKwKPs-VaIO05j62C84eGKlHcn6TfqxPIdpb7zKKPRKVDu805VRncWpV4W3CKvL2GXb2naFLeqvIkncrV7yN44gh7zt4SUCcHXUUoWkqM1PvZtS5SwcYSSmc1y510KVcHWYwqps/s320/NRT+623.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVF9SEXIBDcAWUkt6xNpgMIcKXObM1_ZLANRgTMXaRNnyh9RIZQIkuveHKdFo6Duvtcdhx8gLZkHPoYhyRCaybTcgmEVAqb1buYNHWjxjoHeDCBUFV_r5yes6zYM6Ju_SX6dfjbzQcJU/s1600-h/NRT+584.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271255842873321970" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVF9SEXIBDcAWUkt6xNpgMIcKXObM1_ZLANRgTMXaRNnyh9RIZQIkuveHKdFo6Duvtcdhx8gLZkHPoYhyRCaybTcgmEVAqb1buYNHWjxjoHeDCBUFV_r5yes6zYM6Ju_SX6dfjbzQcJU/s320/NRT+584.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9fIUkuDFxgNJeKbKXBzPU9j3Md9spc0G8nJWWQ5TRERv5skxJWKoWUxOeOjhv5m08LgTga7fJ1ivd29PwBBmdb4Md5ztnjvnbc1g1LahN7RpVY_t9_4ZsrBY6hcNFdBZ7MYBfTVBNiw/s1600-h/NRT+580.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271255837045574290" style="WIDTH: 273px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9fIUkuDFxgNJeKbKXBzPU9j3Md9spc0G8nJWWQ5TRERv5skxJWKoWUxOeOjhv5m08LgTga7fJ1ivd29PwBBmdb4Md5ztnjvnbc1g1LahN7RpVY_t9_4ZsrBY6hcNFdBZ7MYBfTVBNiw/s320/NRT+580.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Farrell had to play his guitar one last time so sang one for the road, Long Tall Texan.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIA9lhIQirl78V68ttIiEJe5M2iZQ0c3H3XEHQPMHRONfBkFY9UN8Ja0jNgRKVDwADfbUmogm9Jq4gtTPuM-ppYNuxI2IaEy43A77fYeYSM2gSdFvCVgBOJ3tBg4-0-R8yW_pKohOyRbE/s1600-h/NRT+616.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271256594203235058" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIA9lhIQirl78V68ttIiEJe5M2iZQ0c3H3XEHQPMHRONfBkFY9UN8Ja0jNgRKVDwADfbUmogm9Jq4gtTPuM-ppYNuxI2IaEy43A77fYeYSM2gSdFvCVgBOJ3tBg4-0-R8yW_pKohOyRbE/s320/NRT+616.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>It was special to have the Kohlekers there when we left. He paid us a wonderful tribute for all we had done and made us feel very successful.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6DJBJwj6HQEfHB5JjKc6l3Gv-UMdpI1Pe6iAUzNs9YJ4Kkg1XSHh2axh1YupONW20mhG7U8hgCv8EE59f61m2TsvbMIwfsxhqN9DftjfV7PcBEdhCU6VXRjc-s3sbn-SL_QFVeh-2AI/s1600-h/NRT+604.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271256587812565954" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6DJBJwj6HQEfHB5JjKc6l3Gv-UMdpI1Pe6iAUzNs9YJ4Kkg1XSHh2axh1YupONW20mhG7U8hgCv8EE59f61m2TsvbMIwfsxhqN9DftjfV7PcBEdhCU6VXRjc-s3sbn-SL_QFVeh-2AI/s320/NRT+604.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Temporal Affairs had a farewell party for us and gave us a certificate that everyone signed with their thoughts. We will treasure them as we read these comments and remember them.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-hRZh5-Zb5akKudcw9WdlIoMh-ttN5PXEETokhoeAeF7kN9WYy7x8gcwFB8rI_Chf8jjVDhdPU1_adAC4vYhwV_QTTv8R8mXrZoxrtvMex6p505uwCUdVFCTyFbPGmISJLhogmJt7vQ/s1600-h/NRT+569.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271255829271739458" style="WIDTH: 235px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-hRZh5-Zb5akKudcw9WdlIoMh-ttN5PXEETokhoeAeF7kN9WYy7x8gcwFB8rI_Chf8jjVDhdPU1_adAC4vYhwV_QTTv8R8mXrZoxrtvMex6p505uwCUdVFCTyFbPGmISJLhogmJt7vQ/s320/NRT+569.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Pres. Albert, director of CES for the Congo.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmn2CBFhvnUtBTwwlJMSxBFYxk0ZfqNHnitvbhLfrGMiN2dnN6mCkePLF_xHf8OmoVHWqrDw1LfTxziTukd1cYVH-1N0ecUm4-pN_g3S1q4d7c59QT9WOK3f94dhmqqT9m92MVzoFy8Jg/s1600-h/NRT+567.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271255830913144898" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmn2CBFhvnUtBTwwlJMSxBFYxk0ZfqNHnitvbhLfrGMiN2dnN6mCkePLF_xHf8OmoVHWqrDw1LfTxziTukd1cYVH-1N0ecUm4-pN_g3S1q4d7c59QT9WOK3f94dhmqqT9m92MVzoFy8Jg/s320/NRT+567.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The new finance officers, Bro Jacob and Bro. Zenga.<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AL2oAGyS9EtLxgh2oWQ3sGxveDmw0XuB6WENCz2LExFaVdXq8YPnhDAhFakVoDM_ThKXuPO2ARqjPXASuAoo_s_PR_1lOKWaJ8_wDqAGFfoxMjZT9bSNCEfzR8RLiCjA3tMntC4ru-s/s1600-h/NRT+546.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271255513847886530" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AL2oAGyS9EtLxgh2oWQ3sGxveDmw0XuB6WENCz2LExFaVdXq8YPnhDAhFakVoDM_ThKXuPO2ARqjPXASuAoo_s_PR_1lOKWaJ8_wDqAGFfoxMjZT9bSNCEfzR8RLiCjA3tMntC4ru-s/s320/NRT+546.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Good food always when you have a party in the Congo.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUa3yK_SindyCwLuoYoqPIho7x7UA5wUfXKLebBjHFmmFm0n_LYyDve7KwNTKQWllTka_C6LuxwpT6dkj8YrVR_8tk2LVy-1ZbAWzsV6sqqRssl7Yepbo3srwIJFSdXd4PXPIKWX5o2uc/s1600-h/NRT+540.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271255513828470914" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUa3yK_SindyCwLuoYoqPIho7x7UA5wUfXKLebBjHFmmFm0n_LYyDve7KwNTKQWllTka_C6LuxwpT6dkj8YrVR_8tk2LVy-1ZbAWzsV6sqqRssl7Yepbo3srwIJFSdXd4PXPIKWX5o2uc/s320/NRT+540.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Maguy, who manages all the church properties, a beautiful Congolese woman who values her heritage and always wears Congolese fashions and looks wonderful.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_rG02uIKDSRsNo6TtPjp8Ztk0oqxH5_CrRWV8KoDNbDU3zpiT6rGQN55UOEobUNfKV32I-MCotnk1OyLBEOahm7KTzETcfopsXu0kh5OSI8Gj5cbfTihRRCVLGvvzxualnmpTYrKtf8/s1600-h/NRT+539.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271255512537350882" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 255px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_rG02uIKDSRsNo6TtPjp8Ztk0oqxH5_CrRWV8KoDNbDU3zpiT6rGQN55UOEobUNfKV32I-MCotnk1OyLBEOahm7KTzETcfopsXu0kh5OSI8Gj5cbfTihRRCVLGvvzxualnmpTYrKtf8/s320/NRT+539.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Pres. Tierry Mutumbo, travel and purchasing and Didier Mutumbo.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19oZE8WZpF6whfcpd095ub4-KYJdNNSiIsDqcfNDqkcS8FkND_Zn2PlcFKSmuhpRjLqHyQc6vtAJtighiXVixhhi89Gw9bxrKo4PWotl-EIOnUwvkiGZZjreR6rGex9XX0hkT4WgJ8XA/s1600-h/NRT+535+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271255508158999378" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19oZE8WZpF6whfcpd095ub4-KYJdNNSiIsDqcfNDqkcS8FkND_Zn2PlcFKSmuhpRjLqHyQc6vtAJtighiXVixhhi89Gw9bxrKo4PWotl-EIOnUwvkiGZZjreR6rGex9XX0hkT4WgJ8XA/s320/NRT+535+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Leaving the Moon's is like leaving your right arm behind. They are the best of friends and worked hard to support us in all that we did.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsAlBHT6w8wzoX2u2A-g0SctvSUFx4okTlPikwMd_LwF7yvALBC6U8bQ4Zgm3XbPL8OYyBPElKZmLa7rU2Ce8nhyphenhyphenybNlF4rTcnaD6uT7_HQ7u6LBARFqXHnXbUkWakGY5vxV1qFq8-qw/s1600-h/NRT+534+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271255134418484098" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsAlBHT6w8wzoX2u2A-g0SctvSUFx4okTlPikwMd_LwF7yvALBC6U8bQ4Zgm3XbPL8OYyBPElKZmLa7rU2Ce8nhyphenhyphenybNlF4rTcnaD6uT7_HQ7u6LBARFqXHnXbUkWakGY5vxV1qFq8-qw/s320/NRT+534+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Eustache came to the party. We are sure it wasn't just the promise of good food. He was the one who helped Farrell with his French when we first came, he arranged for our safe keeping when ever we had to go across the Congo River to Brazzaville, he translated many things for us and gave us sound advise when ever asked. We could not have done our mission without him.<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObnKmPHahR-gJPqHZ1Grtyy8WmovWECwXYQQb79YQoD4MPO6vj66qOEYDr5hUL9LJSFYhepPw_iV_qDLyeOKYFWKQEqpuot8HZQIvwxbZyDrI0DC9kJCHoPLcbrkB6ixFZweJan-2XGs/s1600-h/NRT+527+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271254817443134882" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObnKmPHahR-gJPqHZ1Grtyy8WmovWECwXYQQb79YQoD4MPO6vj66qOEYDr5hUL9LJSFYhepPw_iV_qDLyeOKYFWKQEqpuot8HZQIvwxbZyDrI0DC9kJCHoPLcbrkB6ixFZweJan-2XGs/s320/NRT+527+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Pres. Lunda is a counselor in the stake presidency and runs the distribution center in Kinshasa. He too became a dear friend.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOQMvdeMbmZc1EXSKqEZG3XGRPQ33XwGes-ljDO_7B1Z-IDIV7eth44Izs6FrD_f7jKJaJIAzKi7lXpJUU6VeOuOCKqHrgZqY93B3BGQPceuWtlwD7Kb1udMDHJKFRdhAvCQWEwYHdqs/s1600-h/NRT+530.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271255118343581602" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 235px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOQMvdeMbmZc1EXSKqEZG3XGRPQ33XwGes-ljDO_7B1Z-IDIV7eth44Izs6FrD_f7jKJaJIAzKi7lXpJUU6VeOuOCKqHrgZqY93B3BGQPceuWtlwD7Kb1udMDHJKFRdhAvCQWEwYHdqs/s320/NRT+530.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Bro. Bufunga who is IT for the mission and Temporal </div><div>Affairs. We drove him crazy with our IT problems and he drove us crazy as we learned how IT works in the Congo.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgazOVrpX4Q_sbRizYZTirUxL22CQ8EyDrKJYhCRVQvOpZCuhFbkBALYs8Ku3gyX-NZ1e43mEsHw7U6b2Dt-Jr0e2biuBOeniHNJ2rWKXAsbuWed6h6aXoS5xhAcP-9Bjybe47j7lO9Go/s1600-h/NRT+529+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271255112653674434" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgazOVrpX4Q_sbRizYZTirUxL22CQ8EyDrKJYhCRVQvOpZCuhFbkBALYs8Ku3gyX-NZ1e43mEsHw7U6b2Dt-Jr0e2biuBOeniHNJ2rWKXAsbuWed6h6aXoS5xhAcP-9Bjybe47j7lO9Go/s320/NRT+529+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Willie was a service missionary in the distribution center. He is a hard worker. We went to his wedding a couple of months before we left. It was our second wedding to attend in the Congo and his wife Nancy was a missionary while we were there. They married as soon as she was released from her mission.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmfHJ5tFbs3QRivEF6K0SIIdIT0zaEpsVrEaglYfDc4uWbaAxGIs3XaSNJ1_34HdKSUdUhLqmqmWXrkcQbof2f-u0g8MhdL_CA8oZmiau-X-QlAAvtOV0oWKJs0vDy-Ru9m6iu_mz7iU/s1600-h/NRT+528+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271254818995732706" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmfHJ5tFbs3QRivEF6K0SIIdIT0zaEpsVrEaglYfDc4uWbaAxGIs3XaSNJ1_34HdKSUdUhLqmqmWXrkcQbof2f-u0g8MhdL_CA8oZmiau-X-QlAAvtOV0oWKJs0vDy-Ru9m6iu_mz7iU/s320/NRT+528+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Pres. Thierry Mutumbo is one of the most handsome men I have ever met. He was just hired by Temporal Affairs and is a very hard worker. We love him. He loves our Savior and emulates that in all he does.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAC4mAborP5S-ImwdOEwfmRHDAgk_XxjSKBcC-mBLN9RT7c-iQGSvLXHWaiRBKkqp12B3RkJJtRRnKBBkuT1eQFJIWO6C4gie2qsHcR56H6BJHso9MTZWEuAojBGhar7bOXNafQG3HFBs/s1600-h/NRT+531+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271255127318453858" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAC4mAborP5S-ImwdOEwfmRHDAgk_XxjSKBcC-mBLN9RT7c-iQGSvLXHWaiRBKkqp12B3RkJJtRRnKBBkuT1eQFJIWO6C4gie2qsHcR56H6BJHso9MTZWEuAojBGhar7bOXNafQG3HFBs/s320/NRT+531+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfosboTKe5azPG9uMMibUkXNW-m4TqTNjo7Ft65Gn2v85qpMyjAuOKy2nV_ZooTj3NzI05ev6EYO7JWdg5kpM02H9K6OWAz1X3fxKl1mhQT00V4EzYXgovI2kAjGUv-mibxKri9yx4WY/s1600-h/NRT+526.jpg"></a><br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0McBRI1f0sRnwvZic9dhz1_wXc351XMFN7N12vidNNP-DWP0BAomo1wQBZDP9Ads4XJcNF0aW_YxrsA5aWeyV9gv2QidCd0ArEw7UQdDceUfecXeO2dAb2dQSkITWplti6xkgboU06as/s1600-h/NRT+522+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271254812102606530" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 219px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0McBRI1f0sRnwvZic9dhz1_wXc351XMFN7N12vidNNP-DWP0BAomo1wQBZDP9Ads4XJcNF0aW_YxrsA5aWeyV9gv2QidCd0ArEw7UQdDceUfecXeO2dAb2dQSkITWplti6xkgboU06as/s320/NRT+522+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Our two Bishops, Bishop Kuteka of the Malueka Ward (second from left) and Bishop Haboko of the Kimbwala Ward (far right). These are two spiritual giants that we had the privilege to work with and observe in their callings. They are dear friends and their families are choice people.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0nh8L4WOWvYXkkKobpdFHn3pc6iY7dhyphenhyphenzwf8ryQUB_QJ5xJKDzla5UUVYcIGUeyzvRAv-TFGIVQ51SfqLRN9aohpvTnRMffaG81Y01KS_0ITM-QN2yu5abuAixOfwi1txmDg-FNCwN8/s1600-h/NRT+519+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271254805847595154" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0nh8L4WOWvYXkkKobpdFHn3pc6iY7dhyphenhyphenzwf8ryQUB_QJ5xJKDzla5UUVYcIGUeyzvRAv-TFGIVQ51SfqLRN9aohpvTnRMffaG81Y01KS_0ITM-QN2yu5abuAixOfwi1txmDg-FNCwN8/s320/NRT+519+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />As good as they get Bishop Haboko and Pres. Mutumbo. They both gave us tributes at the program and said many kind things. I think they love us.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWv3iqqYFQQat4zI7hVZOhdG-nEuZi2k0hWPVArqtRpNWtcwODhWkSuUKqeuP-ir7Y8ZeZHwYlVhhs7mEucUgE3AZ5xi4IRF1mhHg-ze9IU62hTCAlRa0hCgxJ71O3fi1ef2izWRozx4/s1600-h/NRT+514+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271254487051218626" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWv3iqqYFQQat4zI7hVZOhdG-nEuZi2k0hWPVArqtRpNWtcwODhWkSuUKqeuP-ir7Y8ZeZHwYlVhhs7mEucUgE3AZ5xi4IRF1mhHg-ze9IU62hTCAlRa0hCgxJ71O3fi1ef2izWRozx4/s320/NRT+514+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Bishop Da Tarr is a Liberian who came to the Congo and is now head of Temporal Affairs. He is a gentle, kind man with an unshakable testimony of the gospel. His personal story of surviving war and finding the church is inspiring.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLNQOQp2JoOUYlKRP6ePMdXzmaJZyeBHz_ijDQeab_jRbcDIojwFWDHLFYYtlsyVbZjaZ4CWA2rjOu0Tj9SLz-pePB3e3HZAdPDnfO21J0z5qygrSOYyfi0YFXeL0iZTcimMQWom3b_A/s1600-h/NRT+515.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271254493902011970" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLNQOQp2JoOUYlKRP6ePMdXzmaJZyeBHz_ijDQeab_jRbcDIojwFWDHLFYYtlsyVbZjaZ4CWA2rjOu0Tj9SLz-pePB3e3HZAdPDnfO21J0z5qygrSOYyfi0YFXeL0iZTcimMQWom3b_A/s320/NRT+515.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Our Temporal Affairs family.<br /><div><div><div><div><br /><div>After an adventure of a life time it was time to leave our home away from home. This was truely a bittersweet experience and one we would not have missed for anything. We are better because of our experiences here. We will never be the same.</div><div></div><div>We arrived in the Kinshasa on April 7, 2007 and left Kinshasa Oct 23, 2008.</div><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;">What a glorious adventure!</span></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-91713887387320009722008-11-06T16:38:00.000-08:002008-11-09T08:10:30.688-08:00Neonatal Resuscitation Initiative, Our Last Hurrah!<span style="font-family:verdana;">Time moves very quickly when you are busy doing the Lord's work. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Time</span> for us to go home was drawing close but we still had much to do. We extended our mission a month so that we could do the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">NRT</span> initiative for 2008. That decision set us up for a whirlwind final two weeks in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">DRC</span>.</span><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">On Oct 11<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">th</span> we went to the airport and picked up our replacements Neal and Sandy Davis and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">NRT</span> Team, Dr. Michael <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Preece</span> and his wife Merrilee and Dr. Steven Grover and his wife, Carolyn and daughter Emma.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmRRxx-IxnfiEVHY8_5HqE-FHslfIOhe1T6aMYLZLxEjIjEhplfeh0W0Si-AlBk6Zp7sl3Ax-JYTxUVjWdHREu12l4eHlKpaZ45wMzwM6SapP_iJh58b5OuUQjGDnDzKuwT2nvB5o50c/s1600-h/NRT+425.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266686730592718146" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmRRxx-IxnfiEVHY8_5HqE-FHslfIOhe1T6aMYLZLxEjIjEhplfeh0W0Si-AlBk6Zp7sl3Ax-JYTxUVjWdHREu12l4eHlKpaZ45wMzwM6SapP_iJh58b5OuUQjGDnDzKuwT2nvB5o50c/s320/NRT+425.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUw8p2hbIg_WmD72UggVhOlz1rzaXdbFJW558BB8iHuw6Nev3bLbhQlp22m8pmf8vjz3UtpWB095MgHnyEHgMbaKPvKPKkMoV2VaR8QPXNb-KF5XgTz021pJrF0y89pj48KYmnyxQ2FdI/s1600-h/NRT+353.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266686718673784994" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUw8p2hbIg_WmD72UggVhOlz1rzaXdbFJW558BB8iHuw6Nev3bLbhQlp22m8pmf8vjz3UtpWB095MgHnyEHgMbaKPvKPKkMoV2VaR8QPXNb-KF5XgTz021pJrF0y89pj48KYmnyxQ2FdI/s320/NRT+353.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtu3sr9Qrb9v8_7XeXW7qLMzAafu9898a3vpNsndh4lHHwU5M0Rxe1GUajaL_EYVXQCQdqqPi6zh6bSkIb-MliSJKtSQpneK6ojGsjxCt8LSwXUlzoHsYnFiiaENguqIcEJQzknLPlwQ/s1600-h/NRT+136.jpg"></a><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">It was a crazy and wild beginning for the Davis as we got them to bed Saturday night at about 12:00 pm and then were up early to take the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">NRT</span> team and the Davis to church at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Kimbwala</span> Ward. This was and was meant to be a cultural experience for all as the ride to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Kimbwala</span> and the ward itself are part of the African experience. We hurried home to fix dinner and be ready to meet with our local Congolese doctors, Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Ngoy</span> and Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Empamossa</span> who were going to help with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">NRT</span> training this year.<br /><br />The Neonatal Resuscitation Program has grown into a wonderful partnership with our Congolese partners. They have worked hard in Kinshasa running many trainings to perpetuate the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">NRT</span> program.<br /><br />DR. Arthur <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Ngoy</span> and Dr. Valerie <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Empampossa</span> were trained last year (Aug 2007) and have been perpetuating the training ever since. We have supported them in two trainings this year as they have tried to make sure that every birthing attendant in their Catholic system has the benefit that the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">NRT</span> training provides. We have grown very close to these two doctors and have had a wonderful opportunity to get to know them.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxKuveNmsYVo0vzXdM26ObSxWmKtc9cVHjf2p_IYNyvNIyLbTx-1lUIEqFbjDlG5ArHPjtZX8CwMGI5922Hz8tj3jzNABvSJVr9lVlcMmFJEY_siCPXmNp4gBqIRnN-S7jxrUgUNuqA8/s1600-h/NRT+160.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265780352072475778" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxKuveNmsYVo0vzXdM26ObSxWmKtc9cVHjf2p_IYNyvNIyLbTx-1lUIEqFbjDlG5ArHPjtZX8CwMGI5922Hz8tj3jzNABvSJVr9lVlcMmFJEY_siCPXmNp4gBqIRnN-S7jxrUgUNuqA8/s320/NRT+160.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGWJGh6xCu5ZWkn99o5pf8cH75LE1DyO9FzFm9M1LH7qea7oeUXu2GcK2im44JpLERblGqDjfs7AujVUYVeOurwCJ-3sGcJS78mYK9ThTplCIijnxi0zK5gUDm5GOC3U1HgUhRbNFKg/s1600-h/NRT+132.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265780031783749746" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGWJGh6xCu5ZWkn99o5pf8cH75LE1DyO9FzFm9M1LH7qea7oeUXu2GcK2im44JpLERblGqDjfs7AujVUYVeOurwCJ-3sGcJS78mYK9ThTplCIijnxi0zK5gUDm5GOC3U1HgUhRbNFKg/s320/NRT+132.jpg" border="0" /></a> </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HY6n8UC-7QUf4nr89NKSwlBLLCBTijCtRVNVnuTVap3uuHlpwcBnv6MGRanrDKIQ_az09etAn1HIw45s6OvVwiyFQX23Gt4ozJAlmyBUzzpx6sAOr9H7I2_OiBlfXxdQ09gyY2rZZQ/s1600-h/NRT+102+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265779785624055586" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HY6n8UC-7QUf4nr89NKSwlBLLCBTijCtRVNVnuTVap3uuHlpwcBnv6MGRanrDKIQ_az09etAn1HIw45s6OvVwiyFQX23Gt4ozJAlmyBUzzpx6sAOr9H7I2_OiBlfXxdQ09gyY2rZZQ/s320/NRT+102+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg692qZ-B6VGwLCthrMQ8n1i4rK6uEo5QoIKxM895BKrPR_h9tR6uZQN0hhQUUbsDPDM_WuW7I-i-LaqC2YYSgcbWAzuDEXrlvxIyKMlpFVC5sMHQaK8Pxo-8bZuznB4nz4NwRhzzSWBg/s1600-h/NRT+117.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265779792530098082" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg692qZ-B6VGwLCthrMQ8n1i4rK6uEo5QoIKxM895BKrPR_h9tR6uZQN0hhQUUbsDPDM_WuW7I-i-LaqC2YYSgcbWAzuDEXrlvxIyKMlpFVC5sMHQaK8Pxo-8bZuznB4nz4NwRhzzSWBg/s320/NRT+117.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">This year for the first time it was decided to use the local doctors to teach the training under the supervision of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">NRT</span> team from the US. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffcc00;">Kinshasa doctors, Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Empampossa</span> and Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Ngoy</span>.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJz5-jx9hNJiZLyxiQnSGlAWmfYHVwhknAEXHrMstrj85CgReZtp02hwEtXPUtTxs_tSaINwzkro9MTnwktnyfVE4PrgQ3pQznRT7Y15PtSQuBgwVOTLThuvuDeBsXzXTQb4rFICHiAg/s1600-h/NRT+134.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265780039514197490" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJz5-jx9hNJiZLyxiQnSGlAWmfYHVwhknAEXHrMstrj85CgReZtp02hwEtXPUtTxs_tSaINwzkro9MTnwktnyfVE4PrgQ3pQznRT7Y15PtSQuBgwVOTLThuvuDeBsXzXTQb4rFICHiAg/s320/NRT+134.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLlR-T_1FafazXSkCfMcMgbDKHS7IfTpMDz4HBvaPJ0NHrcFFx07l81ZpFGv8DRlKXlyyJz7UTFAXk4igzmUdoRWzIx2h3lz1bBDUDjNnadnhPEqVs6A9kOggN7jB8oD_uajK0m3byHg/s1600-h/NRT+123.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265780025810776546" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLlR-T_1FafazXSkCfMcMgbDKHS7IfTpMDz4HBvaPJ0NHrcFFx07l81ZpFGv8DRlKXlyyJz7UTFAXk4igzmUdoRWzIx2h3lz1bBDUDjNnadnhPEqVs6A9kOggN7jB8oD_uajK0m3byHg/s320/NRT+123.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The plan was to help these doctors develop a plan for the country and then have them manage the training and follow up. We asked Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Ngoy</span> to come up with a plan for perpetuating the training and to help us see where he felt the program could go.<br /><br />He came back with the idea that he could work first with the Catholic System of which he is a part and then spread out to the Protestant hospital systems and eventually to the government hospital systems. His needs were manuals, training kits and resuscitation kits for those who are trained. He arranged for us to collaborate with a hospital in Lubumbashi to extended the training even further this year. We met with Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Kaluiba</span> in Lubumbashi and found an enthusiastic partner.<br /><br />The program for 2008 was set up to test this idea as we held 2 trainings in Kinshasa and then flew to Lubumbashi and did two trainings. We had worked with Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Kaluba</span> in Lubumbashi to identify possible trainers for that area of the country. We planned for 3 Lubumbashi doctors to come to the Kinshasa training and then return with the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">team</span> to Lubumbashi for two more training sessions focusing on the Congolese doctors doing the training..<br /><br />This was a big undertaking and required that the church <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">NRT</span> program place a lot of trust in these local doctors.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOKDt1IYxLskA6hSAnaBhhyphenhyphenv2LbLuhLQKuCXMD8fde3ReeYkiWjuo3HY_ov54eZy2aqa01HcElp6rYQI6xgwXANoXE4oMbm238vIIUxW53oC5FsR63nwtQNPFPiCFOp5IBxKzfYEg7vY/s1600-h/NRT+161.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265780667711762626" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOKDt1IYxLskA6hSAnaBhhyphenhyphenv2LbLuhLQKuCXMD8fde3ReeYkiWjuo3HY_ov54eZy2aqa01HcElp6rYQI6xgwXANoXE4oMbm238vIIUxW53oC5FsR63nwtQNPFPiCFOp5IBxKzfYEg7vY/s320/NRT+161.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Training for Kinshasa went very well with 96 doctors, nurses, midwives and birthing attendants receiving the training.<br /><br />The following day we flew 13 people to Lubumbashi: The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">NRT</span> team consisting of Dr <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Preece</span>, Sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Preece</span>, Dr. Grover, Sister Grover and Emma Grover (daughter) along with the 2 Lubumbashi doctors Dr. and Dr. and Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Ngoy</span> and Dr. Valerie , the Davis and ourselves. We were met at the airport by Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Ngoy's</span> brother, head of a security agency, who gave us the VIP treatment. Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Ngoy</span> was so excited to go to his home town of Lubumbashi and see his family for the first time in 3 years. He dressed for the occasion in a beautiful,intricately <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">embroidered</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">african</span> dress.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zNy6eK0qaRGOzqqK8zjJyGOhUhSUbcp41uMoqu7YNlZaPwVybQvYgGXz2-TKznNc_GJWKDs_2A84_p2K24y5nY20YxP3j3byo9l27goLhLaaZrYQduJJcjiizMze37VSPY4nuZkmq7E/s1600-h/NRT+392.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265787234954320802" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zNy6eK0qaRGOzqqK8zjJyGOhUhSUbcp41uMoqu7YNlZaPwVybQvYgGXz2-TKznNc_GJWKDs_2A84_p2K24y5nY20YxP3j3byo9l27goLhLaaZrYQduJJcjiizMze37VSPY4nuZkmq7E/s320/NRT+392.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The Lubumbashi training was held at our church building by necessity as the hospital did not have a place for the training. This was a real plus as the church is a beautiful building and was spacious, spotlessly clean, well <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">furnished</span> with tables and chairs and with a kitchen for preparing lunch and breaks.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_sl9fHsgAUFSW4fMMkXgteGifg9JHAjE9lJ7xCx-_m9JTbfXiqJ3yXspyd7AxNeEDNUP4QXQ8LoCOsBiPFF3hH5TDRblJ0xVcg0hoI2GUvqpA04tUdc3FQhiYVidJrEJTbKomEWwMFc/s1600-h/NRT+191.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265780673239414962" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_sl9fHsgAUFSW4fMMkXgteGifg9JHAjE9lJ7xCx-_m9JTbfXiqJ3yXspyd7AxNeEDNUP4QXQ8LoCOsBiPFF3hH5TDRblJ0xVcg0hoI2GUvqpA04tUdc3FQhiYVidJrEJTbKomEWwMFc/s320/NRT+191.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The best reason for using the church was the beautiful clean bathrooms with flush toilets, toilet tissue, soap and paper towels. Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Ngoy</span> stated, after coming out of the bathroom, “My that is like a palace.”<br /><br />We had the ward bishop. Bishop Justin hosting at the building and another church member <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Deseri</span> who had helped us set up the program who greeted people and helped us make sure things ran smoothly.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFNodGojhyphenhyphenGX0f6jRz120PWr0kT_5Ibm-gLKlUw0uvcGg9q5y_Yl8XjN3Dz7x8K-LulXYMmFRpnR4RpKD1IEtMgaqg2upOKbP56_wVNqM2Z0lOusyoDmfuQAoF70Djj8HCJwzf6w6th8/s1600-h/NRT+179+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265780669033267058" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFNodGojhyphenhyphenGX0f6jRz120PWr0kT_5Ibm-gLKlUw0uvcGg9q5y_Yl8XjN3Dz7x8K-LulXYMmFRpnR4RpKD1IEtMgaqg2upOKbP56_wVNqM2Z0lOusyoDmfuQAoF70Djj8HCJwzf6w6th8/s320/NRT+179+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Relief society sisters catered the breaks and lunch and did a wonderful job. The training could not have gone smoother and the people attending seemed to enjoy their experience, were very animated and seemed to grasp the concepts fully. </span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><div><span style="color:#ffcc00;">Lubumbashi doctors </span></div><div><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQj5zgdHP3KT71Xsa045DSLf5hHzLI-k0MeATzGsYcTwEUQ3ee6grdu5oo63KrMXGDUr1K2fNV8pzOC1BaMu53HNMUgb1KqeGQyZcynFCTw7XcJIE4IGhor-kfGf8endUD7DEZjzT5Zw/s1600-h/NRT+110+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265779791532301986" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQj5zgdHP3KT71Xsa045DSLf5hHzLI-k0MeATzGsYcTwEUQ3ee6grdu5oo63KrMXGDUr1K2fNV8pzOC1BaMu53HNMUgb1KqeGQyZcynFCTw7XcJIE4IGhor-kfGf8endUD7DEZjzT5Zw/s320/NRT+110+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBQlm1Qs9P9KCgIG9PgbeEpKXkCYQStOLFvBCE20RBUfEt1-k_agN4OkFoWTNjfs_mFxMZHimhgekljb9I6vIHy9J4uoqKAuyWrs7dA1FbaNljpXBG-uDRzdSkknjwyei9MztKLn4eA/s1600-h/NRT+106+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265779789899866290" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBQlm1Qs9P9KCgIG9PgbeEpKXkCYQStOLFvBCE20RBUfEt1-k_agN4OkFoWTNjfs_mFxMZHimhgekljb9I6vIHy9J4uoqKAuyWrs7dA1FbaNljpXBG-uDRzdSkknjwyei9MztKLn4eA/s320/NRT+106+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA8E_1RlxfR6_1ocAPc-IzkNzqd4lsMM-h_H2Z5ausUYMXngMfgv7Slm4cbvot37sSAHSGjozhSDi9KLCXE5_SQwhrUpatVzteq2HMVB5UGGCQJ-YvRj6CyPO6HAzSyauuLUPg6ojSPg/s1600-h/NRT+182+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265780672479202690" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA8E_1RlxfR6_1ocAPc-IzkNzqd4lsMM-h_H2Z5ausUYMXngMfgv7Slm4cbvot37sSAHSGjozhSDi9KLCXE5_SQwhrUpatVzteq2HMVB5UGGCQJ-YvRj6CyPO6HAzSyauuLUPg6ojSPg/s320/NRT+182+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a>After each training we have a ceremony and present certificates to the participants and have a speaker give a short keynote address.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVb_Ujxthkmgm1gKPzeeK314CWk2v6nJO8QSNrLjl3M0r6yCbVnuau47LsbYXUONE6_kDODWb4L6n9HKDkzRLdR9HU75gVvbdq2Fg8y8D036hSkJBOkQuTie679dfQy76vMVkRHR8Sow/s1600-h/NRT+140.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265780342994018818" style="WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVb_Ujxthkmgm1gKPzeeK314CWk2v6nJO8QSNrLjl3M0r6yCbVnuau47LsbYXUONE6_kDODWb4L6n9HKDkzRLdR9HU75gVvbdq2Fg8y8D036hSkJBOkQuTie679dfQy76vMVkRHR8Sow/s320/NRT+140.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ11OtHtQ9MyxfR2iz4mKFamYHHGHM9Q8e4ZscF8vQsEJnRmBECcNLIy4zUqRMaZCfaSB5qhlOGmBDbNrfk4_v5EFedeQ2diDL4XWg_mzM9LdgnobfWQoeYQj6TL5CQ6MavAvlIKilQxs/s1600-h/NRT+143+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265780341074541538" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 166px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ11OtHtQ9MyxfR2iz4mKFamYHHGHM9Q8e4ZscF8vQsEJnRmBECcNLIy4zUqRMaZCfaSB5qhlOGmBDbNrfk4_v5EFedeQ2diDL4XWg_mzM9LdgnobfWQoeYQj6TL5CQ6MavAvlIKilQxs/s320/NRT+143+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The first day the Providence Health Minister gave the address. He stated that two years ago they were in a national meeting with the Minister of Health and were discussing the needs of the DR Congo. The number one problem they faced was infant mortality. Their statistics show their death rate at 150/1000. They made some changes and tried some things and came back together a year later and found that their statistics had changed and actually gotten worse 165/1000 infant mortality. He prayed about what to do and how to help this problem and the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came to his office asking permission to do a training on Neonatal Resuscitation. He had heard of this program in Kinshasa and was very excited to have it come to Lubumbashi. He attended the first day training and said he was over whelmed with the simplicity of the training an the ability of all who attended to grasp the concepts and be able to take it back to their health centers. He was very appreciative of the materials that were given to help the health centers. He said this was an incident of having a problem, praying about it and God sending the answer. He then stated that we are not done until every infant born in the Congo has the benefit of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">NRT</span> training.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1I2z3AMX3Uq2rkmCc4sNXpdF5ed2LZqWiIrfjIdlo0uP6e3cS3YsZ518jDaBgXy_WehLewoO8U1lorbUzUzrCq78B9RICkER-ZhqLsNCEb-TQYbizoGXoThlHWHlGP4QgOR45Y_1JL_4/s1600-h/NRT+465.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266686726561154498" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1I2z3AMX3Uq2rkmCc4sNXpdF5ed2LZqWiIrfjIdlo0uP6e3cS3YsZ518jDaBgXy_WehLewoO8U1lorbUzUzrCq78B9RICkER-ZhqLsNCEb-TQYbizoGXoThlHWHlGP4QgOR45Y_1JL_4/s320/NRT+465.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Our new champions in Lubumbashi are excited and have already started making plans on how to perpetuate the training, reaching out to smaller areas maybe even having them come into Lubumbashi for training or taking doctors out into the field to train<br /><br />Our last night in Lubumbashi we were invited to dinner at the brother of Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Ngoy</span>. His wife had fixed us a real Congolese meal and had their <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">daughters</span> sing for us.</span><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7iwf8W-1t4CuzjF2A-XvOcv8uoRHgdtdQI7YUFz1pxIYbzo7QcrCz-5IxGFATc2d-E4IhjirYOH4fgvTpyqC8pMbd046E1VfHh0Mhgdoprz62BOHyFgL_9t7V3oR1gZ-3L98jDheyN4/s1600-h/NRT+212.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265780679364414770" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7iwf8W-1t4CuzjF2A-XvOcv8uoRHgdtdQI7YUFz1pxIYbzo7QcrCz-5IxGFATc2d-E4IhjirYOH4fgvTpyqC8pMbd046E1VfHh0Mhgdoprz62BOHyFgL_9t7V3oR1gZ-3L98jDheyN4/s320/NRT+212.jpg" border="0" /></a> they sang in English, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Kumbaya</span>. They ended by presenting each family with a gift. Our host stated he just wanted to say <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">thank you</span> for bringing the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">NRT</span> program to his town and blessing his people with the gift of life for their children. He was very gracious.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKDNmlVXKz5aZbpLdccIk2c8SY14gLHlqv0zTkv1Q_Yrg7AA6YfBFh3lI1ad9Nj8oNjB1QXycEf0atfHCJjoFASQLEhsXMvPq0PwKntl5wkWaYGwT2Ir4xeNUD3Fe1M-yEM4Ex3yJRO2E/s1600-h/NRT+216.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265781117290014034" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 253px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKDNmlVXKz5aZbpLdccIk2c8SY14gLHlqv0zTkv1Q_Yrg7AA6YfBFh3lI1ad9Nj8oNjB1QXycEf0atfHCJjoFASQLEhsXMvPq0PwKntl5wkWaYGwT2Ir4xeNUD3Fe1M-yEM4Ex3yJRO2E/s320/NRT+216.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6l5DseDCs_PULqk_nfnmVbH8X3ubIfGI5tYVDXlDmxPywD9Q84bfekXanfhRVBVfQtx-O05-iLko350Bu0xeMHZvIdYr-wgUv-TYm7WKHC2fzH2XNPjFlFHiXMoZeiORZAMxBZpsP5FU/s1600-h/NRT+213.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265781110670538402" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 293px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6l5DseDCs_PULqk_nfnmVbH8X3ubIfGI5tYVDXlDmxPywD9Q84bfekXanfhRVBVfQtx-O05-iLko350Bu0xeMHZvIdYr-wgUv-TYm7WKHC2fzH2XNPjFlFHiXMoZeiORZAMxBZpsP5FU/s320/NRT+213.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The opportunities are endless and the chance for the church to support a national program seems very possible. We <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">could no</span>t have asked for a more successful training this year. We have made wonderful friends who we will never forget. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkGP2ogmZNMNg8YtCV82JYJRJO9eBvHSBaoBlzUj9jxTblWaFGB0ze8KcwtvvZns5cPkEGYVoJgG2H_Wsz8aYqbSCMVdRIwbrsztJoiLKdj9IuXwlx2nsvS_G-LXVUUWI_8O5wiFiuyg/s1600-h/NRT+464.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266686738530543554" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkGP2ogmZNMNg8YtCV82JYJRJO9eBvHSBaoBlzUj9jxTblWaFGB0ze8KcwtvvZns5cPkEGYVoJgG2H_Wsz8aYqbSCMVdRIwbrsztJoiLKdj9IuXwlx2nsvS_G-LXVUUWI_8O5wiFiuyg/s320/NRT+464.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Our prayers will be with the Davis as they plan for supporting the doctors in the perpetuation of this training and in planning for another training in 2009. </span><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-4080696569711947752008-10-03T03:24:00.001-07:002008-10-18T15:32:03.051-07:00The Worth of a GirlWhat happens to the children of the Congo whose parents are killed in the wars or who die from aides? Where do the young girls go who are living in such poverty that their parents abandon them because they are unable to feed them. What happens to those girls who are left on their own to survive when there are no relatives or neighbors who are willing to help. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpoX_mfvD4fmX05j6UUOmFW_dy_pE_ffnSt5yh2hKNy0UNu7TzRaiui5QiiBl9ZDvB_Df01c1-pepw_NBtJh7k41iqShAZ2ah_0luYOoQxc_tyOFaucAda2dxpFx3a8F5-xHPtimz1Q/s1600-h/DSC02038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255662919030173282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpoX_mfvD4fmX05j6UUOmFW_dy_pE_ffnSt5yh2hKNy0UNu7TzRaiui5QiiBl9ZDvB_Df01c1-pepw_NBtJh7k41iqShAZ2ah_0luYOoQxc_tyOFaucAda2dxpFx3a8F5-xHPtimz1Q/s320/DSC02038.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5JPp-W7ZeRwhVH0GrGKkgbkuX5gEH4ZQt_YC239OdY5gJCd82y62WzHxXSu_e9YJls-TdXtZ3LwSHxva2UQVNgHwPqSejNKo2oqtJsYi4YdIJbIF_dglXRN7VzeELhaJV25WU75QMQ/s1600-h/IMG_1023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255668202808126402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5JPp-W7ZeRwhVH0GrGKkgbkuX5gEH4ZQt_YC239OdY5gJCd82y62WzHxXSu_e9YJls-TdXtZ3LwSHxva2UQVNgHwPqSejNKo2oqtJsYi4YdIJbIF_dglXRN7VzeELhaJV25WU75QMQ/s320/IMG_1023.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Young girls are at <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">high risk</span> everywhere here in Africa and often little value is put on their lives.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTKV3XL7AG2M6ALsm-s5YDxF9FAVJ9ruMc06Vqw96E4elM3HxGjjtOF1U0RA_AvGPhpxPFHZCR4eAt9PorLgsZ5o-gULEyAh0I7isRkmsJoxqswhZAYTCcSu2vaCrQYZ7Ajtpx1_pTg/s1600-h/DSC00697.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255672148325239442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTKV3XL7AG2M6ALsm-s5YDxF9FAVJ9ruMc06Vqw96E4elM3HxGjjtOF1U0RA_AvGPhpxPFHZCR4eAt9PorLgsZ5o-gULEyAh0I7isRkmsJoxqswhZAYTCcSu2vaCrQYZ7Ajtpx1_pTg/s320/DSC00697.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A few months ago the Parks, a missionary couple in Lubumbashi asked us to come and see an orphanage they had visited and felt was deserving of some help.<br /><br />Maison d’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Accueil</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Amani</span> pour <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Filles</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Abandonnees</span> is an organization managing an orphanage for girls who are abandoned or orphaned. The girls are at <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">high risk</span> for making it past their teen years. The people running the orphanage are beautiful, giving people who have a reverence for life and a Christ like love for children, especially those in difficult circumstances. Often the red cross will bring them girls they find who need some where to stay.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcIQvc2AFVfiyY8URR6zkNuUjyyDm32_USrVi0O2rWMqwqHgOX2gmyigGc6C8wtocGz_7i6RQFRAepgMfq93zJLaDJQJ2oN4DRPEJgojcta_fLSxz7Y6uQuOK8_JY53MPSPBsK0rC2g/s1600-h/DSC02027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255661904934409490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcIQvc2AFVfiyY8URR6zkNuUjyyDm32_USrVi0O2rWMqwqHgOX2gmyigGc6C8wtocGz_7i6RQFRAepgMfq93zJLaDJQJ2oN4DRPEJgojcta_fLSxz7Y6uQuOK8_JY53MPSPBsK0rC2g/s320/DSC02027.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Today the orphanage supports 68 of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">these young</span> girls from infants to 17 years of age. The girls come from Lubumbashi and from the war area. Many are brought to them by the Red Cross (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">CICR</span>).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYgUyWDA6FipF1YUDIgHdJY81bNUfoyfuy-wvB7P8XDQltoDFEOukFNCe-P9QC4Efwzym5thlEci4aIkI6ygzouSJNi9Vfe1cZoi65urQW7a6mpqCIaeRmJtzi_iqrwllfqVKV6HB0A/s1600-h/DSC02031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255661905787190530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYgUyWDA6FipF1YUDIgHdJY81bNUfoyfuy-wvB7P8XDQltoDFEOukFNCe-P9QC4Efwzym5thlEci4aIkI6ygzouSJNi9Vfe1cZoi65urQW7a6mpqCIaeRmJtzi_iqrwllfqVKV6HB0A/s320/DSC02031.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5LNDii_RI2x8nwG3qe97R0QllyZ4K000epAEc4v9NgLyM9AYkA0gfMpQnKJwmn0vTyu8NToPw-3OSuLUijfuuR6Foly7lQA5mQ9gPdfYQLl47JxFNXpKPS_xFtzV227eZOfHXV4fkQ/s1600-h/DSC02017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255661020726825058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5LNDii_RI2x8nwG3qe97R0QllyZ4K000epAEc4v9NgLyM9AYkA0gfMpQnKJwmn0vTyu8NToPw-3OSuLUijfuuR6Foly7lQA5mQ9gPdfYQLl47JxFNXpKPS_xFtzV227eZOfHXV4fkQ/s320/DSC02017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />They have three categories of children: 1) abandoned girls, 2) orphans of both parents 3) girls from difficult situation such as divorce and poverty.<br /></div><div>The leaders want to be able to help children find their parents, help them find a place in society and to employ them in gainful employment helping them take charge of their own lives..<br /><br />We were very impressed with this orphanage as the compound was clean.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cQBCjaRFTFrAGlXKmRCqfVah8tbgykPczlfx7NEVmfk8-CmHXajDUe1yFAugO7o2eJL6VMJ4e2I4VBoScIJuMVHzJokv4mnlDyBiVKFrBQMdnWxrJu8MesRf3EX_sjwRqmS4_NgTgQ/s1600-h/DSC00698.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255155935215922242" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cQBCjaRFTFrAGlXKmRCqfVah8tbgykPczlfx7NEVmfk8-CmHXajDUe1yFAugO7o2eJL6VMJ4e2I4VBoScIJuMVHzJokv4mnlDyBiVKFrBQMdnWxrJu8MesRf3EX_sjwRqmS4_NgTgQ/s320/DSC00698.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />It had adequate sanitation facilities-showers and latrines.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_kBrsFyZBdXL6lgmZSccl7LTvXEA9Yc7WdKaJRlOKD9NlCoTH3DdR8yu2yLWvmk86uBO1l6YMycgHR3D-hfzIwZZqnVGwBjBQomF-kqS7nyIEj7XbTUt5plST88KbrS4NSMi1GYKUNg/s1600-h/DSC00701.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255672154613044658" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_kBrsFyZBdXL6lgmZSccl7LTvXEA9Yc7WdKaJRlOKD9NlCoTH3DdR8yu2yLWvmk86uBO1l6YMycgHR3D-hfzIwZZqnVGwBjBQomF-kqS7nyIEj7XbTUt5plST88KbrS4NSMi1GYKUNg/s320/DSC00701.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpG40aeur5sLTszg6oyI4LBd6TVUfSdi2z5pWpYhGBrHybOnBfKwAmU5bJN0G7BP9igImizT8AQ8Oup1p77K3NKIWGB7xD-X3XbcucaiBtH-tSXjwnUZXowjbgx5vlCi2d3FaR-4ws6g/s1600-h/DSC00702.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255672154121084594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpG40aeur5sLTszg6oyI4LBd6TVUfSdi2z5pWpYhGBrHybOnBfKwAmU5bJN0G7BP9igImizT8AQ8Oup1p77K3NKIWGB7xD-X3XbcucaiBtH-tSXjwnUZXowjbgx5vlCi2d3FaR-4ws6g/s320/DSC00702.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />They have a garden that the staff and children manage.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKosMZeHmik5u-FJoBX-020QLpGCqAXupFLjLQYf1lOT5RKzQ3MO4o2bc_2TiScTDhTxrV63xY179wmsPyWhdTRpaSmcQO15FW_gOHtzE9OO_4qzVOGIQ78axE0JzkS9E5t8DANsUHQ/s1600-h/DSC00705.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255672157602323106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKosMZeHmik5u-FJoBX-020QLpGCqAXupFLjLQYf1lOT5RKzQ3MO4o2bc_2TiScTDhTxrV63xY179wmsPyWhdTRpaSmcQO15FW_gOHtzE9OO_4qzVOGIQ78axE0JzkS9E5t8DANsUHQ/s320/DSC00705.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>The children’s rooms were neat and orderly and there was no odor of uncleanliness in the rooms. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1192K2BPzrb11wjJYWygjl-k59hdC7E4P9-Xda-eEFQLOuz7A3SQRRdoNcFBngAQnAOcaiiJOo0nOLHFuk_OHZRMlwfXih0eejqw0a3B2XN9zTv_0RrhlMT3iip2isstRrbNxMZpghA/s1600-h/DSC00024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255155927525209218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1192K2BPzrb11wjJYWygjl-k59hdC7E4P9-Xda-eEFQLOuz7A3SQRRdoNcFBngAQnAOcaiiJOo0nOLHFuk_OHZRMlwfXih0eejqw0a3B2XN9zTv_0RrhlMT3iip2isstRrbNxMZpghA/s320/DSC00024.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>The children at the orphanage were clean and polite and appeared to be well cared for.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7oYxs85mWU_pvwVsDaReMKap15nPPsKZEk4YwTCjHSWvka53dGsYOLcMzOg84rXllot4UY7Ze0udLN0YzvLV4oD7XKPR5nR_E5JrgIB8K6A4U50G72Rh9DA3Mru763vM97wBu2ZzoXw/s1600-h/IMG_1039.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255668209676420626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7oYxs85mWU_pvwVsDaReMKap15nPPsKZEk4YwTCjHSWvka53dGsYOLcMzOg84rXllot4UY7Ze0udLN0YzvLV4oD7XKPR5nR_E5JrgIB8K6A4U50G72Rh9DA3Mru763vM97wBu2ZzoXw/s320/IMG_1039.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The needs for this orphanage were many including food, clothing and supplies. We looked at their request and saw a great project that would build and strengthen this organization.</div><div></div><br /><div>They wanted to start a sewing school for the girls to teach them to sew there by giving them a profession to support themselves when they leave the orphanage. </div><br /><div></div><div>The project supplied sewing machines, embroidery machine, and supplies to start a sewing school.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1dwK8VxI9D9xzc36zkEGNRDoaR4GcNO-gM9rGeRO4nnGFhrICHOVMC86w0I7Zx2QRdMKcgZ2gNPWQHhtIGnOXvG7zgde06v6gMXjlUasojhHkn8WnWGp5I_Z0FhBR7pIfEPhVN14ELQ/s1600-h/DSC02029.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255661907884409570" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1dwK8VxI9D9xzc36zkEGNRDoaR4GcNO-gM9rGeRO4nnGFhrICHOVMC86w0I7Zx2QRdMKcgZ2gNPWQHhtIGnOXvG7zgde06v6gMXjlUasojhHkn8WnWGp5I_Z0FhBR7pIfEPhVN14ELQ/s320/DSC02029.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXTJrY3TwWh69uPg0aXlkhD1DlHc3zs_UH6FSmmVFD8h4T80-G-TMdn7ipgG7yOcUSkZiGhPMl4xJrH6P0gjfxs8yOCq3_bNUTv2vpTJ2tkVfSxAyUCKYHplTBp2t1dZN39irSVfWHw/s1600-h/DSC02056.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255662924813444674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXTJrY3TwWh69uPg0aXlkhD1DlHc3zs_UH6FSmmVFD8h4T80-G-TMdn7ipgG7yOcUSkZiGhPMl4xJrH6P0gjfxs8yOCq3_bNUTv2vpTJ2tkVfSxAyUCKYHplTBp2t1dZN39irSVfWHw/s320/DSC02056.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNr5FFX6_5gx0S4SWdcJ4m5kB2y7FwF7S2OXHbLzbl6BVSUBlJxai7ucbGsW_V3J5eRmqKz5k2IqGOJGSsYJE7MSHaZMPZlsLfp5tqM-P4aq2TNO3eWAnIrHDcho0K7hVFBG1VT0gcSQ/s1600-h/DSC02058.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255662925198739890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNr5FFX6_5gx0S4SWdcJ4m5kB2y7FwF7S2OXHbLzbl6BVSUBlJxai7ucbGsW_V3J5eRmqKz5k2IqGOJGSsYJE7MSHaZMPZlsLfp5tqM-P4aq2TNO3eWAnIrHDcho0K7hVFBG1VT0gcSQ/s320/DSC02058.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpbttsQbMae2NVfcoSQRkBck8ityqWVPvxlFSmwNheP_PkhFdAQrDwkCe0xG7FxAFbzbP_OREg1yradEg1ddSh4q0FrG6I-p4OKmFw8LXtdrZLbr7NDbpMDZfIjBuqRFG-CV1jjZLYw/s1600-h/IMG_1036.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255668205078287730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpbttsQbMae2NVfcoSQRkBck8ityqWVPvxlFSmwNheP_PkhFdAQrDwkCe0xG7FxAFbzbP_OREg1yradEg1ddSh4q0FrG6I-p4OKmFw8LXtdrZLbr7NDbpMDZfIjBuqRFG-CV1jjZLYw/s320/IMG_1036.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The monies generated from the sewing will go to supporting the orphanage.<br />There are two staff members who are trained seamstresses who will be the teachers and the girls will be given the opportunity to learn to sew and to sell what they sew at the market. The orphanage will also incorporate the church’s “Family health and Hygiene” program into their classes to prepare the girls for better health and avoidance of disease and illness<br />The project will become self sustaining as the orphanage is able to generate some income from the sales of the articles they will sew.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnX3BXuVTbOd9RoBPAdW87PnEtKtyqGRHV63VOaWaaTs9gITmbvxWEtzYrsu4tHTPajQux3JY8vEITZMfqZB3IkmSI8ekTGY4Wr21yWHjx8CLTkYYJphsFHZWzDNkn0a80MWc2BHKqZA/s1600-h/IMG_1018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255668200661275938" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnX3BXuVTbOd9RoBPAdW87PnEtKtyqGRHV63VOaWaaTs9gITmbvxWEtzYrsu4tHTPajQux3JY8vEITZMfqZB3IkmSI8ekTGY4Wr21yWHjx8CLTkYYJphsFHZWzDNkn0a80MWc2BHKqZA/s320/IMG_1018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />When we picked up the sewing and embroidery machines we didn't realize that we would have to assemble them along with their tables.</div><div></div><div>The girls got very excited when we pulled into the orphanage with the truck loaded down with boxes.</div><div>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVArn3HSrSvUnUQkGUppBO8jNEKq8c8HhZSwCCjY50I3fQmj48o9rIQFishdbP6Na7jQAHWbXqabJwELS0KGaNizTPh5pO6MOK54PGj2-tEGKEW8orA1pHVYctACQrGu2beC1Co_RHoQ/s1600-h/DSC02007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255659845298231634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVArn3HSrSvUnUQkGUppBO8jNEKq8c8HhZSwCCjY50I3fQmj48o9rIQFishdbP6Na7jQAHWbXqabJwELS0KGaNizTPh5pO6MOK54PGj2-tEGKEW8orA1pHVYctACQrGu2beC1Co_RHoQ/s320/DSC02007.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzfzK37J9-gKK9TVaYCG1kLL7RP5lMDJcGVY7K9kf7oxqy_nwnt6QAneeNsy_2i9J9VHK89WodBaAohnYPnfF-uGNJS2NzXt1rfPbYcXHBV9SqeBLFQ6FhEGyH0CduVhNoDAgvAva5Q/s1600-h/DSC02014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255661023415574930" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzfzK37J9-gKK9TVaYCG1kLL7RP5lMDJcGVY7K9kf7oxqy_nwnt6QAneeNsy_2i9J9VHK89WodBaAohnYPnfF-uGNJS2NzXt1rfPbYcXHBV9SqeBLFQ6FhEGyH0CduVhNoDAgvAva5Q/s320/DSC02014.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Assembling the machines is a technical job (where is Elder Moon when you need him - back in Kinshasa doing his real missionary work). We hired a technician to assemble the machines and went ahead with the ceremony for turning over the goods to the orphanage.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwX9pM6BBHBAzBbXDnmnAwMh16QMOYDlelKL0dAZywQmH-__8iNtzyBEMsh_TacvYsEQcba0KvWo1r9ciufMNK5oQbLOtLklTQjY8P-IDC1WqEAnVKZebTTDstxYU5zIW4h4nE1AHeA/s1600-h/DSC02010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255661015619359474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwX9pM6BBHBAzBbXDnmnAwMh16QMOYDlelKL0dAZywQmH-__8iNtzyBEMsh_TacvYsEQcba0KvWo1r9ciufMNK5oQbLOtLklTQjY8P-IDC1WqEAnVKZebTTDstxYU5zIW4h4nE1AHeA/s320/DSC02010.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pFFK4ppnRemlbjQb3NvGpD-lz7KZ4FdOzd-RtXdCzBYBo3_AuJBW7Z54mKS8rQuEJGBnwZ7PnZFLrwuviu-ysmfnKA4quja3boc3zaB1MB1HYDYZo_LpsmTRIU5WmNxmvrz23ShH8g/s1600-h/DSC02013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255661023409003362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pFFK4ppnRemlbjQb3NvGpD-lz7KZ4FdOzd-RtXdCzBYBo3_AuJBW7Z54mKS8rQuEJGBnwZ7PnZFLrwuviu-ysmfnKA4quja3boc3zaB1MB1HYDYZo_LpsmTRIU5WmNxmvrz23ShH8g/s320/DSC02013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>There was much clapping and singing and many <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">thank yous</span>. The girls were so excited to see the equipment coming into their home knowing they were going to get to learn to sew.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1J_-CfcOyhX5bS2IsUGwyh7xBYs12d8XodDHi-Qi6SWUvYMrUON4vsl_599FG3Ogy5wShZaXj6BAmFVNqzcJRxLng8rWsk9-B2r7h0mI3mRhWKj5U3G58sj5SiYgS15PP4cy49563g/s1600-h/IMG_1032.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255668206673222882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1J_-CfcOyhX5bS2IsUGwyh7xBYs12d8XodDHi-Qi6SWUvYMrUON4vsl_599FG3Ogy5wShZaXj6BAmFVNqzcJRxLng8rWsk9-B2r7h0mI3mRhWKj5U3G58sj5SiYgS15PP4cy49563g/s320/IMG_1032.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>The orphanage asked us to keep the donation quiet as they feared that if someone found out they got all this equipment that they would be robbed. This had happened previously when someone donated some supplies to them and the whole <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">neighborhood</span> knew about the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">donation</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIDWzm4BHHmjecgJQdC3-CzrYsyhF3jjBaY5YX8beRPA0oVvNloN_vaEBzPDDT5uiFBJBDIWlRfJvugU-DCYk_TwGGfcqQaz7P9K406STJWyqN9oJFbBxQiXUYN8q9j4IIImwle8hTg/s1600-h/DSC02004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255659840237529874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIDWzm4BHHmjecgJQdC3-CzrYsyhF3jjBaY5YX8beRPA0oVvNloN_vaEBzPDDT5uiFBJBDIWlRfJvugU-DCYk_TwGGfcqQaz7P9K406STJWyqN9oJFbBxQiXUYN8q9j4IIImwle8hTg/s320/DSC02004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The day after the ceremony we took the two sewing instructors to the store to purchase sewing material and notions to get their business going.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpiL1DI19f7plJyAsQEcMpHNKdyrgdfyNyTO3hnPY103CXmD5gV04tfkzJXw5SyJfHgLGHtKZy5HmR502Bx4PewNtpOzea8Ted9k3GhxoXOcdl2QBfwLHgX9eFH0Vd5aDcFI9gpw5MHg/s1600-h/DSC02070.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255662929985905794" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpiL1DI19f7plJyAsQEcMpHNKdyrgdfyNyTO3hnPY103CXmD5gV04tfkzJXw5SyJfHgLGHtKZy5HmR502Bx4PewNtpOzea8Ted9k3GhxoXOcdl2QBfwLHgX9eFH0Vd5aDcFI9gpw5MHg/s320/DSC02070.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Having</span> a love for sewing I was right in there pitching for the gold thread and the beautiful fabrics.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjnLwwxqMN7xiPynaoItiG1uZ8TDl0LSjp75VsuvJXyi6rBNxDDt6jKKjJImxVezS2qiZ7OHOwgvnrAhibRqprfcldq_Nr_VTeL7HuYgwm04husKd0B4iEHqdiDMEgjeclpjcuy5HUg/s1600-h/DSC02072.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255664865663557506" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjnLwwxqMN7xiPynaoItiG1uZ8TDl0LSjp75VsuvJXyi6rBNxDDt6jKKjJImxVezS2qiZ7OHOwgvnrAhibRqprfcldq_Nr_VTeL7HuYgwm04husKd0B4iEHqdiDMEgjeclpjcuy5HUg/s320/DSC02072.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We had a great time SHOPPING! Some just stood to the side and rolled their eyes.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMlkynmJZ5FkIKNc8yHDnGuQ7FFiwMQvImE8zk0PjS-gg1i1pfpx3aP7qs0EuqxSo8DD2KPcBUcEYfN6oKwCu0fvIRsw0WIQnafWyIE8Ax6rmuXWRp6PgHbzcA1LDBbW7s_zrH48xog/s1600-h/DSC02086.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255672149636591010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMlkynmJZ5FkIKNc8yHDnGuQ7FFiwMQvImE8zk0PjS-gg1i1pfpx3aP7qs0EuqxSo8DD2KPcBUcEYfN6oKwCu0fvIRsw0WIQnafWyIE8Ax6rmuXWRp6PgHbzcA1LDBbW7s_zrH48xog/s320/DSC02086.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>Fabric, thread buttons, snaps, hooks, needles, ribbons, lace decorative thread the pile kept getting bigger and bigger.</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255664870618808514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dBPqkMKf4QlVKUou3-2Ivad-_nXYVju42FtyGyh8WEom-bHIyqrmntDb8HUHGjBA4s0kHrGd4eSSL9iLvhllL_g6-t6XYPCqb7Y4A1SARcVvhkRjZcYDwjIo17B4zFiKM9oahxCtiw/s320/DSC02081.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>I told Pauline ,the shop owner, that we were on a budget of $500. She assured me that we would be well with in our budget and they <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">continued</span> to add things to the pile.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvydUAZQMTeHexz8dkdaOwJ0U6_lEo6_lMEvL405GzQDyUomE65oZgVx3Loi24GcUt_cbl-9Rs0NNEGzRe-lpKOK7OX3G0XHpe9QopdVMx_54av8IyY33v6-5E8xVf-TnlmwXxzGPeCw/s1600-h/DSC02074.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255664867441626274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvydUAZQMTeHexz8dkdaOwJ0U6_lEo6_lMEvL405GzQDyUomE65oZgVx3Loi24GcUt_cbl-9Rs0NNEGzRe-lpKOK7OX3G0XHpe9QopdVMx_54av8IyY33v6-5E8xVf-TnlmwXxzGPeCw/s320/DSC02074.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>These two sisters were all business. You could see their brains working figuring out all the things they could make with these supplies and the opportunity to generate some needed income for the orphanage. </div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhqj6jX-MkUABojwcwYvGJzXNK8bNUKtDC689GU8MPJtLp0QztlIDQjFVdiHHXfsC6P2zjXURgfN1NLK-bBafkj2B7y7hYJus6_kV4RjINmDDnWe8G5zIbHEca_0ydNihImUuI3LlvA/s1600-h/DSC02069.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255662923313378578" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhqj6jX-MkUABojwcwYvGJzXNK8bNUKtDC689GU8MPJtLp0QztlIDQjFVdiHHXfsC6P2zjXURgfN1NLK-bBafkj2B7y7hYJus6_kV4RjINmDDnWe8G5zIbHEca_0ydNihImUuI3LlvA/s320/DSC02069.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Pauline started adding up the bill - and adding - and adding -<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqxoxuMz_cYBE99ansxJ-9vojum1HMUi6jIdtvG8eNec-P0tipAplUn_Dod5dxjz6INXZ9neQgwgzwZvhCKr-etOQit6CUQuSoA4qaJMvW8fPm-mtlbqLT1m8VQXFwZzceO4IjcoeNw/s1600-h/DSC02085.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255664869492716594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqxoxuMz_cYBE99ansxJ-9vojum1HMUi6jIdtvG8eNec-P0tipAplUn_Dod5dxjz6INXZ9neQgwgzwZvhCKr-etOQit6CUQuSoA4qaJMvW8fPm-mtlbqLT1m8VQXFwZzceO4IjcoeNw/s320/DSC02085.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeT63icC5ckc9yrHfzktrd2viUdpWAxtBb68KN3iyDZFsqezczhcdiqYGWGiyvjz5_a9dumOtunddrH9NuhwZZhGH6XVlWZGo3A5knzmNcO1QOBmI-xCuB34bQ59qPMFamIZi3fsZkNg/s1600-h/DSC02096.JPG"></a><br />Farrell watched the process getting a bit worried that we were way over our budget.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRT4qnFf8-cKTOUL09Ultbd9BwoclN7Wc_MoWFvwq5sV3oe-XTDG6dI4VmK6dSdYPss9g_WUMUHIEPXHcsWOupHJOHcxvyYHMO-6tJfO4llvF6qTnOLskW2GLFFpxL5KiXbxNSEHykFQ/s1600-h/DSC02090.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255666442093393410" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRT4qnFf8-cKTOUL09Ultbd9BwoclN7Wc_MoWFvwq5sV3oe-XTDG6dI4VmK6dSdYPss9g_WUMUHIEPXHcsWOupHJOHcxvyYHMO-6tJfO4llvF6qTnOLskW2GLFFpxL5KiXbxNSEHykFQ/s320/DSC02090.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Finally Pauline announced the news - $830 grand total . . . . . . . </div><br /><div>There were some gasps, some sighs and Farrell did a lot of choking sounds.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2yIzkHPr_UEEWoJQoqcZJ2nozDzj5BkdMpItGTRTqEiD00ymL9vRH6TKe7MZIg2RyGHE6Ee_gOy_E2ZqQXmkd8aOqNJzHEsI4mjT9mF-BFMEoJVsfR3UZXdSqcjRSWQV3LUaTnQoQQ/s1600-h/DSC02097.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255666448014210146" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2yIzkHPr_UEEWoJQoqcZJ2nozDzj5BkdMpItGTRTqEiD00ymL9vRH6TKe7MZIg2RyGHE6Ee_gOy_E2ZqQXmkd8aOqNJzHEsI4mjT9mF-BFMEoJVsfR3UZXdSqcjRSWQV3LUaTnQoQQ/s320/DSC02097.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The instructors looked sadly at their pile of goods trying to decide what they should put back.<br /><div></div><br /><div>It was painful and wrenching as we watched them trying to figure out what was the best thing to do without.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBhZsnYmRxCloLK8Hvr4O8QpOm2sJ-Ibi0i8c_V5LL-Qpz2JJ6hNmfUzFpcKh2CZQiz42EdHSRBQRXsWpAdh2Nvp0hPl1DTA91gZj2egPM00IAm9fN2mtIjAnsItfTj68NKXNth6O6w/s1600-h/DSC02098.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255666447653785970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBhZsnYmRxCloLK8Hvr4O8QpOm2sJ-Ibi0i8c_V5LL-Qpz2JJ6hNmfUzFpcKh2CZQiz42EdHSRBQRXsWpAdh2Nvp0hPl1DTA91gZj2egPM00IAm9fN2mtIjAnsItfTj68NKXNth6O6w/s320/DSC02098.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Finally</span> Farrell stepped up and said "Ca <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">va</span>." and pulled out the money to pay the price then leaned over to me and said "I think you just spent $300 of YOUR money. I was delighted - some of the best money I have ever spent. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EfaCTY_9RhHp0TZyXSwKg8t6RmDHzftK52xWyJIYQvy0GAvpzsS8Jbt2VKpcH2gAYO1KakY2p1M3nj8PtQd7_aq6FrKzeC4ytMx6MH-PE2me3nNNsY1QCm-OG4rq-t3spTFHHR75wA/s1600-h/IMG_1042.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255670237785838930" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EfaCTY_9RhHp0TZyXSwKg8t6RmDHzftK52xWyJIYQvy0GAvpzsS8Jbt2VKpcH2gAYO1KakY2p1M3nj8PtQd7_aq6FrKzeC4ytMx6MH-PE2me3nNNsY1QCm-OG4rq-t3spTFHHR75wA/s320/IMG_1042.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>All though we didn't put anything back, not everything on their list was purchased. They were not able to get the electric scissors they wanted very <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">badly</span> but that is give and take , right?</div><br /><div>After we loaded the goods in the truck Pauline beckoned me to the second floor of her shop where she gave me a beautiful pink <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Congolese</span> outfit. I think she felt rather guilty about not keeping a better handle on things but not that guilty - she took the money without flinching a bit</div><br /><div></div><div>Can't wait to go back to Lubumbashi next week and see what those girls are learning and see if they have started generating an income yet. Can't wait!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-61453564054332937492008-09-25T08:02:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:33:39.308-07:00You win some. You lose some.<p align="left">Early this summer we went to look at a new project submitted by OBIPHA, a handicap organization. They are located in the Kingaseke area and are trying to meet the needs in their community of the blind, physically handicapped, and mentally handicapped (specifically Autism).<br />They have no funding source but work together trying to help the handicapped be productive and learn ways they can generate an income. They have a school where they run a full curriculum for the blind, They teach sewing, hair design and nail care . They requested wheelchairs for their physically handicapped, supplies for their blind students, and support for a bakery they are trying to run as an income stream for the organization.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vsMN5lzfaGYs4ZFsXxEDbuQHTLvB1vRTFCeMH9-otqckPks5eYW_rrMxD1yBzc_EWFAUE86iiqCYFZimshGNR_ekDTE8PQgdLevxAJMdyW8RsRZ4u0Ot53FoEZqOKZzM9P-2nmS_Ug/s1600-h/DSC01963.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249996498924980994" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vsMN5lzfaGYs4ZFsXxEDbuQHTLvB1vRTFCeMH9-otqckPks5eYW_rrMxD1yBzc_EWFAUE86iiqCYFZimshGNR_ekDTE8PQgdLevxAJMdyW8RsRZ4u0Ot53FoEZqOKZzM9P-2nmS_Ug/s320/DSC01963.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />On our first visit we were greeted warmly to the neighborhood. The area was difficult to get to even with a truck as most of the roads are very narrow and not much more than walking paths. We met some of the blind students and the girls learning to braid and extend hair. The blind students are being taught to be pig farmers as it is a type of work they can manage.</p><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXzgqqv9zjBcN8mUYuV5MKgF-6sxH6W8ymXEMq7qdxa_nnXixFbAkj8s1dz_ssA6YQj5t8ZBS0lvy4sdWcTVSW7Zgon8I6VcBj2PvFIBG9ldJLs5_M9vdBaLaU8aqU2y94_AM7ytD_w/s1600-h/DSCN0115.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249996519893066322" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXzgqqv9zjBcN8mUYuV5MKgF-6sxH6W8ymXEMq7qdxa_nnXixFbAkj8s1dz_ssA6YQj5t8ZBS0lvy4sdWcTVSW7Zgon8I6VcBj2PvFIBG9ldJLs5_M9vdBaLaU8aqU2y94_AM7ytD_w/s320/DSCN0115.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p align="left">They are renting a complex for their school and tables and chairs to furnish it. They have a small library and a few supplies including some sewing machines for their sewing class.</p><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJi_LjuMtgavSubMx6wZMElta5YbsubUCyDk26Kj0KuYFnr-8HAZrEQ9Exz650GESDflypeoXJ87Y9Ik5n__ll5tVB0UMtI_CMeRyJuzmmhciAlnwCp_8udpuozW-XcyahWDVwA_R9A/s1600-h/DSCN0127.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249996536942985202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJi_LjuMtgavSubMx6wZMElta5YbsubUCyDk26Kj0KuYFnr-8HAZrEQ9Exz650GESDflypeoXJ87Y9Ik5n__ll5tVB0UMtI_CMeRyJuzmmhciAlnwCp_8udpuozW-XcyahWDVwA_R9A/s320/DSCN0127.JPG" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgMPO4_wxZ63zSj5omewEBx8WCfQqvkrkT9slQBVMqgPE16FKjY3rKQtgZtFl8WaKg1ro7E-8qCy1CxMDUsSVLyjc89gN7b5e-Fcdk7QxoGXpcmKqJH2VlFeNbj-NKtoHgXfpa-wXGg/s1600-h/DSCN0129.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249999337928215026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgMPO4_wxZ63zSj5omewEBx8WCfQqvkrkT9slQBVMqgPE16FKjY3rKQtgZtFl8WaKg1ro7E-8qCy1CxMDUsSVLyjc89gN7b5e-Fcdk7QxoGXpcmKqJH2VlFeNbj-NKtoHgXfpa-wXGg/s320/DSCN0129.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQRuOwATmyY4__N1ewJvOJ2QjWvsOLxOhxe5bVVG-wuq22SuX1_gymlXQRcfKatB5c-5y3X1IdmtQWTg4GlWPlRwSEW2lFyDlqREcEEt6Ye4l4WVVkfGBSemzvgDf4Oq9RhKaWrPmYQ/s1600-h/DSCN0128.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249999329461837138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQRuOwATmyY4__N1ewJvOJ2QjWvsOLxOhxe5bVVG-wuq22SuX1_gymlXQRcfKatB5c-5y3X1IdmtQWTg4GlWPlRwSEW2lFyDlqREcEEt6Ye4l4WVVkfGBSemzvgDf4Oq9RhKaWrPmYQ/s320/DSCN0128.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZTxNoo3v5BJgxdiipslQyuOL6yendOxrCIew047ruo8ewVc6FSaNTAj55pbo5fS4LfTlNI2wyzP7wt4_-c0KBWqbY4XQiaV8jg9cCpNHoU9jjH-Cb1MfE172SuVSzNOLFN48TrOQfQ/s1600-h/DSCN0130.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249999340542384722" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZTxNoo3v5BJgxdiipslQyuOL6yendOxrCIew047ruo8ewVc6FSaNTAj55pbo5fS4LfTlNI2wyzP7wt4_-c0KBWqbY4XQiaV8jg9cCpNHoU9jjH-Cb1MfE172SuVSzNOLFN48TrOQfQ/s320/DSCN0130.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">Emmanuel is President of the organization. He is also a minister in the Methodist church. The young man (center) is blind and was taught braille by a concerned member of the community. He now teaches the blind but he has no equipment other than his personal braille tablet and white cane. Next is Willymar, director of the center and a member of our church.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjl_FvT5BfBSu4_qqdLHIUvrDlJ1LuAzAtQubduTbGOCvJTe5jAtroNGnVadUKy183PfbHaSNLjTTA64209LmB52XkHMg7md1Q7y4eANO7X1EycsJfnUmOU1DbI4sqDniq5t004rgWA/s1600-h/DSCN0133.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250741891453851410" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjl_FvT5BfBSu4_qqdLHIUvrDlJ1LuAzAtQubduTbGOCvJTe5jAtroNGnVadUKy183PfbHaSNLjTTA64209LmB52XkHMg7md1Q7y4eANO7X1EycsJfnUmOU1DbI4sqDniq5t004rgWA/s320/DSCN0133.JPG" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="left">One of the blind students took us to see the pig farm that actually was a pig house. The pigs were boarded into different rooms of a house each room housing a mother pig and her young. It was impressive. I was snapping away pictures trying to hurry this experience along and get out of the pig house when . . .</p><p align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249999354770182210" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsRLBKjNGKvS3_xMacs5omzSEH4Ihj4l8fx6PuVrqxq2xAbG06_e9PhImz1DffzbWNzVke51Lc6EN92FqSaWn5Yu5glGCwobNH3u0UCwUuzbWr2AqsfpJH76amh2HAM21vQRhIx-vhQ/s320/DSCN0139.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="left">I stepped off of a step and the floor beneath my foot gave way dropping my leg into a pit of some kind of liquid. My camera went flying and I was splayed out on the floor with my right leg down in this pit. Farrell and our guide pulled me out and took me outside where I examined my dripping leg for cuts – none were found – a miracle as the floor that gave way under my foot was a rusted piece of tin covering a hole. I was soaked to my waist in this liquid. Needless to say I smelled terrible. This area has no running water and all that was available was a bucket half full of water. Our guide grabbed a totally worn out wash cloth (a shredded rag) and started wiping my legs and shoes off. I squeezed out my skirt then dipped the bottom into the 1/2 filled bucket of water and then rung my skirt again. I rinsed my shoes off in the bucket and called it good. Our guide was so upset and Farrell looked like he was going to throw up at anytime. It was one of those times when you just pull up your pig poop skirt and say, ”Ca va” and move on<br /><br />We headed back to our truck where I wiped down with some antiseptic wipes and lathered my arms, legs and hands in antibacterial gel and called it good. It wasn’t good. I was having a hard time myself with my stomach wanting to fight back but, we had not finished our tour as we still needed to go to their bakery. I knew if we left I would just have to return later to see the bakery so I opted to just finish the tour as this area was such a difficult place to get to.<br /><br />We all jumped in the truck and headed for the bakery. I noticed that Farrell turned the air conditioner up full blast and everyone opened their windows with some even hanging out their windows.<br /><br />Now I know this is a bad story to tell to you who are considering a mission but let me reassure you. . . I survived. I didn’t get a bruise, a cut or a scrape from the fall. I didn’t develop any terrible disease and best of all I got over it. We actually don’t talk about it and I dare anyone to mention it as it is best forgotten.<br /><br />My camera literally bit the dust and has not worked since. Elder Moon, true to his form, is repairing it. I loved that camera so I encourage him to try whatever he can do to make it a survivor. Last I heard he had sanded down a drill bit small enough to work on the camera and is building a new part for it. I have no doubt that before we leave I will have my camera back.<br /><br />As the camera was dead I didn't get any pictures of the bakery which was just a cement building with open windows and door, a wooden trough where they mixed the dough and a large brick oven into which they were putting loaves of bread with a big wooden paddle. It out smelled my skirt and we were amazed at the productivity of this little building out in the middle of no where accessed only by a rutted trail. The handicapped students were working in the bakery to earn money and they were selling everything they could make, their need being more supplies to boost their production so that they could increase the income which would support the students and the association.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHztVcFH14qYyRUjsmJlRxOwxQEWwoB2P_P8uWnyrC832NzAqP24PONGgHrmuL5haB0J4YuuL8ilJatVuPgivzsEerBN0u6sTSEyGzr6t5whcsKCxwHLcvKoLpfH11VzX1-fZE2agjw/s1600-h/DSCN0120.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249996523543727682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHztVcFH14qYyRUjsmJlRxOwxQEWwoB2P_P8uWnyrC832NzAqP24PONGgHrmuL5haB0J4YuuL8ilJatVuPgivzsEerBN0u6sTSEyGzr6t5whcsKCxwHLcvKoLpfH11VzX1-fZE2agjw/s320/DSCN0120.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYh3A9o4-XSCzqAQ5ngqyDaiOSjLbQuwgl2hDbI0NTK5DQEj-cklvwvRQOlhUxM7WZAZ3AJYXZYjSsAfzq-rlHkngBvpvo4kk1OGWBq1QEgkZSNJh3ndhgZofYAhCcgYEYS9KYHnotEQ/s1600-h/DSCN0120.JPG"></a><br /><br />We went to work developing a project from what we had seen on our visit -- the project which has ever since this ordeal been affectionately called the PIG POOP project.<br /><br />We wanted to help them develop an income stream with their bakery but it didn’t quite meet our guidelines so we settled on putting the support to the Blind School.<br /><br />The products we needed were not available in the Congo and we couldn’t get them sent in through the church (customs issues) so we went to some priests who have dedicated their order to the support of the blind. They ordered the supplies in from Europe. The list of goods included: computer, braille typewriters, braille notebooks, braille math system for learning math, audio watches, white canes, braille paper, plastic tables and chairs and 10 wheelchairs to help the physically handicapped in the organization. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lSnuFy-Bc291CTclqt7U_OTbyoDmWFUuoMTsp1ndMrHUmMgwvRF0RluRqTX7Zs31WML4EKo1YOMGOfuxvRe66K-SWm7OFmmu0FVuKPc4vWRsX7zPh9T-ZZY-jrx5eg-FoJiEiBhFHQ/s1600-h/IMG_0978.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250754079431706514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lSnuFy-Bc291CTclqt7U_OTbyoDmWFUuoMTsp1ndMrHUmMgwvRF0RluRqTX7Zs31WML4EKo1YOMGOfuxvRe66K-SWm7OFmmu0FVuKPc4vWRsX7zPh9T-ZZY-jrx5eg-FoJiEiBhFHQ/s320/IMG_0978.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmXPZBigzaI5pEcEA1hP-Bzj6vzCvxdRgfhub1bIzW6oDy0o1tIrqo_YNiHr3p26mBCPh1zMlPkBvF8E9GWDaqK1fCv5qTiYpGUSM_PBJNEqB7QPeNpcXSjW7GqwUa1s5DBpIrroWdg/s1600-h/IMG_0979.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250754078130501906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmXPZBigzaI5pEcEA1hP-Bzj6vzCvxdRgfhub1bIzW6oDy0o1tIrqo_YNiHr3p26mBCPh1zMlPkBvF8E9GWDaqK1fCv5qTiYpGUSM_PBJNEqB7QPeNpcXSjW7GqwUa1s5DBpIrroWdg/s320/IMG_0979.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />When we picked up the braille typewriters they were very dirty and not in good repair. These machines are much like the old, old typewriters before electric.. They were suppose to be refurbished but we had to get Elder Moon to work his magic to get them in proper working order.<br /><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsEQCog2_Q8Xyl3hb9tBT6TXv9d0fMg0uuJTr9OphvyE8Ocz5ZR5g_FoMXK6gUhodu584e98XycaVM1D4cSK1Y2kL8Nk4GrW7j5r2B8Npte_b7YN-BOqjZEFQ7SXc_8HNPdubuhgkWKQ/s1600-h/DSC01949.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249992484914456642" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsEQCog2_Q8Xyl3hb9tBT6TXv9d0fMg0uuJTr9OphvyE8Ocz5ZR5g_FoMXK6gUhodu584e98XycaVM1D4cSK1Y2kL8Nk4GrW7j5r2B8Npte_b7YN-BOqjZEFQ7SXc_8HNPdubuhgkWKQ/s320/DSC01949.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249992489283611570" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9fQ6iAKnAfkoskvyUWutF8jqTXeK8QpaRG_jeJeKYDoqdYqLA9b8P0ouBFEa5qY376yBljEXUkmfpm2AZCpQzzjGMZUeEvXe7PiTjurq0IA3J833ISIKol4RPX1oTp2wuqIYjHqaaQ/s320/IMG_0983.jpg" border="0" 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family health and the avoidance of disease.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpY5p5nOtckVhFG-FFBoexob7Wl6K8xSwIV8f0wLeKNCUj4OSX_puhdQsDEMEWu8ewg_9awA_2zanCtS3vCi-C4D9ezLR6jVDe_dvf5dEPImCbW-AEk1H1M_e3BucrXn_BmxYwMjIGgQ/s1600-h/IMG_0997.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249976530664640418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpY5p5nOtckVhFG-FFBoexob7Wl6K8xSwIV8f0wLeKNCUj4OSX_puhdQsDEMEWu8ewg_9awA_2zanCtS3vCi-C4D9ezLR6jVDe_dvf5dEPImCbW-AEk1H1M_e3BucrXn_BmxYwMjIGgQ/s320/IMG_0997.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunl1qC0TZOeMNS84WJv6udwHDO-9yDQGAEhrgO07wARWSWRnBZLAYD9RcAJBMv8Rmqpg0dVvO88Y5UKAsEvkubRgVTBT0vLtCHN68XxhhgZ4DtRDw8HloghkR0_YB5Bq6MghPwGrmsQ/s1600-h/IMG_0990.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249976531417586130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunl1qC0TZOeMNS84WJv6udwHDO-9yDQGAEhrgO07wARWSWRnBZLAYD9RcAJBMv8Rmqpg0dVvO88Y5UKAsEvkubRgVTBT0vLtCHN68XxhhgZ4DtRDw8HloghkR0_YB5Bq6MghPwGrmsQ/s320/IMG_0990.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="left">The closing ceremony was hampered as the wheelchairs were not delivered as promised. They didn’t come till the next day. We left the ceremony thinking the w/c would be delivered later in the afternoon but it didn’t happen. The w/c recipients thought that, Emmanuel, the Assoc. President had absconded with the w/c and they became very angry. He was roughed up and his phone was stolen. It was not a very pleasant situation but the next day the chairs were delivered and given out. This incident put a dark cloud over this project and caused us to second think our desire to help this group. We had thought this organization was stronger and more united than this and it was upsetting to have Emmanual treated with such disrespect.</p><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqM3ztOKo43bGDCE6jDdHZI8758l2iAIkMoUAtmhG-VYgjGeM2ZIu32rebe5EiPQSJ98gPxV63TIUlv4bd2bPDInWtwwv0qC-2ausLV2_xwhlOeRPP1DQQph-JloTK-aHF9B4XOlZ5ug/s1600-h/IMG_1000.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249991260827828418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqM3ztOKo43bGDCE6jDdHZI8758l2iAIkMoUAtmhG-VYgjGeM2ZIu32rebe5EiPQSJ98gPxV63TIUlv4bd2bPDInWtwwv0qC-2ausLV2_xwhlOeRPP1DQQph-JloTK-aHF9B4XOlZ5ug/s200/IMG_1000.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-ZUykOkJZ1xPxh0WEKd2N_DDETg2zkuu1vQdyEa0CoFGxayuTRW2DKRiWwpp9327GsrzQXNC1KwfC-_LCwbjl5RfHoFh2Ot3MvsGz_uDFCrNvtN6BB3BgBzz8OLdVZ7smwR-xw4pwQ/s1600-h/IMG_1001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249990940911008562" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-ZUykOkJZ1xPxh0WEKd2N_DDETg2zkuu1vQdyEa0CoFGxayuTRW2DKRiWwpp9327GsrzQXNC1KwfC-_LCwbjl5RfHoFh2Ot3MvsGz_uDFCrNvtN6BB3BgBzz8OLdVZ7smwR-xw4pwQ/s200/IMG_1001.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcB7fqjrYMZkkVlbGonoLjpJwVETJH2XGBq0tY-a0apNQkQ3-bgYJ7C4UfuKGWKrjnfYjBN-coWKKeaFC3eqjAMZ6QIQo0kU47g2rkl-Zu1330HLGhpElet58Zxstz5D2TFKCI-EUfw/s1600-h/IMG_0999.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249990369257281282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcB7fqjrYMZkkVlbGonoLjpJwVETJH2XGBq0tY-a0apNQkQ3-bgYJ7C4UfuKGWKrjnfYjBN-coWKKeaFC3eqjAMZ6QIQo0kU47g2rkl-Zu1330HLGhpElet58Zxstz5D2TFKCI-EUfw/s200/IMG_0999.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI98lOT3ccT2woaYfOpGf4kf2x5HWSHqNHzFxXKAOqD8VAS34knaKqu4jBbE8I6OI-WfcvhbeiClQTAM_m7zG2VdHG2aMynSuY4B5bkxGztpNkUqgm6Ub7gjOaeFIzSYvHvuZ-SqJOcw/s1600-h/Copy+of+IMG_0994.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249987943997156802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI98lOT3ccT2woaYfOpGf4kf2x5HWSHqNHzFxXKAOqD8VAS34knaKqu4jBbE8I6OI-WfcvhbeiClQTAM_m7zG2VdHG2aMynSuY4B5bkxGztpNkUqgm6Ub7gjOaeFIzSYvHvuZ-SqJOcw/s200/Copy+of+IMG_0994.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCrbxwBcW2CsfB0MkdLHfyiQL6FGB2_DbWveXGVY5GsAbyDXizWqsgHn9Ow1JxhTyH2g9MWk-QaoGTeetHpYZ5KDkxH7LjuLdfhC4GDb_jd-rUOxGP5TR4R4U9VMAfT4MUUcOGbiltw/s1600-h/DSC01948.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249987949493264610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCrbxwBcW2CsfB0MkdLHfyiQL6FGB2_DbWveXGVY5GsAbyDXizWqsgHn9Ow1JxhTyH2g9MWk-QaoGTeetHpYZ5KDkxH7LjuLdfhC4GDb_jd-rUOxGP5TR4R4U9VMAfT4MUUcOGbiltw/s200/DSC01948.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Not our favorite project but one that <em>will</em> benefit people. We wished we had left the wheelchairs out of the proposal but then again we have to remember how desperate these people must feel when they are trying to survive in such poverty and have been mistreated for so many years. We hope that the blind school will be stronger, which it undoubtedly will be and that those who are trying very hard to be independent and overcome poverty will be strengthened by the supplies that were provided.<br /><br /><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoscuHCDIJBswN2iIlRIoaLv-IBtuEXHO8hMr-Q7faPfV0p8EWFbb-vBu7-DHUXkYvqjxk1L_-xKc1bUR4DMou_gmkP8VzdJEichRqxR1pu8zXV7d94yq5QqwpnqHPL3Q7BRSE_MUSyA/s1600-h/IMG_1004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249976539597289218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoscuHCDIJBswN2iIlRIoaLv-IBtuEXHO8hMr-Q7faPfV0p8EWFbb-vBu7-DHUXkYvqjxk1L_-xKc1bUR4DMou_gmkP8VzdJEichRqxR1pu8zXV7d94yq5QqwpnqHPL3Q7BRSE_MUSyA/s320/IMG_1004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">(Yes that is a Congolese dress. I needed a new outfit after this project)</span> </p><p align="left"><br />Here is a tender photo of a man who came to the ceremony to receive a cane. He is blind and has had his left leg (below the knee) amputated. He was so excited to get a cane but as he left I caught this picture of his shoes. I wondered how he was walking in this rough terrain, blind and with a prosthetic in those worn out shoes</p><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbc9OFMb0DWJrAUjjEk2px7tBi5ZlOjsk9cLFjC_e0OdCXaxn7LGSrPoGZeswBcuGH1GrmNfHtVR-YsYi1hyphenhyphenbAqq3eo276baQTnnjNAdoxyYCl1mjFncyTPllZbY9ZZ5SaBEHXvpsNRA/s1600-h/IMG_0986.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249990355852498626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbc9OFMb0DWJrAUjjEk2px7tBi5ZlOjsk9cLFjC_e0OdCXaxn7LGSrPoGZeswBcuGH1GrmNfHtVR-YsYi1hyphenhyphenbAqq3eo276baQTnnjNAdoxyYCl1mjFncyTPllZbY9ZZ5SaBEHXvpsNRA/s200/IMG_0986.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIt3Dxk3GsLzqUIo0cyj_voe1CP-3GxpDX2S2yiJ50Vk90_o6jDl79NO0_1l-4jwomX0G8Tmzb3FTPT0yeFwGTNY4JiqBeWnDm8wPBbmoE5cc3QEXahnx9NLOM-3IKVTq-SYOuGbVv_w/s1600-h/IMG_0989.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249990359421354738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIt3Dxk3GsLzqUIo0cyj_voe1CP-3GxpDX2S2yiJ50Vk90_o6jDl79NO0_1l-4jwomX0G8Tmzb3FTPT0yeFwGTNY4JiqBeWnDm8wPBbmoE5cc3QEXahnx9NLOM-3IKVTq-SYOuGbVv_w/s200/IMG_0989.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uJNfcusW2IYhgBWlLa4duFfwQD89HIZaQ8Cs_sVdEAJzYvmw5lIeQcTGg79SdbxkjlmQsHlbdUt3dGmZpOG0Ax9eQF3sKLDNA5_qyzehLMoVVyu1qNGkmEEW9twgjtIPAYKKvMi2SA/s1600-h/IMG_0988.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249990359198327618" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uJNfcusW2IYhgBWlLa4duFfwQD89HIZaQ8Cs_sVdEAJzYvmw5lIeQcTGg79SdbxkjlmQsHlbdUt3dGmZpOG0Ax9eQF3sKLDNA5_qyzehLMoVVyu1qNGkmEEW9twgjtIPAYKKvMi2SA/s200/IMG_0988.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-54518513661852541192008-09-24T09:22:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:34:04.286-07:00Oh my head Hurts!Here in the Congo it often feels as if time has stood still for the last 100 years and you are just an observer looking back in time.<br /><div></div><br /><div>Children are taught to carry a hughe amount of weight by balancing it on their heads. Walking is the main way of getting around in the Congo as few people have cars or other transport. It isn't a new idea, in fact it is an ancient idea but here in the Congo some things never change. </div><br /><div>Every day you can see people bustling to get to the market. Their pace is fast and their posture erect - must be why they have such good posture. </div><br /><div>I remember as a teenager walking with a book on my head trying to balance it. I found it very difficult. I wanted to improve my posture. Posture is not a problem here. I have never heard a mother here say "Stand up straight Johnny, don't slouch.</div><br /><div>Enjoy these pictures. I have been collecting them to share with you over our whole mission. It is such a part of Africa.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMo1dtCgL-mbX7cWPEXAsyVJ3w1_J77M0DWoVGk3bnLwPtkzg-gTNvI1A80EIq02MTg4ND31p7Sg4AV6_Q4kaKgqZzydSxpMVUc1FpZY-YSNCM7GQpJs9XbgeCPL4T8WX2kDa7dV-XxQ/s1600-h/Kikwit+%26+Nkutu+029.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249633610911736338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMo1dtCgL-mbX7cWPEXAsyVJ3w1_J77M0DWoVGk3bnLwPtkzg-gTNvI1A80EIq02MTg4ND31p7Sg4AV6_Q4kaKgqZzydSxpMVUc1FpZY-YSNCM7GQpJs9XbgeCPL4T8WX2kDa7dV-XxQ/s320/Kikwit+%26+Nkutu+029.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>big or small it doesn't seem to make much difference.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEe0yeIM9Y-jSERnzm2BXTjS1EqfJX8uQDwElc596Z-w9qdDtqS3hsavDwUfYEGnD6lTeWV2zxODzHw2X86YyRdlTAgBZZqtC9LwTsOxZMn4pmXlRMh8BjGsoBOEmIdDOg_Dl0pPWfA/s1600-h/February+2006+022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249633615196230482" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEe0yeIM9Y-jSERnzm2BXTjS1EqfJX8uQDwElc596Z-w9qdDtqS3hsavDwUfYEGnD6lTeWV2zxODzHw2X86YyRdlTAgBZZqtC9LwTsOxZMn4pmXlRMh8BjGsoBOEmIdDOg_Dl0pPWfA/s320/February+2006+022.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>A baby on the back and a full bowl on your head leaves your hands free to do many other things.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GcA8wyDAScKLm0QkQvb9J-HbZR-RIQTQHK72iCDe3Wrnj42Q1NqzsK8w-Y9jgRpgDL8AHadZArWhbc8VvtjKjxtwBk_xF3fGhiiAnYF8wIQxuFUdJE4U5eQuLLHm5zIZOGu3n5xI2A/s1600-h/DSCN0107-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249633621059958258" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GcA8wyDAScKLm0QkQvb9J-HbZR-RIQTQHK72iCDe3Wrnj42Q1NqzsK8w-Y9jgRpgDL8AHadZArWhbc8VvtjKjxtwBk_xF3fGhiiAnYF8wIQxuFUdJE4U5eQuLLHm5zIZOGu3n5xI2A/s320/DSCN0107-1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Some people can carry everything on their head they will need when they set up their road side stand. Just keep piling it on</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLNXUWvBgO099AjDO_fwlCQdrONMy43cTSSPo3XgZFqJSkdv2N6JCGdYuGCIbxTkK3-d0gKf14tKVG14iOK62e0fEzcKhMmuBLjNhCld936YwAE2P6tUpnurlpqLoFZ5qryJvLegf-w/s1600-h/DSCN0084.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249632813738992354" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLNXUWvBgO099AjDO_fwlCQdrONMy43cTSSPo3XgZFqJSkdv2N6JCGdYuGCIbxTkK3-d0gKf14tKVG14iOK62e0fEzcKhMmuBLjNhCld936YwAE2P6tUpnurlpqLoFZ5qryJvLegf-w/s320/DSCN0084.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249632811794706306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5adBpmSQ26u3TSherSjZHODg5zx-50HFtkOrvMhSIq7Q8x29Vx9KEz5aVAjQQotkIW2saswFtmWnf95b19efP6dFJT7-7ti1ts1qrWHH5AbAbhcjk8TgKP_kycXgXoGY0Vd7COVHkA/s320/DSCN0108-1.JPG" border="0" /><br /></div><div>It is the way. Many women even carry their purse on their head rather than carry it.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249632817253130594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CXRZfBCgi_XcFnp_r5_XYheIx0fvmxcQlTTg2A4uWtsUeR_eoiYuEp2HP8_WNvmvNMftOUHPPkQ3NcGDiXOF5kUXNW_KTXI5KofLdxkJHuddKVvgCreStBuCNi0bBlSInoTqMKzA_Q/s320/DSCN0123.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>This is full load!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVdYvOVS5VoVJOdDxy3dHeTj813XqcbhK77lRS3SxmnN3MuURk5RLItQSEZv9qNkgD-BMnP1KWWzTXkazDsNe3OdQ5sqGlldCtuUw5N1-YRYYVWjIrbElczNnCtPHNIdEYI4arpZKkA/s1600-h/DSCN0170.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249632816265320338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVdYvOVS5VoVJOdDxy3dHeTj813XqcbhK77lRS3SxmnN3MuURk5RLItQSEZv9qNkgD-BMnP1KWWzTXkazDsNe3OdQ5sqGlldCtuUw5N1-YRYYVWjIrbElczNnCtPHNIdEYI4arpZKkA/s320/DSCN0170.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHnJJAPf0E06Q_wJV_oHchJUtZMxb2TpifFRQD8LZqtHGUfXky4mYOERL6uaNXVFAEyZme3ME6squTdLWR-aNGYX4OCYWhaK3RjLsm0jVLmk0AAa32uXnnw5cOjVXzaOO-Rm1pW2vJKA/s1600-h/DSCN0198.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249632821737480850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHnJJAPf0E06Q_wJV_oHchJUtZMxb2TpifFRQD8LZqtHGUfXky4mYOERL6uaNXVFAEyZme3ME6squTdLWR-aNGYX4OCYWhaK3RjLsm0jVLmk0AAa32uXnnw5cOjVXzaOO-Rm1pW2vJKA/s320/DSCN0198.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Boiled eggs are a big lunch time treat and in the morning you may see a man hurrying down the road with the eggs piled twice as high as this man has. I keep missing the big shot because I am always so amazed they he will scurry in and out of traffic, balancing this huge column of eggs on his head with out any hands to steady it. I get so engrossed watching the balancing act I forget to take a picture.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQ7jFqcepEFW3jtAPYYXEvJFJNhzxjWABS1AumCfNn7OXZMHwPph7p8NdAf175sSs_LufLYZlrpbSqvyqxA6KpKeFkPOzyLgxQuoXpMi_3fYP5OkYLtsoId0OIj-zgbngMEhGrynrfw/s1600-h/DSCN0033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249631600345344914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQ7jFqcepEFW3jtAPYYXEvJFJNhzxjWABS1AumCfNn7OXZMHwPph7p8NdAf175sSs_LufLYZlrpbSqvyqxA6KpKeFkPOzyLgxQuoXpMi_3fYP5OkYLtsoId0OIj-zgbngMEhGrynrfw/s320/DSCN0033.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcFff2-iXtP4AkwS0dpuFXHi9EwUD13hvK89OhskRtWPYevFj3zXZUlvwoVSHL1R7V-kgmtJfRj5hd3zVIzDd66ASzE6j4KMK0tbP-pV1H5qJgGSHrbT0d9nbzZBWcL1eDx5go0atVA/s1600-h/DSCN0062-3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249631604820366194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcFff2-iXtP4AkwS0dpuFXHi9EwUD13hvK89OhskRtWPYevFj3zXZUlvwoVSHL1R7V-kgmtJfRj5hd3zVIzDd66ASzE6j4KMK0tbP-pV1H5qJgGSHrbT0d9nbzZBWcL1eDx5go0atVA/s320/DSCN0062-3.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Well, you never know when you may need a stool so you better carry one along.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1EinX47_CkqE-bvOnKHTb5-5XFZhyA0TgSJdgEOQgZeKRKb2Vr3kINC2d0iEUJh_eg38xBD9OS8GztQa0Uz3neDImjjJMkggniHUgRyhzCzV5XpB3jSNhHwCKvrOrpwA8MsPqerqYQ/s1600-h/DSCN0067.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249631613462630946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1EinX47_CkqE-bvOnKHTb5-5XFZhyA0TgSJdgEOQgZeKRKb2Vr3kINC2d0iEUJh_eg38xBD9OS8GztQa0Uz3neDImjjJMkggniHUgRyhzCzV5XpB3jSNhHwCKvrOrpwA8MsPqerqYQ/s320/DSCN0067.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>We stopped these ladies in Mweni-Ditu on their way home at night from a day at the marked. I wanted the picture of the sewing machine on the head but everyone wanted their picture taken. When I had snapped the picture they wanted to be paid for me taking the picture. I refused and told them I don't pay for pictures. They weren't happy.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tw8kmp9rXf88B67t7lXPzLWQXcDpLlA4OniX8_I6HUczUJFmpqeYlU6r059VQkV1jhTSx4emtCyR0c1cdx25L_sb7BcvFnZJUKmIyAz07lGMrtp2LBfQiBvI1M_EjFKqZFRMEaKuLA/s1600-h/DSCN0073.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249631615882678354" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tw8kmp9rXf88B67t7lXPzLWQXcDpLlA4OniX8_I6HUczUJFmpqeYlU6r059VQkV1jhTSx4emtCyR0c1cdx25L_sb7BcvFnZJUKmIyAz07lGMrtp2LBfQiBvI1M_EjFKqZFRMEaKuLA/s320/DSCN0073.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Learning at an early age. That yellow crate is full of soda pop bottles.Heeeaavy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrPdPING9jdcV0ahT4tGhljKIiQMev-KcL0XoG-vw5qhYhyiXZh8BvQlWs7BDAob-QOsWG28l6ycE_5V-JOH8QyegJXd0F3I8SyBMDcj_VRySEBi_M8RxYt7R8gDXZ0fDhegHdPLz6A/s1600-h/DSCN0081.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249631624907236994" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrPdPING9jdcV0ahT4tGhljKIiQMev-KcL0XoG-vw5qhYhyiXZh8BvQlWs7BDAob-QOsWG28l6ycE_5V-JOH8QyegJXd0F3I8SyBMDcj_VRySEBi_M8RxYt7R8gDXZ0fDhegHdPLz6A/s320/DSCN0081.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Nothing is wasted in the Congo. Often you will see people gathering wood from a fallen tree and then they take the wood home and make charcoal out of it which they will use for their cooking fires and sell for some income.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrzPQoZTZIyUPTMNtk-Na4H8N42-09PDaPWc4CbXBi1IkTnS1osLeyxzKibDbJWAqbYTG2lpAz8hIwVPPqM30Al5WvnAHIcryjYiKLYz-2MipybOP8uKrr2NEjIe36ra_0QrnErCruA/s1600-h/DSC01274.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249630845521285618" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrzPQoZTZIyUPTMNtk-Na4H8N42-09PDaPWc4CbXBi1IkTnS1osLeyxzKibDbJWAqbYTG2lpAz8hIwVPPqM30Al5WvnAHIcryjYiKLYz-2MipybOP8uKrr2NEjIe36ra_0QrnErCruA/s320/DSC01274.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Want a scarf? Get it from the scarf lady. She has at least 100 scarfs on her head any of which she will sell you for a price. The price being double for a mondeli.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2i_aL9_IV_NmShRm8a-kL9kpyn4S5DpJ0WLpLhxjFCgwOqrlUssKJg9S6S2WlKvzLGPK_X11IzF3nD6rGWs24E5FflQiERNjF7uu6jspbijj0O1a0xngQ10P8UBEVwKFlJavzmMk9g/s1600-h/DSCN0007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249630847150157170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2i_aL9_IV_NmShRm8a-kL9kpyn4S5DpJ0WLpLhxjFCgwOqrlUssKJg9S6S2WlKvzLGPK_X11IzF3nD6rGWs24E5FflQiERNjF7uu6jspbijj0O1a0xngQ10P8UBEVwKFlJavzmMk9g/s320/DSCN0007.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>When you drive down the street you see people toting their loads on their heads where ever you look.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpADzy7_2q5p_oa_lP3r-lo9bL4rRtv1_47tLXnWTsiIWV2o5k3He7MeoWRLSpx3P7rr2-HQYExRUJkkG6g5hPglbq3dHhorNTx5g-WSveQg9KF1hivouwrs0rwh9ZK-yR-Sna1sU24A/s1600-h/DSCN0012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249630852350481218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpADzy7_2q5p_oa_lP3r-lo9bL4rRtv1_47tLXnWTsiIWV2o5k3He7MeoWRLSpx3P7rr2-HQYExRUJkkG6g5hPglbq3dHhorNTx5g-WSveQg9KF1hivouwrs0rwh9ZK-yR-Sna1sU24A/s320/DSCN0012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxK6rPHuuoY2hfm0ToiI4VUJFuMm-BIsas3iqdXf5LX-jROID-xIwo0N3H6Gk7L14SBIA5K7FCDDdf93vj0apgR7n-FPMSbNmSzExIvDEjNXl67MueLDzGLAYtmXFUoR6glnNEZFLeeA/s1600-h/DSCN0025-3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249630861571333154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxK6rPHuuoY2hfm0ToiI4VUJFuMm-BIsas3iqdXf5LX-jROID-xIwo0N3H6Gk7L14SBIA5K7FCDDdf93vj0apgR7n-FPMSbNmSzExIvDEjNXl67MueLDzGLAYtmXFUoR6glnNEZFLeeA/s320/DSCN0025-3.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHidWQnhk9um6zFEbCheiqocvnWbSjhICdTBUqARByS7O0g2g1Q_b-vi3ZQ4CIeQfsNFqiSykfcOyw2hdfcUhnZkSSw5mEVdy-GNgATNu7bs5MQZ8fJo0VS45ByHfIHFA25dB7urijrQ/s1600-h/DSCN0020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249630863568160690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHidWQnhk9um6zFEbCheiqocvnWbSjhICdTBUqARByS7O0g2g1Q_b-vi3ZQ4CIeQfsNFqiSykfcOyw2hdfcUhnZkSSw5mEVdy-GNgATNu7bs5MQZ8fJo0VS45ByHfIHFA25dB7urijrQ/s320/DSCN0020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKXN1uH_ptNeDETjBOVU3iqyc2KA3L_LsEtVRCZQ1pjvSBMipVlm5MILG0Jg8F5DvpQ1r1sFcDe1SzJxG-02sOsn29-9uVYifpJ8jHpLnaME-nVA24hvDdCRM051eDnaH39vnZ3TP5Q/s1600-h/DSC00207.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249630211642554962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKXN1uH_ptNeDETjBOVU3iqyc2KA3L_LsEtVRCZQ1pjvSBMipVlm5MILG0Jg8F5DvpQ1r1sFcDe1SzJxG-02sOsn29-9uVYifpJ8jHpLnaME-nVA24hvDdCRM051eDnaH39vnZ3TP5Q/s320/DSC00207.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Aha, they must have got some new chairs at a good bargain.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjT7WFoOFq9lhjJriCyJONnG7UGptIHOWwF8LVfMXq-zpJy8dhrDGEEHUBS_xtydiCmo2xWKFrHmkK3HCEdEDMB5mcJnfQ02a0U9w1sQaHNb9uD5rQrOGExH5hOv6urgpQVzT4KfnaA/s1600-h/April+2007+343.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249629100471577266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjT7WFoOFq9lhjJriCyJONnG7UGptIHOWwF8LVfMXq-zpJy8dhrDGEEHUBS_xtydiCmo2xWKFrHmkK3HCEdEDMB5mcJnfQ02a0U9w1sQaHNb9uD5rQrOGExH5hOv6urgpQVzT4KfnaA/s320/April+2007+343.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><div>When you have to tote a baby on your back and carry your bundles you shouldn't forget how handy it is to put one of the loads on your head.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7LT9uroelDM_DhopxLPOQlD1YeZikOoi_CoCzNdRRI6nzNA89VyxNBKHCLLJJ5HnOskYu0t7Nl1RhkdziV6NSyTKpokpN1sIQpF8Ul0IUUIsc6qSjTrQuCCNR8nNJUUltQxbSwT33A/s1600-h/City+of+Hope+Distribution+187.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249629104285465842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7LT9uroelDM_DhopxLPOQlD1YeZikOoi_CoCzNdRRI6nzNA89VyxNBKHCLLJJ5HnOskYu0t7Nl1RhkdziV6NSyTKpokpN1sIQpF8Ul0IUUIsc6qSjTrQuCCNR8nNJUUltQxbSwT33A/s320/City+of+Hope+Distribution+187.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Another crate full of large bottles of beer. We once saw a man carrying a crate of beer on his head and one crate in each hand held only by his finger tips. Again I was so fascinated I missed the awesome picture. I must add he didn't look like it was a very heavy load but we know different.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpi4hmt1pew7DsOAYO1oNdLtocHACJvoCpzJp2-sHbZyAO65ai8P5og5ul8ptu_IRTLuA8bAq0LC2Soy6SoEztECh_8r0lYtCKjIH2m8u4vDuRJwVQrf4pyk3qyXDZe8PxHUY_kD4aA/s1600-h/DSC00039.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249629108567242450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpi4hmt1pew7DsOAYO1oNdLtocHACJvoCpzJp2-sHbZyAO65ai8P5og5ul8ptu_IRTLuA8bAq0LC2Soy6SoEztECh_8r0lYtCKjIH2m8u4vDuRJwVQrf4pyk3qyXDZe8PxHUY_kD4aA/s320/DSC00039.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8cxFSKrSAp2rGzk-0xXs51z9lhRoKwY3n4qNB9MJzBOL4vJDDGXt-hn_jlXtMLTfH_OblFTvwiLHXxDLRSrwwvZRirEHIzShfs5bWc2mMSOVg3YfOOUhieyzRfwGSCq1Rlfg_HSq2wQ/s1600-h/DSC00206.JPG"></a>Women daily gather greens from the garden and tote them to market to sell. These three are dodging traffic as they cross a very busy thoroughfare.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEGrwtJe14AuoWAZ5SJyt9CE9taA0q0SNWhxW50uVqEDGKK1iXWG2N68bWpR1psTNcUjAf7NQSe7nXYxxODfKLX6B3G96_TYqiBwZm4tlFMhyphenhyphenJMu7bfzY8X8u9BppcGpr3SKUfZ4R7w/s1600-h/DSCN0042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249628125039992594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEGrwtJe14AuoWAZ5SJyt9CE9taA0q0SNWhxW50uVqEDGKK1iXWG2N68bWpR1psTNcUjAf7NQSe7nXYxxODfKLX6B3G96_TYqiBwZm4tlFMhyphenhyphenJMu7bfzY8X8u9BppcGpr3SKUfZ4R7w/s320/DSCN0042.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXM0NWq65NlpL5_SaNBsPJGf8znx258wly7rllXICK9r8_Oj2teGrsI1tZoO8OoZpsOpu9KjGmlL4g3DNdqeyLay8mx2rtzUJpeYAthwwFM527KKSkj9KHS_HD6JiScf9OT29Mhot2w/s1600-h/DSCN0043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249628130460793538" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXM0NWq65NlpL5_SaNBsPJGf8znx258wly7rllXICK9r8_Oj2teGrsI1tZoO8OoZpsOpu9KjGmlL4g3DNdqeyLay8mx2rtzUJpeYAthwwFM527KKSkj9KHS_HD6JiScf9OT29Mhot2w/s320/DSCN0043.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>My favorite has to be the bread ladies. Every day, several times a day you will see woman picking up bread at the Victoire (a large bakery). They carry it back to their neighborhood where they sale it Bread is a main stay and often people have a loaf of this bread along with a cup of tea for breakfast. Lunch may be a handful of peanuts, a banana or another piece of bread. The only real meal that is eaten is the evening meal which mainly consists of foofoo, rice and beans with ground greens and maybe a little fish or chicken (but meat only on a good day).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHeJX_5MbIKP907sK4aVi6BzwbFhaMOkz-eZXA4pkR88Uz-QsZ3BWiCeZwkc9tfq7bi_Qv0s5MVgNslkL8lCZEnVNUcM4tDDzRq-s9jpEH4WrbeYPfsw_ASNXd4iK9aMCs5BYIlQxyuw/s1600-h/DSCN0034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249628128128875330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHeJX_5MbIKP907sK4aVi6BzwbFhaMOkz-eZXA4pkR88Uz-QsZ3BWiCeZwkc9tfq7bi_Qv0s5MVgNslkL8lCZEnVNUcM4tDDzRq-s9jpEH4WrbeYPfsw_ASNXd4iK9aMCs5BYIlQxyuw/s320/DSCN0034.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73Ht1CN_K13eJyQ_6FzE9VeG91b3qwJNf1CN5nd8-OwVgmtrl5mTgcuXubc2iEBV2AdSo0-vgoepV2yM79OWKylb2Whst9CbA2zvgrdlEOXYMUkCh5BRV_RwNmeLb_rKhpUvHN1zCHw/s1600-h/DSCN0035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249628133012303906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73Ht1CN_K13eJyQ_6FzE9VeG91b3qwJNf1CN5nd8-OwVgmtrl5mTgcuXubc2iEBV2AdSo0-vgoepV2yM79OWKylb2Whst9CbA2zvgrdlEOXYMUkCh5BRV_RwNmeLb_rKhpUvHN1zCHw/s320/DSCN0035.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vryNjHCc4fc6NOA7bHgDUXaC6TZ7hjAf6NEMDNUYW8Muk2mrABZeURbZ34t81oJJuYs4GhwgTRemJ5g7GAoj0siMxoaObA4E9x23KOjEEAZBZ6xYSa0DmwXXkJzH2CTl3dgUZ3Pb2Q/s1600-h/DSCN0137.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249628142555939778" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vryNjHCc4fc6NOA7bHgDUXaC6TZ7hjAf6NEMDNUYW8Muk2mrABZeURbZ34t81oJJuYs4GhwgTRemJ5g7GAoj0siMxoaObA4E9x23KOjEEAZBZ6xYSa0DmwXXkJzH2CTl3dgUZ3Pb2Q/s320/DSCN0137.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Where ever we have traveled we see people gathering sticks to make the charcoal. It is a very important fuel.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo17wj6ccDG7HZ7m71aFG6bp2eLGiS1t61o-KrghKX9B_SM9G5jj9rKV0Qg85dtpk5hxaKEwN8ps8FwGuTtHozCG5Osb-qzZR8jQYQGnxhCUsMdX2TsEMttPrpUuJs2tub4OBQnNzJSA/s1600-h/February+2006++020+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249627393406036882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo17wj6ccDG7HZ7m71aFG6bp2eLGiS1t61o-KrghKX9B_SM9G5jj9rKV0Qg85dtpk5hxaKEwN8ps8FwGuTtHozCG5Osb-qzZR8jQYQGnxhCUsMdX2TsEMttPrpUuJs2tub4OBQnNzJSA/s320/February+2006++020+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zgJwE3aqE52ZU5pFUvF5b3d5UBLflIcfW8_Y_29s0wc7xyN4ZPbdgpaFz9nSpKLEuQyOEi0M03TvFXAv2YAGsePnUtq_IQJHKrJtYb9SkBOMCWClr5qz2_VpvOofSLM1hScaGL24Yg/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+122.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249627396092399266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zgJwE3aqE52ZU5pFUvF5b3d5UBLflIcfW8_Y_29s0wc7xyN4ZPbdgpaFz9nSpKLEuQyOEi0M03TvFXAv2YAGsePnUtq_IQJHKrJtYb9SkBOMCWClr5qz2_VpvOofSLM1hScaGL24Yg/s320/Luputa+Barlow+122.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuL6tALy1XQzctQqwPZGg0kLIpHRzJ82BzBqEYi8mwfoSXW4jObOmYtEFRrIM1veBh4wHj2f4HDToAvZG2ETALtdzZI-oFgxZyUc6EjnTxZ8AHUkQ6fzQcfv6hPsCS9Z_pUj0cr1fPpg/s1600-h/April+2007+581.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249627397116264834" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuL6tALy1XQzctQqwPZGg0kLIpHRzJ82BzBqEYi8mwfoSXW4jObOmYtEFRrIM1veBh4wHj2f4HDToAvZG2ETALtdzZI-oFgxZyUc6EjnTxZ8AHUkQ6fzQcfv6hPsCS9Z_pUj0cr1fPpg/s320/April+2007+581.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSXKSWLmMgQbCP07ZLBEDiTWynTbtbeCYjgHPfT084mOA_hXodDaDlNAb9oaQLGVnywu8MaHUD2VtJZN-Po_p0O9buYyuLJnK3vueYsU-Dzt8F15xYXkjb1q4x9_tZcsZF97aUBgRmQ/s1600-h/DSCN0021-3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249627405950416434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSXKSWLmMgQbCP07ZLBEDiTWynTbtbeCYjgHPfT084mOA_hXodDaDlNAb9oaQLGVnywu8MaHUD2VtJZN-Po_p0O9buYyuLJnK3vueYsU-Dzt8F15xYXkjb1q4x9_tZcsZF97aUBgRmQ/s320/DSCN0021-3.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_PWqjfZsBQ0QN6xbjm4dkEGrYYTopDFbmjo6umsfP75-J9GIV_QzQVyGLAcHKzVVuFz9kJxl7vSe9sMnKQbUFPncan40WMZxaISywFw_HtB0fkdzUNVJB9oyZXDhOM2K8dM3nRIpg9A/s1600-h/DSCN0022-3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249627409369632786" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_PWqjfZsBQ0QN6xbjm4dkEGrYYTopDFbmjo6umsfP75-J9GIV_QzQVyGLAcHKzVVuFz9kJxl7vSe9sMnKQbUFPncan40WMZxaISywFw_HtB0fkdzUNVJB9oyZXDhOM2K8dM3nRIpg9A/s320/DSCN0022-3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The hardest job is the toting of water for daily needs. It is endless and requires all to participate. It is unbelievable that a child can carry this much wait on their head. It isn't easy and they usually walk/run trying to shorten the distance to home. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlfhGdeTXp3gEehHVNJ7sRTLjy3GwDWzdf7rkbL-WQxnjBWeznUJ5R4LPO_V0XbTHnQdh_SXgaVDY6oheR9DlMyGUo1bMkTLqIFKdb7XO7BA27eIsM0TxIObzqT6pMo4Cadxt-dwmKQ/s1600-h/DSCN0094.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249626720095834130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlfhGdeTXp3gEehHVNJ7sRTLjy3GwDWzdf7rkbL-WQxnjBWeznUJ5R4LPO_V0XbTHnQdh_SXgaVDY6oheR9DlMyGUo1bMkTLqIFKdb7XO7BA27eIsM0TxIObzqT6pMo4Cadxt-dwmKQ/s320/DSCN0094.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpMl_udzkY3uVdy3T37tY4fekTQQLzNzl9H99IXvWuIlTeoLCWLKwdiACKVBIpOZI3WvKcgqEFtiSBrfZ9RDVzIUMQUj_DjwiiqlJAts0UuQSAlrlXYiWFSCeAr-v3qvlbVeCHDDM0Q/s1600-h/January+2007+032.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249626727769789666" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LlMlfYQelTblSb6wJ7JghDGLic2NC_AAGVJJ5NNrjHNA2iMMNa9GHGYOhULjnJWPJ3AZreY6nmdVKdz01x30CXrE2unczZSZ5C8GmZnecFuyYA1QVfVtD2Tu_hrguBCwvq6ngkr_kA/s1600-h/April,+2006+507.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249625425701947394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LlMlfYQelTblSb6wJ7JghDGLic2NC_AAGVJJ5NNrjHNA2iMMNa9GHGYOhULjnJWPJ3AZreY6nmdVKdz01x30CXrE2unczZSZ5C8GmZnecFuyYA1QVfVtD2Tu_hrguBCwvq6ngkr_kA/s320/April,+2006+507.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRbhGPYVKYem-hRnzNFIkB-S48KWxvNWJe8rtdPDxEYyRka8UNoLs2u_zItB5-Ar2rBoVMkPzKqBqbxmcVepOf47UjUGlkFoHXr_LnXcl714_hNpLtgQlGgz_dYoiktK5DP_VbzFG_g/s1600-h/DSCN0004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249625433858062562" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRbhGPYVKYem-hRnzNFIkB-S48KWxvNWJe8rtdPDxEYyRka8UNoLs2u_zItB5-Ar2rBoVMkPzKqBqbxmcVepOf47UjUGlkFoHXr_LnXcl714_hNpLtgQlGgz_dYoiktK5DP_VbzFG_g/s320/DSCN0004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoVa0BrhRSQF1kUZ9jxi4lAHW6d-XZWodSz-_KAKFDwRym5TlkQZ1waM91JzKdcM-tiuxz0Wp-lhiEUlQuDyOBHYYUbbewSYclB_qBMU6C0YEeVavfITdae_V2P2aQlJ67cVE3Ya2Zg/s1600-h/DSCN0013.JPG"></a>This is one of my favorite pictures. I didn't take this one. But I love it, not sure why. Maybe it is because it is just sooooo Africa.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEZX0OZ6u58mS01lTD1MFTGy7xjGC093jCoRiKmHBDTphMVLLsD0VG5H0GWLYsMOb_N1Pz7fTUW0GLih_GXec0V3-_yvhaTtlQ8tmm3ea0JtnYyDM9cHvU_HeRCGq2Aca_UE_dOC05g/s1600-h/DSC00114.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249625431667531554" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEZX0OZ6u58mS01lTD1MFTGy7xjGC093jCoRiKmHBDTphMVLLsD0VG5H0GWLYsMOb_N1Pz7fTUW0GLih_GXec0V3-_yvhaTtlQ8tmm3ea0JtnYyDM9cHvU_HeRCGq2Aca_UE_dOC05g/s320/DSC00114.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Remember the chicken lady - another favorite from Luputa<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABxFXZACeesVsBy7q4da9WyTrkMVbdkKrKPE2xA7mKmX2Hm-RuJ-m1zPyQEy3JtgG2CJj1HMmTHwKJyCjznHIW93PQUpxTZA_1SFXVBRROkRZ7pAS4JQt4MwlTmN6Gy1BS9Xb7m8UAg/s1600-h/DSC00320.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249646910530673938" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABxFXZACeesVsBy7q4da9WyTrkMVbdkKrKPE2xA7mKmX2Hm-RuJ-m1zPyQEy3JtgG2CJj1HMmTHwKJyCjznHIW93PQUpxTZA_1SFXVBRROkRZ7pAS4JQt4MwlTmN6Gy1BS9Xb7m8UAg/s320/DSC00320.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Returning home after spending a day at the Marche sewing beautiful Congolese clothes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ysLnktfMeakbQSSQEWay9x4gFSTERJAE9IUXS2NY76o6DU0cthagKsPOF7xioRS6H-2Tq1OyToVJw8EucY3CKy-cPK1Ap12UL0Ez84Fl0s9u-gMMzV6zFnH5gWbXVcZaO_pxssOBCA/s1600-h/DSC00384.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249646916820713714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ysLnktfMeakbQSSQEWay9x4gFSTERJAE9IUXS2NY76o6DU0cthagKsPOF7xioRS6H-2Tq1OyToVJw8EucY3CKy-cPK1Ap12UL0Ez84Fl0s9u-gMMzV6zFnH5gWbXVcZaO_pxssOBCA/s320/DSC00384.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Don't you Love it! Very African!</div></div></div>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-46477029514704125232008-09-11T05:33:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:34:37.178-07:00Marie . My Friend . My Sister<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNsGMQyJPRHAJMy5xgklkDOVjh9k5d9BzJH2BRuixgdhuj3Ts-UnRw2wxDWd38K07D3lAsugEiJ8cFVqQhxCtLrvmPH0K2kwwHGbbpI1LU932dGz3-Ke8I4do52BfLRzOdcdvbyHYBg/s1600-h/DSC01696.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244925785493043394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNsGMQyJPRHAJMy5xgklkDOVjh9k5d9BzJH2BRuixgdhuj3Ts-UnRw2wxDWd38K07D3lAsugEiJ8cFVqQhxCtLrvmPH0K2kwwHGbbpI1LU932dGz3-Ke8I4do52BfLRzOdcdvbyHYBg/s320/DSC01696.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Marie Jose. the Mother Teresa of Luputa<br /></div><br /><div>Marie is the head nurse of Maternity at Luputa General Hospital. We first met her when she came to the NRT training in Kinshasa in Aug 2007. Armed with a Neonatal Resuscitation Kit, she went back to Luputa and trained all her staff in maternity how to use the skills she had learned in the NRT training and then reached out to other clinics in the area and trained them.<br /></div><div>One Sunday morning we got a call from a very excited Marie. She was crying and laughing saying, "Hallelujah, Praise God. Praise the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for teaching Marie Jose how to resuscitate babies. We just had a hard case. They said the baby was dead but I went through the algorithm and it worked, the baby started breathing. Hallelujah,we are saving babies in Luputa!"</div><br /><div>We would not have ever started the Luputa Hospital Project if it had not been for Marie Jose. She was the one that invited us to the hospital and showed us what they were working with and convinced us to get the church to help. </div><br /><div>On our last trip to Luputa, after the ceremony for the hospital project, Marie invited us to her small clinic she had started to care for the very poor.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc709oQeACJQ2-vg0hF82QYjyzK1cXfQ3EAqrHl8k4uC4sxIXar1YfPPJKKxfoX-7WknYAUx0gY5uATaHvDL0fGO1KQLxSHVlOlFVA1u51dzt5rAhSMIQr5AYn1Yv-3ty19NrOcmX6ew/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+036.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244743037066559474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc709oQeACJQ2-vg0hF82QYjyzK1cXfQ3EAqrHl8k4uC4sxIXar1YfPPJKKxfoX-7WknYAUx0gY5uATaHvDL0fGO1KQLxSHVlOlFVA1u51dzt5rAhSMIQr5AYn1Yv-3ty19NrOcmX6ew/s320/Luputa+Barlow+036.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>The clinic has grown into an orphanage as she finds children without parents who need help. She is often brought children who are starving and need medical attention. She also helps widows with children feeding them and having the mamas help with the orphans. Presently she is caring for 40 orphans. This does not include the widows and their children.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSwS0wjqYZcP4hftQaGwSaEuIGnaCcynoOj_4aL8wQKCwJnDJyIexHnvuAQZoNTbsDT9WIuosILmLYW8nsQ4pTsNOhyphenhyphenbRETW8FlNCdAkwMPPp4dKfqO69CqHpXsMDmx_T3imOfLQXdQ/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+315.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245038266055944962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSwS0wjqYZcP4hftQaGwSaEuIGnaCcynoOj_4aL8wQKCwJnDJyIexHnvuAQZoNTbsDT9WIuosILmLYW8nsQ4pTsNOhyphenhyphenbRETW8FlNCdAkwMPPp4dKfqO69CqHpXsMDmx_T3imOfLQXdQ/s320/Luputa+Barlow+315.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>On our visit we held a baby that was so malnourished and weak she could hardly cry.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifb42dFEKrmFhTnGt-c125FGcHzrEYbj1sE2gVjd22dAgBVUkbfePC_hYbKCSZPIHKX1ZrMuTNhKbcBBJTsQ1-2iw2iinPM7zVP_KLAb2XLMCCXCyAWcRajTIh44MW0w6wd8d_pxR-fg/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+048.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244775383659593474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifb42dFEKrmFhTnGt-c125FGcHzrEYbj1sE2gVjd22dAgBVUkbfePC_hYbKCSZPIHKX1ZrMuTNhKbcBBJTsQ1-2iw2iinPM7zVP_KLAb2XLMCCXCyAWcRajTIh44MW0w6wd8d_pxR-fg/s320/Luputa+Barlow+048.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcE4ilkFemnXHhfsbCn6eSgV5UgKLVaLU2Dv0-ybzAnI4WDmlRt4005enPWNpEQ_0mUGsDp_-F2X0Ljamx-PiTLVLzrzNCfobo9sW0kNrwBcn-GKTLeDLl05fI_SHAnisiwD6feCKjQ/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+038.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244743047260086018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcE4ilkFemnXHhfsbCn6eSgV5UgKLVaLU2Dv0-ybzAnI4WDmlRt4005enPWNpEQ_0mUGsDp_-F2X0Ljamx-PiTLVLzrzNCfobo9sW0kNrwBcn-GKTLeDLl05fI_SHAnisiwD6feCKjQ/s320/Luputa+Barlow+038.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>This child had been found next to it's mother who had died. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4wBRmBVK75USBtvLiAEX65WaZuO1YxmdFgEOOk15ptrF8Pl-qEOlH6dPKzo_PseNAqPY92rhq04yA24h8WLMoI4s-dt1sQ7k5nMXS-eZT40U-87jfisweqh-JHYTtU0i6efIJt2JTg/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+037.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244743042246439090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4wBRmBVK75USBtvLiAEX65WaZuO1YxmdFgEOOk15ptrF8Pl-qEOlH6dPKzo_PseNAqPY92rhq04yA24h8WLMoI4s-dt1sQ7k5nMXS-eZT40U-87jfisweqh-JHYTtU0i6efIJt2JTg/s320/Luputa+Barlow+037.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>No one knew how long the baby had been left on it's own but the baby was brought to Marie and she is keeping the baby at the clinic and caring for her.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmRYyaTpPgbTz70RCstq4zgWsvb0iysa7kCKEWo04aUB4g0Mn6Fp2e_oL6P4EiLPQWndH4X9IX4X8KQSBALXYTUVBvBvh3eeH5WcD3ZYmN1dP5zkyQVJsWeelo6Qm4Pns0-U3yVKnRA/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+043.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244775375037322818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmRYyaTpPgbTz70RCstq4zgWsvb0iysa7kCKEWo04aUB4g0Mn6Fp2e_oL6P4EiLPQWndH4X9IX4X8KQSBALXYTUVBvBvh3eeH5WcD3ZYmN1dP5zkyQVJsWeelo6Qm4Pns0-U3yVKnRA/s320/Luputa+Barlow+043.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>This little girl was born in Marie's clinic and has lived there her whole life. Her mother died in childbirth. Her home is with Marie at the clinic.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS1k456-SSHmzGZAoijaO0qikFjWl32JzPc2pVS-Ies1vadGUV_G9j7ARhPzZMY3iE2XGiWI82aqZzVKXeeQdO4Ad9uuLXkL9drAduElXjhkuD4hpmGDg7RbRLcmTTTLU3VXL4gqoG7Q/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+046.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244775378861070450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS1k456-SSHmzGZAoijaO0qikFjWl32JzPc2pVS-Ies1vadGUV_G9j7ARhPzZMY3iE2XGiWI82aqZzVKXeeQdO4Ad9uuLXkL9drAduElXjhkuD4hpmGDg7RbRLcmTTTLU3VXL4gqoG7Q/s320/Luputa+Barlow+046.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Tears flowed as we were introduced to the 40 children she is trying to support without the benefits of a real orphanage. We tried comforting this baby but it wasn't until Marie took her in her arms that she cuddled in and found some comfort.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZq7OP2kaNTDQwtHbnrqzNnxfK1qYCquJYJ8h7KrJ4Klw8TJTfXwXDWVRsWJZzimOyIn51ugjDQOC9bVLmLVWY6KnuARgJzUj79MmAG6TnGSrEh_xEAj5EYV2bWtmFWmOOnBnLPFcBAQ/s1600-h/Luputa+Moon+252.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244891873823146434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZq7OP2kaNTDQwtHbnrqzNnxfK1qYCquJYJ8h7KrJ4Klw8TJTfXwXDWVRsWJZzimOyIn51ugjDQOC9bVLmLVWY6KnuARgJzUj79MmAG6TnGSrEh_xEAj5EYV2bWtmFWmOOnBnLPFcBAQ/s320/Luputa+Moon+252.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Marie has no where to house the children so she farms them out to families at night so they have a secure place to sleep and then they come back to her clinic during the day and she and her staff care for them.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpA1tZJz4UsQwHbVX_a7MadOmcYt_tf9QhKleEnWsWpuMZ3Ao5VlnqhjdXhvFS9kaI9Nue9_mCKK_n2yx_nJlcWaMzfZwbpxAyClnefHyv-V_OmviG-FE1tRlyr6DE2ma8EEWSdO7zg/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+059.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244925777167231026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpA1tZJz4UsQwHbVX_a7MadOmcYt_tf9QhKleEnWsWpuMZ3Ao5VlnqhjdXhvFS9kaI9Nue9_mCKK_n2yx_nJlcWaMzfZwbpxAyClnefHyv-V_OmviG-FE1tRlyr6DE2ma8EEWSdO7zg/s320/Luputa+Barlow+059.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqu_ZtZjzyysZ5P69AP0Tt8TpJ0rtl6VJBqIaSmAuwrSJ_-rm26LTxKRVdcNX3llDtZrSbIJIlIP9vOJqfv9Zo1x9gOPsifov6USXj7QayD3ltGZX2M59tvrSSfLSVUaqraTaRv1MuA/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+318.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245038275315529330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqu_ZtZjzyysZ5P69AP0Tt8TpJ0rtl6VJBqIaSmAuwrSJ_-rm26LTxKRVdcNX3llDtZrSbIJIlIP9vOJqfv9Zo1x9gOPsifov6USXj7QayD3ltGZX2M59tvrSSfLSVUaqraTaRv1MuA/s320/Luputa+Barlow+318.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>They feed the children once a day a gruel and as you can see they are anxious to get it.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJSThuR5HPXpMwhdJ1cRoqKaHCIYVMk-24Wg01OSfMA8sDFgtKu_4VgXttkSNMLa0v1E_f9_VESm1KZEOrAQsMG7UCYhg01uQpk_n405IDBJvQL6YhepQyvRDyCXddyuLcYixIKrX3w/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+052.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244925774501376098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJSThuR5HPXpMwhdJ1cRoqKaHCIYVMk-24Wg01OSfMA8sDFgtKu_4VgXttkSNMLa0v1E_f9_VESm1KZEOrAQsMG7UCYhg01uQpk_n405IDBJvQL6YhepQyvRDyCXddyuLcYixIKrX3w/s320/Luputa+Barlow+052.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXayeTa3wrNFeXOASDm-XjWYXnCriUZxkfgIlZu6mv7Xy255fMV-6qsJclSiZeHB55wpbehXNLOe7dqOCKmeOEx_2boE6kAYbh7PyTk5oltmLzXGBacCCEgxfUb-vRra9c55hFZoTQA/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+316.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245038274543156098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXayeTa3wrNFeXOASDm-XjWYXnCriUZxkfgIlZu6mv7Xy255fMV-6qsJclSiZeHB55wpbehXNLOe7dqOCKmeOEx_2boE6kAYbh7PyTk5oltmLzXGBacCCEgxfUb-vRra9c55hFZoTQA/s320/Luputa+Barlow+316.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The clinic is a small 3 room structure with a small office a birthing room/exam room and a larger room where patients lie on the floor on blankets recovering from birthing a baby or from illnesses.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Sx6FAxr_I1PF3J5_7sucf1EVBTKtc0zDBYejxPQx4SMQqjoVTssrTO3xHtOzsU5tV4udXHihmb_umSQlWwMaC-hXUWWczBNorPM2RUemPJ317Eix5uCNAbO5XLK6fOEq1lIjvDKFfg/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+326.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244776869349669362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Sx6FAxr_I1PF3J5_7sucf1EVBTKtc0zDBYejxPQx4SMQqjoVTssrTO3xHtOzsU5tV4udXHihmb_umSQlWwMaC-hXUWWczBNorPM2RUemPJ317Eix5uCNAbO5XLK6fOEq1lIjvDKFfg/s320/Luputa+Barlow+326.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The birthing of babies is done under rather primitive conditions. The room was clean but without any equipment except a birthing table.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10l2z7N_AGzvdQZYsTNAt78VWhv89rMcJfViOIsp3ULp-v6uuNfylT40SFNkZpaaJBlXeqzfqIh8-uTxjqusbFW3Drc_OHd9CJIUwNSFOiZ7VJO1qvsEBFGTML7Tc-Q30RgrpMOCTtA/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+328.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244776875988622450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10l2z7N_AGzvdQZYsTNAt78VWhv89rMcJfViOIsp3ULp-v6uuNfylT40SFNkZpaaJBlXeqzfqIh8-uTxjqusbFW3Drc_OHd9CJIUwNSFOiZ7VJO1qvsEBFGTML7Tc-Q30RgrpMOCTtA/s320/Luputa+Barlow+328.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>The day before we had given Marie a gift from Farrell and me. We gave her a stethoscope and a pair of nursing scissors. She was so excited and showed them to the hospital director and the staff. When we visited her little clinic we noticed that the nurse on duty had the stethoscope around her neck and the pair of scissors were sitting on the side table by the birthing table. It looked like she had found a good use for her gift.</div><br /><div>On the wall of the birthing room is the NRT algorithm, handy for those difficult babies.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdMO33JtYVrNW83tt_EFHPHugGjC9V6qiUnuYFVNcMxeExKSczu86HBYvAM361ex8xrTSWMZK8vUgyZyMfuIPo2E-LJxx17BmSUkDP_hmY-r4NT4j2PHJ1qTgq8FrNugRqmknl5NqIw/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+331.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244776877369245874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdMO33JtYVrNW83tt_EFHPHugGjC9V6qiUnuYFVNcMxeExKSczu86HBYvAM361ex8xrTSWMZK8vUgyZyMfuIPo2E-LJxx17BmSUkDP_hmY-r4NT4j2PHJ1qTgq8FrNugRqmknl5NqIw/s320/Luputa+Barlow+331.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />In the office was a small table that held the medicines she had stocked which were very few. There were also some vitamins. She tries to get vitamins and minerals donated where and when ever possible to supplement the diet of these children. Her supply was very meager.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-vyybkuUzK-EPXEsQQuE6zJd7z-yDnh6JR_fNGy2ite46lygvLFhNQ2M65ex_fWaU_uqi0FG2WpF_DVXGgB7yEZk_XzwEUbl2HsxiD-fHv-Vdidq3PNlSKvnuJXRnADJjN7sMEgP0A/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+327.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244776870373000242" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-vyybkuUzK-EPXEsQQuE6zJd7z-yDnh6JR_fNGy2ite46lygvLFhNQ2M65ex_fWaU_uqi0FG2WpF_DVXGgB7yEZk_XzwEUbl2HsxiD-fHv-Vdidq3PNlSKvnuJXRnADJjN7sMEgP0A/s320/Luputa+Barlow+327.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We sat down in the small room, so close our knees touched. With us was Sis. Livingstone, Sis. Parmley and Sis. Moon besides Farrell and Me. She told us of her desperation for help. She wanted to know if the church could help support her orphanage or build her a dormitory to house the orphans. Both of these requests are outside of the guidelines for the church humanitarian services. We cried with her as she explained her dream of having a safe place for the orphans of Luputa. </div><br /><div>Our hearts went out to her and so did some of our personal monies as none of us could think of any other way to help.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUTWyekkC4y7LBe1yZMzuct3K7YHUShmgHwONFuz5_lUMVMWO8Cie_9Kbpfa9IqAC1mfdrPtld15f6uRRNWGST0XsjeUAxrVci-lKrHmlgMRp43cGBsLmVm4_ESKbIDi4rfq_v1-9sg/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+345.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244891881341549090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUTWyekkC4y7LBe1yZMzuct3K7YHUShmgHwONFuz5_lUMVMWO8Cie_9Kbpfa9IqAC1mfdrPtld15f6uRRNWGST0XsjeUAxrVci-lKrHmlgMRp43cGBsLmVm4_ESKbIDi4rfq_v1-9sg/s320/Luputa+Barlow+345.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Marie is an ministering angel to her fellowman. Her hopes and dreams are all about how to help others. She is very outside herself in her wants and desires always trying to find ways to help those in need.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6qiqV_-mvhuQ3F3Q6zRv6DepBKhpEsomKnk8aZzv6I13nTkLcB8zUlcT81J9JhlQzzPFOuFd0l_-Zb_N4K7kZPEY3VXmwFZ79T9oCSGjWLZm04YcAgEvo1I5WMPDM6rBVTGubLMGUw/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+239.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244776864647846898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6qiqV_-mvhuQ3F3Q6zRv6DepBKhpEsomKnk8aZzv6I13nTkLcB8zUlcT81J9JhlQzzPFOuFd0l_-Zb_N4K7kZPEY3VXmwFZ79T9oCSGjWLZm04YcAgEvo1I5WMPDM6rBVTGubLMGUw/s320/Luputa+Barlow+239.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Marie is my kindred spirit. We are sisters. I love her and her tears about broke my heart. When we return home I will miss her tremendously. She reminds me of the song from Don Quixote, "To Dream the Impossible Dream," as her dream at this point does seem impossible and her task she has taken on, overwhelming. </div><div></div><div>From Don Quizote:</div><br /><div><strong>ALDONZA </strong>: Why do you do these things?</div><div><strong>DON QUIXOTE</strong>: I hope to add some measure of grace to the world. </div><div>Whether I win or lose does not matter. </div><div>Only that I follow the quest. </div><div><strong>ALDONZA </strong>What does that mean... quest? </div><div><strong>DON QUIXOTE:</strong> It is the mission of each true knight... </div><div>His duty... nay, his privilege! </div><br /><div>To dream the impossible dream, </div><br /><div>To fight the unbeatable foe, </div><br /><div>To bear with unbearable sorrow </div><br /><div>To run where the brave dare not go; </div><br /><div>To right the unrightable wrong. </div><br /><div>To love, pure and chaste, from afar, </div><br /><div>To try, when your arms are too weary, </div><br /><div>To reach the unreachable star! </div><br /><div>This is my Quest to follow that star, </div><br /><div>No matter how hopeless, no matter how far, </div><br /><div>To fight for the right</div><br /><div>Without question or pause, </div><br /><div>To be willing to march into hell </div><br /><div>For a heavenly cause! </div><br /><div>And I know, if I'll only be true </div><br /><div>To this glorious Quest, </div><br /><div>That my heart will lie peaceful and calm </div><br /><div>When I'm laid to my rest. </div><br /><div>And the world will be better for this, </div><br /><div>That one man, scorned and covered with scars, </div><br /><div>Still strove, with his last ounce of courage, </div><br /><div>To reach the unreachable stars! </div><br /><div></div><div>In the Congo there are thousands of people like Marie who care for orphans. Our hearts go out to them as they try to "right the unrightable wrong" done to these children. May the Lord bless them and keep them safe and may we all find ways to share our blessings to bless others.</div>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-58899610399260325882008-09-05T23:42:00.001-07:002008-10-18T15:35:18.255-07:00Luputa General Hospital - Getting better every day!Last February we reported on the hospital in Luputa which was providing care for many people with very little supplies and a dilapidated facility. The church approved a project to strengthen the hospital and a second project to support a pre-natal program. The closest medical care to Luputa is Muene-Ditu a 2 hour drive by a 4x4. Of course no one has a 4x4 so it actually means a 2 day trip walking or by bicycle<br /><br />The biggest problem was getting the equipment we had gathered transported out to Luputa. We aren't talking about a few boxes, we are talking about <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwJmp6XUqgxyrRGExYYw2F76jpA6yJSFvi_fMMI6mUCxNJKQSI49QrE9OOkOB8UTyQaphvLIqNfmqXgmKeTiVb_-KT8epo0DMwRTlMEITL8S80X0hKufvQu2d37LL8yLT6aTWNI2q9g/s1600-h/DSC01582.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242806029236914178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwJmp6XUqgxyrRGExYYw2F76jpA6yJSFvi_fMMI6mUCxNJKQSI49QrE9OOkOB8UTyQaphvLIqNfmqXgmKeTiVb_-KT8epo0DMwRTlMEITL8S80X0hKufvQu2d37LL8yLT6aTWNI2q9g/s320/DSC01582.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>20 hospital beds with vinyl mattresses</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGX6aLyWvDbZ9Y0teytVtKB4H5m57_D2YWHo5-dm2iaefXEcwOVB6gOkVTxzdFKKOmmfG5JVI5LOkWfIkjtLaLxLiSwEM1kpzfDhBe87h8uuxOKoPjmo81zPzx55623QXXw8m56U6UlA/s1600-h/DSC01599.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242807369860210962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGX6aLyWvDbZ9Y0teytVtKB4H5m57_D2YWHo5-dm2iaefXEcwOVB6gOkVTxzdFKKOmmfG5JVI5LOkWfIkjtLaLxLiSwEM1kpzfDhBe87h8uuxOKoPjmo81zPzx55623QXXw8m56U6UlA/s320/DSC01599.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>operating table</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12f3QDBzBSoR5CwcVwAlMW2S4j34nkPifjf_6w9F5yAZFaWdmQGoaLILhOUR9OHdGNsIYwdzhz_kJ1EOh1aTKJWJhaZAr81Ph9yo4iKjO-6au-eRFb3qDl3Cdw0QYdsizwzoJtsvdsw/s1600-h/DSC01592.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242806759290298994" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12f3QDBzBSoR5CwcVwAlMW2S4j34nkPifjf_6w9F5yAZFaWdmQGoaLILhOUR9OHdGNsIYwdzhz_kJ1EOh1aTKJWJhaZAr81Ph9yo4iKjO-6au-eRFb3qDl3Cdw0QYdsizwzoJtsvdsw/s320/DSC01592.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>4 surgical instrument kits (1 birthing kit, 2 cesarean kits and 1 laporatomy kit)</div><div>newborn kits</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguO12_jLHnOBUwSRDXKfxc46kJbtvu4KiKv8VxbvNN4VtUitK3rXVrf9uOC0mN16P5CJul4ypZYDtlRp9tNFXV05f8WBxa6pH0D9nztGhfF1k_dSzsjUNbZ3j1QQuX-duY_fOaE3WWmg/s1600-h/DSC01586.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242880235933193762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguO12_jLHnOBUwSRDXKfxc46kJbtvu4KiKv8VxbvNN4VtUitK3rXVrf9uOC0mN16P5CJul4ypZYDtlRp9tNFXV05f8WBxa6pH0D9nztGhfF1k_dSzsjUNbZ3j1QQuX-duY_fOaE3WWmg/s320/DSC01586.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>400 Family Health and Hygiene manuals</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2j5_grg_qo8e-fGwf9_r9TXyLZRLBjTICNVx7Vum31GK18nGGCB0ymUE3fQSux0o_0zZlzY-6I7IOTzObTCCV0RZVjRHDDTknB1LZzzB9u5OFqvLXp65YLZ1XEiC10M3fHzj3CwOmQ/s1600-h/DSC01627.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242808422456617666" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2j5_grg_qo8e-fGwf9_r9TXyLZRLBjTICNVx7Vum31GK18nGGCB0ymUE3fQSux0o_0zZlzY-6I7IOTzObTCCV0RZVjRHDDTknB1LZzzB9u5OFqvLXp65YLZ1XEiC10M3fHzj3CwOmQ/s320/DSC01627.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>ultrasound machine for the prenatal program. </div><div><br /></div><div>We included 10 pair of scissors, nursing and bandage scissors. We were told on our last visit that they only had one pair of scissors in the whole hospital. Every nurse needs a pair of scissors in her pocket, kind of basic equipment. At least that is what I was told in my nursing class.<br /><br />Dr. Muliele, a member of the church and an OB/GYN physician was instrumental in helping us find quality equipment to purchase and when we found a vendor for the beds we negotiated that they would deliver the beds to Mbuji-Mayi and then we would have to figure out how to get them on out to Luputa, a 4 hour 4x4 drive. We did know of someone who had a large truck in Luputa, our water contractor, Dominique Sowa. We called and asked for his help. He not only committed to transport the hospital beds and the operating table but had his office in Mbuji-Mayi pick up the equipment at the airport go to the mattress factory in Mbuji Mayi and pick up the mattresses and deliver everything to Luputa.<br /><br />The week before we went to Luputa we got a call from our water site monitor, Daniel, telling us they were delivering the beds to the hospital and the people were dancing and singing in the streets. Wish we had got a picture of that. </div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday morning was set as the time for a little ceremony and turn over of the equipment.. Elder Parmley, our Area President, consented to represent the church and give the supplies to the hospital. There was much excitement as we arrived Saturday morning.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7GOeN_ZjiwLPU01SmWAZNx190cYwVSimc0icalVEPfIHKpQmT5QmBL7GFPepfXmCVhMGOMPRnzljwPKn0HEerZNpUpzQQwk3a_Y0Xnj29I-j3kTyTdJ_w5IAr0sVFNI3b87WDpldRA/s1600-h/DSC01594.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242806761917891234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7GOeN_ZjiwLPU01SmWAZNx190cYwVSimc0icalVEPfIHKpQmT5QmBL7GFPepfXmCVhMGOMPRnzljwPKn0HEerZNpUpzQQwk3a_Y0Xnj29I-j3kTyTdJ_w5IAr0sVFNI3b87WDpldRA/s320/DSC01594.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We arrived early as we wanted to set up the equipment for the ceremony and make sure everything was in good order. A crowd had already started gathering.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0l4gNNJ6pNavcbBbW8rnlUR2v9CD3qlHRFqInT9W5QDkYH9c5CPpUVg0G-KqSKvJyuezb5cLu7Euw6M0xEMGXiBEMuYSHXHpcOv53muUYTaRI6PKOD0qkDZ3u2gagnEEJzJTvQr8gBw/s1600-h/DSC01584.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242806036226904914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0l4gNNJ6pNavcbBbW8rnlUR2v9CD3qlHRFqInT9W5QDkYH9c5CPpUVg0G-KqSKvJyuezb5cLu7Euw6M0xEMGXiBEMuYSHXHpcOv53muUYTaRI6PKOD0qkDZ3u2gagnEEJzJTvQr8gBw/s320/DSC01584.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWQ6DIcVb2p-JoPdDFG8lX7_-zXxpbL3x35Km-RNvFREFpwrXDdvY-PYe9A_PZc0aWxW2qxTWw_GZnyb_DftGmYq73TzNEfWShAr7-TQJZC_qrtZBwU99-m-7Cqctg2DcG01be9bn8w/s1600-h/DSC01581.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242806024156899522" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWQ6DIcVb2p-JoPdDFG8lX7_-zXxpbL3x35Km-RNvFREFpwrXDdvY-PYe9A_PZc0aWxW2qxTWw_GZnyb_DftGmYq73TzNEfWShAr7-TQJZC_qrtZBwU99-m-7Cqctg2DcG01be9bn8w/s320/DSC01581.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Elder Moon unboxed the operating table and proceeded to put it together. He had a lot of help as all the hospital staff wanted to be in on the excitement.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjGmtqYCuBE7TAZMo2QQsWnQCuhn0-JD554dSTblNrTV8Cl6cfTLnwpaQGhQEsCfDHXOIbFRqQyZcJ5PK9iAFLke-OKMjX3g0xlxRGSii2nca8G7gc1NeLGU1oZ-3vqWoiV_GouMI8A/s1600-h/DSC01588.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242806754226654562" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjGmtqYCuBE7TAZMo2QQsWnQCuhn0-JD554dSTblNrTV8Cl6cfTLnwpaQGhQEsCfDHXOIbFRqQyZcJ5PK9iAFLke-OKMjX3g0xlxRGSii2nca8G7gc1NeLGU1oZ-3vqWoiV_GouMI8A/s320/DSC01588.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1cGmQwrD-QSum6qo2adXnLH3yEPYbT3yPuBhTAyCUTqmU1gaWgmaYC_vMRDfnWD8TXWRJgE_QOEbTehyP0gByOpxRLLhNc0XGz3TIEwuzqAmARu_nIP63gUGjuWzjtaiSEwSRcjSxQ/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+212.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYU5FeWe7w5_nLypz4uhWfMD4OEMK7oIjTCwUhM8BeR05_4I6EpkkjPBrW5itCzpcJS4XUgD3QYBj8NXqsS8rczvqZzD_ZOrqyQw2FpDspLg9YOrzDgVAJ9Q9C5PLY1Nw7_RhxsGt57g/s1600-h/DSC01591.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242806753768179394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYU5FeWe7w5_nLypz4uhWfMD4OEMK7oIjTCwUhM8BeR05_4I6EpkkjPBrW5itCzpcJS4XUgD3QYBj8NXqsS8rczvqZzD_ZOrqyQw2FpDspLg9YOrzDgVAJ9Q9C5PLY1Nw7_RhxsGt57g/s320/DSC01591.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsno6yohrOOp01lVI0-wv3HwReGUQB1KZjA8TDSwCVDqsJ69AKI12Fh7Yl2kIpUHWq6P2JdZr5YMKbyZnVV-J7kUKB0cbp-5KSGfgY6NnjjB37f5B9UzUQWn51b7EdqEDqbd5nb5IBw/s1600-h/DSC01596.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242806758415031394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsno6yohrOOp01lVI0-wv3HwReGUQB1KZjA8TDSwCVDqsJ69AKI12Fh7Yl2kIpUHWq6P2JdZr5YMKbyZnVV-J7kUKB0cbp-5KSGfgY6NnjjB37f5B9UzUQWn51b7EdqEDqbd5nb5IBw/s320/DSC01596.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOT21peevkQMpKwmPaLt2siW2QJZWex3qXQdH11J5PJAELd3Ooq6QP7H0hhOJS1tXBkWCnPzNSvag-rqh6LjEL9lDm4vJclRx3qylCkv8FoRavrnYay1juILLaQrAHag5WL6Zp4SDBqg/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+215.jpg"></a>Dignitaries started arriving including the Territorial Health Administrator and several government people who the hospital had invited.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSzhmHcV2I-pmHPFNdfnZQNKWMrs_Da_6h9nLP8oEPT4IFQUwlqKMWQVd5Rfzoe9-_N4HKCMuZsghkiXFj1lkacbSxFhmjqiKk82b3ueWpHpeBhB6Nxfcm5qIisghy7OtrZgKFN8Ylg/s1600-h/DSC01602.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242884043279228034" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSzhmHcV2I-pmHPFNdfnZQNKWMrs_Da_6h9nLP8oEPT4IFQUwlqKMWQVd5Rfzoe9-_N4HKCMuZsghkiXFj1lkacbSxFhmjqiKk82b3ueWpHpeBhB6Nxfcm5qIisghy7OtrZgKFN8Ylg/s320/DSC01602.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The children gathered at the gate and wanted also to be in on the excitement. We gave them pieces of the bubble wrap from the packing boxes and they had a lot of fun popping the bubbles. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW4WTEww44scXcOwk2IDkkQ5KHpLaOTn5HvPhTFDTUhOpEPKn_nbjBknlL4gGLMr13UmzZcGATL8UN4E1Y3KfL0JtPxui0w5ZTa1xv4tFFEDAmCbx6Jj4f7ql3K3UDRMz0Fi5nCuE7g/s1600-h/DSC01600.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242807369826339442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW4WTEww44scXcOwk2IDkkQ5KHpLaOTn5HvPhTFDTUhOpEPKn_nbjBknlL4gGLMr13UmzZcGATL8UN4E1Y3KfL0JtPxui0w5ZTa1xv4tFFEDAmCbx6Jj4f7ql3K3UDRMz0Fi5nCuE7g/s320/DSC01600.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Sister Moon and Sister Parmley kept them busy by teaching them songs and had them singing in English without much difficulty.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44mzyMwpxonU2qL_0z2Dv3pwU5FcPkMf4Ee2TDStncDpvfCpOvRLGcXeG9PP6d9RStC1kzIfdB80ElCTA89hJhwdh-6Y2VKFgJOTPxoFX1PGoFwB5fnNt8SuY4MWpd9HWJmMYYnG8Uw/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+213.jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDBLu7_7ZNRAErlzoZ4uwb47snT-C41W7irP2hKfkF2YxD3ZV6aHCaUZC1KDZnLRWszpyVFUNnh8l12fFpunB6kc6KEOmlf_0xO_gaFDGtlKvgGKie2Gq4ImbnMlPZk0kyQUB4IvCuQ/s1600-h/DSC01597.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242807366433354802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDBLu7_7ZNRAErlzoZ4uwb47snT-C41W7irP2hKfkF2YxD3ZV6aHCaUZC1KDZnLRWszpyVFUNnh8l12fFpunB6kc6KEOmlf_0xO_gaFDGtlKvgGKie2Gq4ImbnMlPZk0kyQUB4IvCuQ/s320/DSC01597.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVYvHmu3h7RTGyjvAGjqiZbiC-uYSp6DZB7U_Dvi9D1sBmk72RoTZZJWFe8y7gzgbmTYkWZrDZpxf16MpI7a3kc_wR6DT0sKcjEld8SfWQvQwlnwhyphenhyphenXCCfunTaDtwiha0nH25yloDtQ/s1600-h/DSC01598.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242807366288912626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVYvHmu3h7RTGyjvAGjqiZbiC-uYSp6DZB7U_Dvi9D1sBmk72RoTZZJWFe8y7gzgbmTYkWZrDZpxf16MpI7a3kc_wR6DT0sKcjEld8SfWQvQwlnwhyphenhyphenXCCfunTaDtwiha0nH25yloDtQ/s320/DSC01598.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1Y9N6JmOBHHusumSh3fhtw1WwqYMUNRnqM0H4YR3uuAytQenCVM7ZrWmJ2Iqc3C8jG2qQYzfVJRjq8E3-KzmsOAyH2RQ4dCyNhxyWHaCirU0tWdfDj76vutYDWbMJXG4iVPa-eT1Lg/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+214.jpg"></a>The hospital looked much different this trip as they had painted and cleaned and it was looking very good and much improved.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJ3duCq7fcCSZUoG28xnDpSwwB9E2bQ6ugVeleHsj8NtpTMDPZxdEoRsEzDl-cychUX-ZULlN6Zvzi9j3gRkxxLEDYmIWZpuwULEUMcH-SLKRmrC8E7wzo-TV0G9qYTajuHPJdwhozg/s1600-h/DSCN0065-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242877539334349282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJ3duCq7fcCSZUoG28xnDpSwwB9E2bQ6ugVeleHsj8NtpTMDPZxdEoRsEzDl-cychUX-ZULlN6Zvzi9j3gRkxxLEDYmIWZpuwULEUMcH-SLKRmrC8E7wzo-TV0G9qYTajuHPJdwhozg/s320/DSCN0065-1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyZxUWe22HEIOTBAF4uZamQizU_YW1o2MBSfY-xtAKC1qUsYUZoNmZLoySS-V_3kF_FWh5q8hJBv1g7ck9upD4J6LIvxd195uZaFaw729K0aqCqPwASjoD-ctGxu5cauBO-momTc4TQ/s1600-h/DSC01465.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242877543009226930" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyZxUWe22HEIOTBAF4uZamQizU_YW1o2MBSfY-xtAKC1qUsYUZoNmZLoySS-V_3kF_FWh5q8hJBv1g7ck9upD4J6LIvxd195uZaFaw729K0aqCqPwASjoD-ctGxu5cauBO-momTc4TQ/s320/DSC01465.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>The ceremony was conducted by Daniel Kazadi, our water site manager and by the hospital administrator.<br /><br />The District Health Administrator spoke at the ceremony and thanked the church for remembering the hospital and their needs. He said that because of the attention of the church to these needs the health department of the province was trying to help the hospital also to upgrade their supplies and improve their system.</div></div><div></div><div><div>Then Elder Parmley spoke and Farrell translated his comments into French.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3agrpYw5ypRH77DXm_DZ5tL9zy2KYrOOdVApgBZbvnBbA6qx6sFc3BFli-j4yqdAaBnA1btMOhounUjtW1FBzFIjVdRQEA8WrpaLFDJMWCzCNVNhMgNp0Rp5ylPQ5XBkFZ6gmSrHGHA/s1600-h/DSC01604.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242808060456651314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3agrpYw5ypRH77DXm_DZ5tL9zy2KYrOOdVApgBZbvnBbA6qx6sFc3BFli-j4yqdAaBnA1btMOhounUjtW1FBzFIjVdRQEA8WrpaLFDJMWCzCNVNhMgNp0Rp5ylPQ5XBkFZ6gmSrHGHA/s320/DSC01604.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZi4K5XMGBTmgiPZlOIrAhF5_gkMaMtPxeD91qlx2YDNxMy5Sk5LA9lUxKejWb58ObFjHRLn7izAEMAKV7hYaGHcD_8gs_WkNLcUkcL2GHyFRx2pvrf32yQ0lPHwkDtDEvO92yvxNtig/s1600-h/DSC01603.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242807371148211826" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZi4K5XMGBTmgiPZlOIrAhF5_gkMaMtPxeD91qlx2YDNxMy5Sk5LA9lUxKejWb58ObFjHRLn7izAEMAKV7hYaGHcD_8gs_WkNLcUkcL2GHyFRx2pvrf32yQ0lPHwkDtDEvO92yvxNtig/s320/DSC01603.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Elder Parmley told the people about his career as a Cardiologist. During his career he was president of the Cardiology association in the US and head of a large hospital in San Francisco. He praised the hospital staff for their good efforts. He counseled them to take care of the gifts they were given and improve the health care of their community.<br /><br />I remembered when we first started dreaming about this project. We could see so many needs and wondered how we could strengthen them and help them improve the communities health. The Lord truly inspires us as we do this work. We took their wish list and soon narrowed it down to what we could do in an area initiative and it didn’t seem like much. But when we saw the improvements they were making in anticipation of getting these new supplies and saw that the district health officials were taking note and starting to support the hospital with some help, we realized that what the church provided was a catalyst for the community to help themselves.<br /><br />The program included a tour of the hospital and this was an experience for those who had not yet seen what this hospital was working with.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpjZDKoYhnLltj8_0-fjvv1qEZN1SEIqhc0RhKC4dFPKNyAZeW0p4oRx05bFFrWraQKu3eRFyjAywmaLr9-Ht8GlMegGi5prsOGwH-fLMB6hM0c8lo5NUm_Q83ltUGGVWPYq-BzM9Sg/s1600-h/DSC01626.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242808067759096946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpjZDKoYhnLltj8_0-fjvv1qEZN1SEIqhc0RhKC4dFPKNyAZeW0p4oRx05bFFrWraQKu3eRFyjAywmaLr9-Ht8GlMegGi5prsOGwH-fLMB6hM0c8lo5NUm_Q83ltUGGVWPYq-BzM9Sg/s320/DSC01626.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>We needed to do some training with the ultrasound machine but before we could do the training Elder Moon said he could hear something loose, rattling in the machine. He immediately dismantled the machine and found a screw had come loose and needed to be put back in its place. He also tightened up all other connections. Our driver Alphonse was itching to get his hands on the machine. He told us he was a technician and he could fix it. Elder Moon graciously allowed him to tightenp some of the screws. He was very serious as he worked on the machine and was very proud of his assistance.</div><div><br />Much more is needed here at the hospital but the few things the church has supplied will help considerably, The morale of the hospital has increased and has helped the staff take pride in their work. Just having the church recognize their needs and offering some help gives them hope that things can get better. </div><div><br />This was a shining star experience of our mission. A dream, a lot of work and finally success. And yet again we are reminded how impossible this mission would be without Heavenly Father's influence, opening doors, providing earthly angels to help us and guiding us in the direction we should go. Humanitarian work is working hand in hand with our Savior. We realize we are limited in our ability to see the big picture. We have learned to rely on the promptings of the Spirit to guide and direct us in His work.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-16953126699678066432008-09-02T03:54:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:35:35.933-07:00Anna Iola Evans SandersWhen we left on our mission to Africa we left behind our aged mothers - aged but in good health. You always worry about what you will miss being gone on a mission for 18 mo.<br /><br />This week I was notified that my mother had fallen and was deteriorating rapidly. The last few days have been sorrowful, joyful, tender and sweet. I have seen miracles happen. I have seen a brother who not so long ago struggled with his own relationship with his Father in Heaven bless my mother with peace and tranquility for her last hours here on earth. I have seen my children band together and bond in a sweet collaboration of caring for their grandmother in their mother's absence.<br /><br /><br />I had thought first that I must quickly find a flight back home to help with my mother's care and be a part of this experience but after much prayer and contemplation I realized I should stay in Africa.<br /><br />I remembered when I left Utah my mother, suffering from dementia, struggled to make sense of all that was happening with us leaving and going to the other side of the world. Our last goodbyes were sweet as her mind cleared and she very firmly hugged us and told us to go and enjoy our experience. She would try to be there when we got back but she was 90 yrs old so she wasn't making any promises. She confirmed what my heart had already known telling us she supported us fully and wanted us to go and have this mission experience. She told us not to worry about her, that she would be just fine. All this was said with a very clear mind and without any hesitation.<br /><br />I remembered all of this as I made the decision not to return home for her final hours on earth. It was the right decision, I knew it at the time and I have had it reaffirmed now that she has gone.<br /><br />I have monitored her care and kept my own vigil through our SKYPE connection. This morning as I had full view of her bed and was observing her breathing, I was chatting away with Nathan who had come to sit with his grandma. My other children had left the room. Very peacefully her breathing just stopped and together Nathan and I witnessed her departure from her earthly body. Sweet . . tender . . . peaceful.<br /><br /><br /><br />I feel so blessed to have witnessed this departure. I feel blessed by my children who have shown such sweet tender mercy to their grandmother. I feel a boundless love and gratitude for my brothers who have sustained my mother, watched over her and cared for her in my absence.<br /><br />I am grateful to a loving Heavenly Father who guides us, directs us, teaches us and refines us as we strive to get through this life in a manner that will be pleasing to Him.<br /><br />Thank you my sweet family for your tender mercies. Thank you for loving my mother. Thank you for loving me. And mom, thank you for loving me also.<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHLIc2-tsL5o_zfQHFOBxuzz_d0a4RdkjlS8p5eDZ0vEUtORAW_p8ZK05yHvpZpFl42y-_Gr9lDqo_kfjvm4Yki3kFrhSdTbvFKutOaBrm12-VqgP8_ZiIZfI-aVrAdNc2lerXqjhSQ/s1600-h/grandma+at+leatherbys.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241387910272483554" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHLIc2-tsL5o_zfQHFOBxuzz_d0a4RdkjlS8p5eDZ0vEUtORAW_p8ZK05yHvpZpFl42y-_Gr9lDqo_kfjvm4Yki3kFrhSdTbvFKutOaBrm12-VqgP8_ZiIZfI-aVrAdNc2lerXqjhSQ/s320/grandma+at+leatherbys.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><strong>Anna Iola Evans Sanders</strong><strong><br /></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Nov 15, 1915 - Sept 2, 2008 </strong></div>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-75321867626592699822008-08-25T08:51:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:39:26.292-07:00Luputa, Our last Hurrah!One thing about coming to the end of your mission you have to start saying those goodbyes. We made our last trek to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Luputa</span> and it was wonderfully sad.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Aug 7-11 2008<br /><br />This trip we traveled with Elder and Sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Parmley</span>, Quorum of Seventies and he is also our Area President over the South East Africa Area, Pres. and Sis Livingstone and Elder and Sister Moon (Mission finance and Mission Sec.).<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwlK3B2qhr98dTF7aHcXBJkUMfTGaLydiUCXT4ms431ZVyxKUZMFNJVxv_73m46oP7yR6XWaYdvoB3jTLi0lDALGHjgUSdYviSx0tAYPxOJdbMvjMu8Bq7fVUuiEEs_OIC2YwBrk6qg/s1600-h/Luputa+Moon+358.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239934347146014098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwlK3B2qhr98dTF7aHcXBJkUMfTGaLydiUCXT4ms431ZVyxKUZMFNJVxv_73m46oP7yR6XWaYdvoB3jTLi0lDALGHjgUSdYviSx0tAYPxOJdbMvjMu8Bq7fVUuiEEs_OIC2YwBrk6qg/s320/Luputa+Moon+358.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Pres. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kasadi</span>, Counselor to the Mission President, joined us for the trip when we reached <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Mbuji</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Mayi</span>.</div><div></div><div>After hooking up with our drivers we headed to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Muene</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Ditu</span>. The dry season was continuing and the roads were bumpy and dusty. It is always a site to see the people along the road and see what they are carrying from place to place.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_f8LbvHR49QJIJsnBZMjD-HxhZjMZGpeayMhctxm9fr-1bGWF1xDy4o1UL3QLMZUU-ld4JSZTvBYJcr35oDZtwxbcOT_HseGuAfKzLAFGDmjMJpghN_njym-C0Ag7YtUTUbemDpmr9w/s1600-h/IMG_3228.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239923180306294354" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_f8LbvHR49QJIJsnBZMjD-HxhZjMZGpeayMhctxm9fr-1bGWF1xDy4o1UL3QLMZUU-ld4JSZTvBYJcr35oDZtwxbcOT_HseGuAfKzLAFGDmjMJpghN_njym-C0Ag7YtUTUbemDpmr9w/s320/IMG_3228.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXUZfqwnBSiremHNZp7emHSpPMA6wV0FqhsahThO7-kAH4O5mNBlBFr3pIl0P1BdtdSt1vbgbGeAxuWHimFNwrgdk-YbPcCfauL4UJqhq9JEzgQESkafLZ0sq609zW6sZmVsrsbCJcA/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+047.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239925117727187074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXUZfqwnBSiremHNZp7emHSpPMA6wV0FqhsahThO7-kAH4O5mNBlBFr3pIl0P1BdtdSt1vbgbGeAxuWHimFNwrgdk-YbPcCfauL4UJqhq9JEzgQESkafLZ0sq609zW6sZmVsrsbCJcA/s320/Luputa+Barlow+047.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>The roads are jarring to the body and sitting facing the side of the truck doesn't help the car sickness any.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABscsHyefdr0BT1XX2gu054Ko-RPtI_0fxiMST1lGUbj40rTRQMKqmfNjA7h1gXy5tUEmmK9bjaSlOaPOWexfQHbEr6UXWz97ysoc3PF-FEI3V3j42DHderbQeZjpsYeSmGDt7i3A4A/s1600-h/IMG_4987.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239923181499871490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABscsHyefdr0BT1XX2gu054Ko-RPtI_0fxiMST1lGUbj40rTRQMKqmfNjA7h1gXy5tUEmmK9bjaSlOaPOWexfQHbEr6UXWz97ysoc3PF-FEI3V3j42DHderbQeZjpsYeSmGDt7i3A4A/s320/IMG_4987.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>When we arrived in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Muene</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Ditu</span> it was 7:00 PM. The church members were sitting in the dark in the garden of our hotel waiting for Elder and Sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Parmley</span> to arrive so they could have a meeting with him. There were about 25-30 people including children and babes in arms.<br /><br />Pres. Livingstone and Elder <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Parmley</span> had prayer and then spoke to the members. This little branch of 97 members of the church in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Muene</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Ditu</span> is growing. There are no missionaries in this town. The members are trying hard to draw together and build a strong foundation. After the meeting we gave each member one of the rolls we had purchased at the bakery in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Mbuji</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Mayi</span>. They had been waiting a long time and were hungry.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Kn3MReZXa79pJMbPYq7UDxi_cD-HTdqkRya7o1CdONY5IZr0ZPdSIA2bx2fu4VHw5s4n0hFtwh45TI0-FN76pOPcIibvMKeVTTPQtDFbBgRNrAbP9UJ9qb6ZjFYGe1TrexAElf03Gw/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+030.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239925117213147170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Kn3MReZXa79pJMbPYq7UDxi_cD-HTdqkRya7o1CdONY5IZr0ZPdSIA2bx2fu4VHw5s4n0hFtwh45TI0-FN76pOPcIibvMKeVTTPQtDFbBgRNrAbP9UJ9qb6ZjFYGe1TrexAElf03Gw/s320/Luputa+Barlow+030.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCh1mej6BquhOgtQrOaktCF2mN8MLo788Lu_4NwXnlqyXR0wq9fRjCeA_zXxFQlRh7ZgMEIfVX_CQKRlTqoc41P_bRyuSEdhocmQSTHCiD4vZ6qgxG_bSxe2NRKy00XziBXLwUy9EXw/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+024.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239939419516334866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCh1mej6BquhOgtQrOaktCF2mN8MLo788Lu_4NwXnlqyXR0wq9fRjCeA_zXxFQlRh7ZgMEIfVX_CQKRlTqoc41P_bRyuSEdhocmQSTHCiD4vZ6qgxG_bSxe2NRKy00XziBXLwUy9EXw/s320/Luputa+Barlow+024.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>A view from the balcony of the hotel in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Muene</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Ditu</span>. It is called the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Delux</span>.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPW_mXv28y0ZRzSH1Ia_lsrRjjdxU6VQ2ETvyf0OC1Uy58S1Pub1QxL4v_HngZjHVXWCsBykOLoLm6R2KvhxY15xv2gOGVyZljK08QERdznivk9zZduiJtFxSwUVZncTSq10gVXTD1sg/s1600-h/muene+ditu.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239939429093044850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPW_mXv28y0ZRzSH1Ia_lsrRjjdxU6VQ2ETvyf0OC1Uy58S1Pub1QxL4v_HngZjHVXWCsBykOLoLm6R2KvhxY15xv2gOGVyZljK08QERdznivk9zZduiJtFxSwUVZncTSq10gVXTD1sg/s320/muene+ditu.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Dinner in the dining room which we brought ourselves. Sis. Livingstone is showing off her headlamp. She is always prepared knowing that electricity is a luxury and she likes to read before she goes to bed.</div><br /><div>The next day on our way to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Luputa</span> we stopped and visited the Catholic Monastery we pass about half way to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Luputa</span>. It is so strange to see this beautiful complex right in the middle of the Congo where there is no towns to speak of. It has a beautiful chapel with stained glass windows and is surrounded by a school and living quarters for the staff.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gqQFjdxNvxb43Q1T4U3YDsaZPw3ClCWTtobIY3ZcXGW_5hNgqtuq0guvLBYMNTYqZepj-3PqeDE6CWIU9pWF_IrSKNgcgFPaEVEZimmLLIU1FLd696YpGp0UXz6onrqaDzWvTkJlLQ/s1600-h/Luputa+Moon+028.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239932835624941314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gqQFjdxNvxb43Q1T4U3YDsaZPw3ClCWTtobIY3ZcXGW_5hNgqtuq0guvLBYMNTYqZepj-3PqeDE6CWIU9pWF_IrSKNgcgFPaEVEZimmLLIU1FLd696YpGp0UXz6onrqaDzWvTkJlLQ/s320/Luputa+Moon+028.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>We had our pictures taken with some sisters who were all dressed alike and looking very beautiful.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjiXMmAResY55s1qeKeFno_6o7Y6RuJBLSlps1oVGsu7QE3E1cVs6h3xanySQ64IhBn-spkVMimgV-D2n0aVDhrhEw905eUYKHAlASzNS7VniTO0fMULqw2Wqxa2xIVvLyanuzjq5Bg/s1600-h/Luputa+Moon+025.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239932829252735218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjiXMmAResY55s1qeKeFno_6o7Y6RuJBLSlps1oVGsu7QE3E1cVs6h3xanySQ64IhBn-spkVMimgV-D2n0aVDhrhEw905eUYKHAlASzNS7VniTO0fMULqw2Wqxa2xIVvLyanuzjq5Bg/s320/Luputa+Moon+025.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We arrived in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Luputa</span> by about 11:00 am and went straight to the church where we were greeted by the district Presidency. They were in the process of planning District Conference and were excited to have Elder <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Parmley</span> come to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Luputa</span>. They don’t get to see General Authorities and were so excited to have him come.<br /><br />We had to go check in with the government, a courtesy more than a necessity. We had our passports checked by the immigration officer and were invited to visit with the Territorial Administrator. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ze8PW4mboP2BRQYu5mNEOGKgWdPdrOZqQdBtoMwiylocNxMb4cBysr2I9sEswmWvJ7xTq5pj97i_nknHyz_ddrveZ87PVw2z2rv7oEX1dWT64OP_sBa7jhXdzl1gMNZMjF-uZFagzQ/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+090.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239943393931584610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ze8PW4mboP2BRQYu5mNEOGKgWdPdrOZqQdBtoMwiylocNxMb4cBysr2I9sEswmWvJ7xTq5pj97i_nknHyz_ddrveZ87PVw2z2rv7oEX1dWT64OP_sBa7jhXdzl1gMNZMjF-uZFagzQ/s320/Luputa+Barlow+090.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>He was very warm and thanked us as a church for all the good things we were bringing to his territory. He knew we were doing a project for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Luputa</span> Hospital because the 20 beds we had ordered had been delivered a few days earlier. We had received a call from Daniel our site monitor, telling us that the people were dancing in the streets and singing as the beds were being delivered to the hospital.<br /><br />We then went to the Catholic Mission , our home away from home to get settled in. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRbHtw1DrnSvN8uu167Sxh0Cmr1yL_fMChmWWhe2Zy7SQs-8Di0oMHOWEvNzyjn1YdGVlWVRenLSvdmb3rtWGE9_Cr5gm-mE30Kh3ef67hdZbj4onB6iX0DHG1NV4_Kjahs9q0Vcyyw/s1600-h/Luputa+Moon+040.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239932836222456338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRbHtw1DrnSvN8uu167Sxh0Cmr1yL_fMChmWWhe2Zy7SQs-8Di0oMHOWEvNzyjn1YdGVlWVRenLSvdmb3rtWGE9_Cr5gm-mE30Kh3ef67hdZbj4onB6iX0DHG1NV4_Kjahs9q0Vcyyw/s320/Luputa+Moon+040.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Parmley</span> and Sister Livingstone got busy and made P&j sandwiches for everyone and then we all headed out to show Elder <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Parmley</span> the water and Cassava projects.<br /><br />Cassava Project:<br />The church has partnered with a research organization called <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">IITA</span>. They are working to find cassava varieties that produce well, are disease resistant and have more food value than the plants currently being used in Africa. They move into a community and organize co-ops, plant cassava cuttings and then use those new plants to propagate more fields of cassava. Cassava is the major food source for people in the Congo. The church is funding this project to help the people be more productive in there farming.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnV6hcYUL6ToIIIqw3AV6ur0-uXAGDtA8sUXu-b4QyB4z1I2Rlgk4wdjU02EyqqNpS4jIZfWhV9-Nr2D4EPDSTmRfxKU-yJFAXZse72tMEc4DXPHIRnyvDWIFjQI_7lOd55LjYO9arA/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+094.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239925117925381506" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnV6hcYUL6ToIIIqw3AV6ur0-uXAGDtA8sUXu-b4QyB4z1I2Rlgk4wdjU02EyqqNpS4jIZfWhV9-Nr2D4EPDSTmRfxKU-yJFAXZse72tMEc4DXPHIRnyvDWIFjQI_7lOd55LjYO9arA/s320/Luputa+Barlow+094.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwkJzkSS3cjIUZHVtAADqLuyQ3R-oN-2P4d5NJ1ky5KNn8ikssa6tIysFFS6eaYkAfTt4WqUwHquBU47T2H5JOjQLocw4IbynA7msPY8MmGc2eXjQjjk6nXzwbRTV8sppQoehVm61Dw/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+095.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239925118908898002" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwkJzkSS3cjIUZHVtAADqLuyQ3R-oN-2P4d5NJ1ky5KNn8ikssa6tIysFFS6eaYkAfTt4WqUwHquBU47T2H5JOjQLocw4IbynA7msPY8MmGc2eXjQjjk6nXzwbRTV8sppQoehVm61Dw/s320/Luputa+Barlow+095.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Well the planting of the fields was late and the dry season started early so the fields have had very low production since the planting in April. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">IITA</span> is going to borrow cuttings from another project to supplement our project and replant the cutting fields an start the co-op fields without delay. Eventually we hope this project feeds many people. Before the project is finished the co-ops will be producing their own plants and propagating to keep the harvest going. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">IITA</span> is in the process of training the farmers the best farming methods and helping them be successful. Right now there is not much to see but we have great hopes for the future. </div><div></div><div></div><div>It had rained early in the day and the road to the water project was a bit muddy.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjnk2eSq0K3kjFNASl-ndLCIgYo9fp-LJLFqXMdD2gynCkMttC7UiNkb_ET4CSkTA0asqyz39Y8SUVQ4w8g7_cANoyWuztIDARZlPDd0vX4UwnIFf4mTsLPZgfIJ_qhqLINgY8p9rjQ/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+392.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239930856136842258" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjnk2eSq0K3kjFNASl-ndLCIgYo9fp-LJLFqXMdD2gynCkMttC7UiNkb_ET4CSkTA0asqyz39Y8SUVQ4w8g7_cANoyWuztIDARZlPDd0vX4UwnIFf4mTsLPZgfIJ_qhqLINgY8p9rjQ/s320/Luputa+Barlow+392.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Luputa</span> Water Project.<br />Phase one of three phases is going well. The catch basin for the water project is finished and 6 sources have been captured to feed into the pipelines. This first phase will take water to the first village. The community has dug several feet of trench but the large pipe has been delayed in route but hopefully will be to the area by Sept. 1st. Meantime, the trenching for the large pipe is being worked on every day by the community. The local RADIO STATION <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">comunicates</span> to the villages whose turn it is to work, how many people are needed and where to report for duty. The small pipe for the village is being laid and buried. The community enthusiasm remains high and the community water committee is working well with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">ADIR</span> the contractor. We will turn this project over to our replacements in October.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueV0A51zaCcG6365WuYh9hycozWm5I2VhJxMcscxdCfjXjfgZOQGjLAVWp9SCr9HwFpyUkSEv0ST7K4aDs65C9kAdhyphenhyphenj6tLXxUGXfruSnn-VOc_4SJWKeREq8L3vi1vmAMXfRnmz1Lg/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+112.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239928453018183938" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueV0A51zaCcG6365WuYh9hycozWm5I2VhJxMcscxdCfjXjfgZOQGjLAVWp9SCr9HwFpyUkSEv0ST7K4aDs65C9kAdhyphenhyphenj6tLXxUGXfruSnn-VOc_4SJWKeREq8L3vi1vmAMXfRnmz1Lg/s320/Luputa+Barlow+112.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhr271In2OIlPUR1dn9odNWgeQ8C9I8TWB_401-efVMWa-79Etk27ZSqPLLOUV70RiVYuKGIM6v3yqRTp9fEc6S9Xkhg9xL9tZ-_sjY3_K29WbyU4HJpspMGMGg3tKo3vVVkICJc3VA/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+108.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239928454166400482" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhr271In2OIlPUR1dn9odNWgeQ8C9I8TWB_401-efVMWa-79Etk27ZSqPLLOUV70RiVYuKGIM6v3yqRTp9fEc6S9Xkhg9xL9tZ-_sjY3_K29WbyU4HJpspMGMGg3tKo3vVVkICJc3VA/s320/Luputa+Barlow+108.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLB9vrvmu6Pb4mLDw_xjyVnqkL7s-3sZlVH0sG3mAWAEy7YjuZgLh8cy5cbN4krJ4kEbjUoN8oQ7NnfgDAzOtLthEouQ8P6nAI8_o6cYfjCSbQ4IVnI0lO8XfaGkfyjwQberUSWCg5ZA/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+111.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239939422590371730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLB9vrvmu6Pb4mLDw_xjyVnqkL7s-3sZlVH0sG3mAWAEy7YjuZgLh8cy5cbN4krJ4kEbjUoN8oQ7NnfgDAzOtLthEouQ8P6nAI8_o6cYfjCSbQ4IVnI0lO8XfaGkfyjwQberUSWCg5ZA/s320/Luputa+Barlow+111.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Daniel, our site monitor finally got his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Moto</span> and is so excited. He has wheels. Only problem is he hit a goat the other day. The goat is fine but Daniel has a pretty good limp. Farrell said we were going to start c<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">alling</span> him the "Goat Killer."<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQN1m13S3ZyHhmgkwzI655mHV9SsbXgNcraxCOBWNpdc8Kv2dt5ePYMEjFIkaf9a2zYSpMiDKgJOYWOQi1X6buJn74oLlZk2Z92lPPkUDa_fiKRi0nDr_3V_LP3vKRwntps1tUGPqIQ/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+097.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239928450404248130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQN1m13S3ZyHhmgkwzI655mHV9SsbXgNcraxCOBWNpdc8Kv2dt5ePYMEjFIkaf9a2zYSpMiDKgJOYWOQi1X6buJn74oLlZk2Z92lPPkUDa_fiKRi0nDr_3V_LP3vKRwntps1tUGPqIQ/s320/Luputa+Barlow+097.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Saturday morning we had scheduled the Ceremony for the hospital project. Look for that in the next blog. </div><div><br />After the hospital ceremony <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">the Parmleys</span> and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Livingstones</span> went to the church for district meetings and we went back to the mission to prepare for a water project meeting with the water committee and the contractor. On the way we found a dressmaker on the side of the road who had pretty Congolese dresses. Sister Moon decided to buy one and we had to go to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Marche</span> to find some fabric and then the man would make her dress. </div><div><br />While Farrell met with the site monitor before the meeting the Moons and I went to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Marche</span>. I were looking for a patchwork dress like this one. It is made of fabric ends and is just put together like a patchwork..<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimAEn742yL7-mAyc6M89ELWnm8yjTBX7j1O0cdRFMAdHDehNqziRgRfX7FMKPLFlCyr-gbAzTE6u2IicW-pV2_K8EjnS9FlIOnjrigpq7s0fvoL7_HLp6wX9SLsrrem4GOsvC6OTxLQQ/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+252.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239939424732235650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimAEn742yL7-mAyc6M89ELWnm8yjTBX7j1O0cdRFMAdHDehNqziRgRfX7FMKPLFlCyr-gbAzTE6u2IicW-pV2_K8EjnS9FlIOnjrigpq7s0fvoL7_HLp6wX9SLsrrem4GOsvC6OTxLQQ/s320/Luputa+Barlow+252.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>I had bought one the last time I was in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Luputa</span> but had given it away and wanted another one. We <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">didn</span>’t find one but we did find a crazy dress that was loose and cool. Sis. Moon found some fabric and we took it back to the dressmaker and he said he would have the dress made by the next day..<br /><br />We got back to the mission and the water meeting was already well underway. The meeting was productive and Farrell felt like all the concerns and problems from our last visit had been resolved now, which was a great relief. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">The</span> biggest problem was getting the workers up to the site to do the trenching. The new truck had not come yet so <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">ADIR</span> arranged for a truck from another project to be brought over and it solved the problem. The project truck is in Kinshasa and in the process of being driven to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">Luputa</span>. (I didn't know there was a road from Kinshasa to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">Luputa</span> but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">Domonique</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">Sowa,</span> the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">contractor,</span> assured us there was a road but I can't imagine the condition it must be in. Pray for the truck..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkGlRuOlCM-nUvrh1iRk_7yxr0YBiI2gkZGK-QCnbwShZkFkJ1XKvsfeb0xXBp1q7fqWrzyKhg2E8Gk7CtmqkZXL44bCFGmJi5ZaDrD0hgsH6noxZs_ExFxb2TUDvMVUenHSj5_Otiw/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+116.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239930849787287394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkGlRuOlCM-nUvrh1iRk_7yxr0YBiI2gkZGK-QCnbwShZkFkJ1XKvsfeb0xXBp1q7fqWrzyKhg2E8Gk7CtmqkZXL44bCFGmJi5ZaDrD0hgsH6noxZs_ExFxb2TUDvMVUenHSj5_Otiw/s320/Luputa+Barlow+116.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>After the meeting Farrell came back with us to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">Marche</span>. I had to get a chicken basket. I, again, had bought one last visit but had given it away. I have got to stop doing that.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GejotYE7Pb2gxy7jsy_aZjVqW_Z0n4AlG4PMo-f-j-OjvbcmXdNUbEIDURSfHaRCkKlbBFq46JEtJu_-AphyphenhyphenIX8zbdVIetlHZcoLNTjw5UsQf-yVKSwl5aCoUD7WC8TL5XZLXYFaeQ/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239943395745930978" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GejotYE7Pb2gxy7jsy_aZjVqW_Z0n4AlG4PMo-f-j-OjvbcmXdNUbEIDURSfHaRCkKlbBFq46JEtJu_-AphyphenhyphenIX8zbdVIetlHZcoLNTjw5UsQf-yVKSwl5aCoUD7WC8TL5XZLXYFaeQ/s320/Luputa+Barlow+005.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Sis. Moon had to have one too and then we had to ride with them for the rests of the trip, in the car and on the plane. It was worth <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">it to</span> have a chicken basket.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_caX500envycKRFRJp1Oi_KYosSniqdjryAFlxOvwGSpZh2bzreQreVZtv0nseDGubAxV32rvECT7Z0HOwN9KbDDOnvp2FDuP3yYdUbu53Yd6tpihIqRld3sLOFuTXdYbt76vasZOA/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+472.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239932831940904658" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_caX500envycKRFRJp1Oi_KYosSniqdjryAFlxOvwGSpZh2bzreQreVZtv0nseDGubAxV32rvECT7Z0HOwN9KbDDOnvp2FDuP3yYdUbu53Yd6tpihIqRld3sLOFuTXdYbt76vasZOA/s320/Luputa+Barlow+472.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Sunday morning Alphonse showed up with sister Moon’s dress which she promptly put on and wore to district Conference.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYu4XKm_dvfKFWlocKZ9COkLvye5dBOw2hvtLJOmR0PVnNkBg6CLRpgL9v6nCXLjibEkhKQRyBfhrJrjbewEdRYohbk73Jdv2UuZXqKbrbEE-k0Yq4-aOEN2jBe0njHWvk2GX9bQj_mw/s1600-h/Luputa+Moon+284.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239946366202803394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYu4XKm_dvfKFWlocKZ9COkLvye5dBOw2hvtLJOmR0PVnNkBg6CLRpgL9v6nCXLjibEkhKQRyBfhrJrjbewEdRYohbk73Jdv2UuZXqKbrbEE-k0Yq4-aOEN2jBe0njHWvk2GX9bQj_mw/s320/Luputa+Moon+284.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Many community dignitaries showed up for District Conference and Elder <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">Parmley</span> took the opportunity to preach the gospel and testify of Jesus Christ. He talked about the Disciples and their death , then the Apostasy and then the Restoration. He explained it so simply using scriptures from the bible and it was a very spiritual experience to hear him teach.<br /><br />Farrell was asked to speak also and talked about his father and how hard he and his mom worked to help the church grow. He asked if the members were willing to give 100% or were they 10% or 40% members. He challenged them to be 100% members.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMc3LkBhYnO3yAApoZXTdgwT6C9bfxOPRtZVYPasLOqhyphenhyphen-7Wkuo4u71PWUvXuGwzD552FwXTz-TvqnXtLze2eq1lJYNV62cWszfAOKBbV3d79-sXZrIklJmQ1dkHvJn4aI-tpnnaf0Q/s1600-h/IMG_3204.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239923176714131074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMc3LkBhYnO3yAApoZXTdgwT6C9bfxOPRtZVYPasLOqhyphenhyphen-7Wkuo4u71PWUvXuGwzD552FwXTz-TvqnXtLze2eq1lJYNV62cWszfAOKBbV3d79-sXZrIklJmQ1dkHvJn4aI-tpnnaf0Q/s320/IMG_3204.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />After conference Marie Josee our great friend and the nurse for the maternal care at the hospital invited us to visit an orphanage she had established and we accepted. More about that experience in the next blog.<br /><br />We had one more visit to make before we were through as we had been asked to come to the Catholic’s health clinic/hospital. They have a very nice complex and are building a new wing for patient beds. They have no equipment and there were hardly any patients there when we visited. They have a building where they treat people with TB and there was a woman who had been bitten by a snake. She was sitting with her family on the grass and she looked terrible. The Nuns told us they feared she was not going to make it as she was not getting any better. They have a nice primary and secondary school . They would like some help with medical equipment. We wish the church could help everyone but that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">isn</span>’t possible. We are winding down our projects list now as we have spent our 2008 budget and then some. </div><div></div><div></div><div>Before dinner we decided we needed to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">take</span> the Moons on a tour of the village. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">Walking</span> from the Mission down through the village is an experience and the Moons just had to experience it. When you start out all the children come running from everywhere and follow you. They want to talk to you using the few greetings they know in English. They want to feel your white skin and your hair. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">Sister</span> Moon's long hair was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">irresistible</span>. It is difficult to take pictures as the children all want to be in the picture and if not their <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">face</span> they want their hand in the picture. After about an hour of this walk you are more than ready to seek refuge back at the mission.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8uOet40yzyxDsjRmr3XdrgGqj79FuZT_tTn8Hhyphenhyphenk7aFzadLAWetviipwKfYy_m0kqGTxmidNWWUaYc3kKqfU1m2bLi4hxQsSC-u6A332Z40ZhZXgtBT1DG6JaaeWZz1E29y1bfDMBw/s1600-h/Luputa+Moon+295.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239946368789869986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8uOet40yzyxDsjRmr3XdrgGqj79FuZT_tTn8Hhyphenhyphenk7aFzadLAWetviipwKfYy_m0kqGTxmidNWWUaYc3kKqfU1m2bLi4hxQsSC-u6A332Z40ZhZXgtBT1DG6JaaeWZz1E29y1bfDMBw/s320/Luputa+Moon+295.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Monday morning we were heading back to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">Mbuji</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">Mayi</span> by way of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">Ngandjika</span>. Before we left we had our picture taken. In the back are the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">Livingstones</span> - the Moons on the Left and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">Parmleys</span> on the right - our drivers <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61">Omer</span> and Alphonse in front of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62">Livingstones</span>. The man in the white tee shirt is the priest and the lady in orange is the mama that takes care of us making sure we have water to bath etc. - Pres. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63">Kasadi</span> in the middle.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-Zegv5t1hpNj5SOCSIjDBY8-wlVJFHhyO822BY5a1wnEPiNl_IQHdNE7LK5ZveRDF_Z9ldvrmoErFd6H-aFLRhnUH9F2zVMXi5H_ZI9qzzD2KOEaaxIL_cJTODgQPX5XPVSqPgafcQ/s1600-h/IMG_4984.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239923184828850834" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-Zegv5t1hpNj5SOCSIjDBY8-wlVJFHhyO822BY5a1wnEPiNl_IQHdNE7LK5ZveRDF_Z9ldvrmoErFd6H-aFLRhnUH9F2zVMXi5H_ZI9qzzD2KOEaaxIL_cJTODgQPX5XPVSqPgafcQ/s320/IMG_4984.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />In <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64">Ngandjika</span> there are about 100 members of the church. They were all sitting in plastic chairs in a yard singing hymns when we arrived. Elder <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65">Parmley</span> and Pres. Livingstone spoke to the congregation. Farrell translated for Elder <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66">Parmley</span> which was choice experience. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImEjXJGY6iomRSk8gxKs_OOgN6hd5T3t_dx_m8-6oJpwWpoR2_DTvObr0yIrvOltOy4leApIPMyRmkfL3arWns2Ikqukz-sCox3rYaWix_c02fLWhry3wl0qCP349ZdOhux4cILHXEA/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+407.jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLi4uOGkqH1VAiCSyGktnRAtRKSuKLv6uWM8oxHhRCshIaY4M3lg2EVltJ7ef6MGfTxjKNTkqhtfTiCzBrKy751WkSUMTp_-4xY3r98rf3s_J0aMfRibwOAEjCPk9keBnp_jstLZMMQ/s1600-h/Luputa+Moon+346.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239932837383048914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLi4uOGkqH1VAiCSyGktnRAtRKSuKLv6uWM8oxHhRCshIaY4M3lg2EVltJ7ef6MGfTxjKNTkqhtfTiCzBrKy751WkSUMTp_-4xY3r98rf3s_J0aMfRibwOAEjCPk9keBnp_jstLZMMQ/s320/Luputa+Moon+346.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>After this meeting we were off to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67">Mbuji</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68">Mayi</span>. The road between these two towns was rough and we were late so the drivers literally sailed down the road throwing rocks and dust in every direction. It was a rough ride but it was rougher on those walking or biking on the road as we could see them struggling to get out of the way of the flying rocks and dirt. It was upsetting to us to have the driver driving in that manner.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-tEKg2-_BL9a0Q1z2CminQ3v2PW-RD0lLBEY9jAR5UDv93AQrh1SuVxMTzqtG3Ky5_VWf6SwVWys34EZiin_fQTkq2Agc63pdcwmkzJVXIkfn8iB_-H6UgoRziK6wa0vbV3tOuMkLA/s1600-h/IMG_4990.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239925111176862898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-tEKg2-_BL9a0Q1z2CminQ3v2PW-RD0lLBEY9jAR5UDv93AQrh1SuVxMTzqtG3Ky5_VWf6SwVWys34EZiin_fQTkq2Agc63pdcwmkzJVXIkfn8iB_-H6UgoRziK6wa0vbV3tOuMkLA/s320/IMG_4990.JPG" border="0" /></a></div>It looked like this family was moving as they seemed to be carrying all their belongings.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbHXpVRItw9A1cK3g-X-_dK4Z0ReBmj-XxTJUkTbmifmCg8NF3So-XDLRDB3D_3ngUowbtTSLkSfK2E4T40g_isIE9bRDwqOsqX6DQ4xLgp8QAH7W7WXlcjZPZIB3cK-iDQTCArWlDCw/s1600-h/IMG_3236.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239923184117107138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbHXpVRItw9A1cK3g-X-_dK4Z0ReBmj-XxTJUkTbmifmCg8NF3So-XDLRDB3D_3ngUowbtTSLkSfK2E4T40g_isIE9bRDwqOsqX6DQ4xLgp8QAH7W7WXlcjZPZIB3cK-iDQTCArWlDCw/s320/IMG_3236.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Look at that great chicken basket full of live chickens. Notice she needs no hands to steady her load.</div><div><br />AT Mbuji-Mayi we went to a meeting where Pres. Livingstone and Elder Parmley divided the branch. Now we have two branches in Mbuji-Mayi, There are approximately 300 members in Mbuji-Mayi. None of these 4 towns or villages that we visited have full time missionaries. The church is growing because the members are sharing the gospel and the Congolese people hear and believe. It is hard being a member of the church as they have to give up many of their tribal ways (polygamy, alcohol, infidelity, etc) These members are so faithful and most of the young people are saving money and going on missions. We know the Lord will bless those who sacrifice so much.</div><div></div><div></div><div>All day Farrell was giving Elder Moon a bad time because his shirt was collecting red sand around the collar and down the front.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40oftaCJHJDbWY8Lwg1KLA4NVqQHvgpQ1TecSfodR6S-Pbf8H_hKwoAtkChYSeHiXIAcD6mzaUrC-ptWiLlqJbeff_kMVzUtSdW7ulxaMoi8vfcQO0CG89OybFxNVEN7Kq0Kxb7-krQ/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+462.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239930853429081650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40oftaCJHJDbWY8Lwg1KLA4NVqQHvgpQ1TecSfodR6S-Pbf8H_hKwoAtkChYSeHiXIAcD6mzaUrC-ptWiLlqJbeff_kMVzUtSdW7ulxaMoi8vfcQO0CG89OybFxNVEN7Kq0Kxb7-krQ/s320/Luputa+Barlow+462.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>He couldn't see his own shirt which was just as bad if not worse.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt8kS-8e9SzxfrKxjERGhNtqHVFXoNjJQ_ODQIxLw-NalLGpMoc6HQ6rx7NIyfg96oDP_6VJ6ywiQSN6VISO2Nf-DoYrVU1S8etr2X5OsspA0dHnsgAeHZMkg6DrWXBFL1rpWiTb67A/s1600-h/Luputa+Barlow+463.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239930859290440498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt8kS-8e9SzxfrKxjERGhNtqHVFXoNjJQ_ODQIxLw-NalLGpMoc6HQ6rx7NIyfg96oDP_6VJ6ywiQSN6VISO2Nf-DoYrVU1S8etr2X5OsspA0dHnsgAeHZMkg6DrWXBFL1rpWiTb67A/s320/Luputa+Barlow+463.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Good bye Luputa. Farewell to all our friends, the Benines, Pres and Helen Tshizanga, Daniel and Nestor our site monitors, all our ADIR friends and IITA friends, Maree Josee, my sister and kindred spirit. As I write this the tears flow knowing we will never see them again. Africa is a long way from Utah. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-63625495459599078652008-08-14T06:48:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:38:14.899-07:00Got to make your own fun!All children love to play and children in the Congo are no different but they are much more creative than the average child . . . . by necessity.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKWJBzvEpCq2JpOhabQ6BBR-lU58OTbrmJ1osw_VQDkCVWMaah_q5xHraqDfmDgI83dpIMhK_QBlnskVdtoFF77qquGcPq83s0jUIcwgEbEBZ_S6Xb59Gi5t8U4STWAUKMshw9jssDg/s1600-h/IMG_0567.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235590595538901714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKWJBzvEpCq2JpOhabQ6BBR-lU58OTbrmJ1osw_VQDkCVWMaah_q5xHraqDfmDgI83dpIMhK_QBlnskVdtoFF77qquGcPq83s0jUIcwgEbEBZ_S6Xb59Gi5t8U4STWAUKMshw9jssDg/s320/IMG_0567.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Anything tied to a stick can become a toy when combined with imagination.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifSsuSTuhOOzW05poalAu6nKsvK_qwqFzyJ-O9-JEWr6RrDhFcEPdQDiMKD89e_7FBC0IQDUJIF1xdktrkioa5MXjAGb5WQUlN5zvkuB57sp8RxQjNQ4KBIq0rUFCRZtYXbGuAjtMtg/s1600-h/DSC00692.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235587483998028434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifSsuSTuhOOzW05poalAu6nKsvK_qwqFzyJ-O9-JEWr6RrDhFcEPdQDiMKD89e_7FBC0IQDUJIF1xdktrkioa5MXjAGb5WQUlN5zvkuB57sp8RxQjNQ4KBIq0rUFCRZtYXbGuAjtMtg/s320/DSC00692.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />While stopped at the bank (yes we have banks in the Congo but not like any bank you have ever been SERVICED by), this young boy asked for something to eat. I gave him a bag with melted Nerts packets and a toy from out of a box of cereal. The toy was just a pretend gameboy and you would have thought i had given him a million dollars. He loved pretending it worked.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div>Now I have seen sand paintings but these children make you feel like they have an open pallet as they draw pictures in the sand.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHz4vixSXtGqeomh-t1JMp0vKHnVGUWgSYrF3ILBHQt22CNQGhFc2phC9xFh8D23nimyJNI7S-RST_-ms3ev7_SoRbSPC1U7_jfnwUk3ayvp3urW4lQcNHxspsnHhyknpLd7tOMpJvvw/s1600-h/DSCN0013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235962258262267426" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHz4vixSXtGqeomh-t1JMp0vKHnVGUWgSYrF3ILBHQt22CNQGhFc2phC9xFh8D23nimyJNI7S-RST_-ms3ev7_SoRbSPC1U7_jfnwUk3ayvp3urW4lQcNHxspsnHhyknpLd7tOMpJvvw/s320/DSCN0013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />These children were playing a game that seemed like "Jacks" but without a ball. They were using bottle caps.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmoj4QDY1qtIWWk3qqRdIisEQAIAuXIEg_iji2HtAYjeLGIpBVG0BuqB-ajZ0JdoqblE-ZiKUENzXPHo6who61MN4WZRWQKxBv1KIZfksAxYn7SaU2BEkVpkirN9K_ThCjGHzdB00l-g/s1600-h/DSC01172.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235587491671411058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmoj4QDY1qtIWWk3qqRdIisEQAIAuXIEg_iji2HtAYjeLGIpBVG0BuqB-ajZ0JdoqblE-ZiKUENzXPHo6who61MN4WZRWQKxBv1KIZfksAxYn7SaU2BEkVpkirN9K_ThCjGHzdB00l-g/s320/DSC01172.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br />Often you will find children and adults playing well used board games.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6PjN36zCa0E5G_rt9AD0EH6xxhx4YrdeJsQOTdmHmQf37nXTJ37757gd56kQmB46rh98QsAjEiykWKjerOPxkkXldIu-aTjgBuMJjO6jqOajc6l7D3So3lHvWCNFSH_EiVkUoDtfYQ/s1600-h/Laloux-30.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235592366153999650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6PjN36zCa0E5G_rt9AD0EH6xxhx4YrdeJsQOTdmHmQf37nXTJ37757gd56kQmB46rh98QsAjEiykWKjerOPxkkXldIu-aTjgBuMJjO6jqOajc6l7D3So3lHvWCNFSH_EiVkUoDtfYQ/s320/Laloux-30.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbtmaLxYmetIMkZAHXVEgMZ4zH_VGY3dyjO1129tcrILI9KwDNbM9W98QZQ9BRQL_xPwJ-u9cn4e0y9qFIJupFGQwz4D9Hl3mA6qV5Iid2QaLsVZVnCvJgXZjWOiRvgLbhohpfwdiIw/s1600-h/DSC01553.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235588714746994018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbtmaLxYmetIMkZAHXVEgMZ4zH_VGY3dyjO1129tcrILI9KwDNbM9W98QZQ9BRQL_xPwJ-u9cn4e0y9qFIJupFGQwz4D9Hl3mA6qV5Iid2QaLsVZVnCvJgXZjWOiRvgLbhohpfwdiIw/s320/DSC01553.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVomqvIjMFkpViYg9ZhMW9uM4k7trqX6a1WgGdiOjX8pTk38mSv8NDdpEBi73M62VoUF9M_TqhAQ4E4KJao6u4EuGIAFVziqwre90wsbF2H_u6qYXob_4l-pVIBOA08j_s5UIoI7SEjw/s1600-h/DSC01554.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235588717614036146" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVomqvIjMFkpViYg9ZhMW9uM4k7trqX6a1WgGdiOjX8pTk38mSv8NDdpEBi73M62VoUF9M_TqhAQ4E4KJao6u4EuGIAFVziqwre90wsbF2H_u6qYXob_4l-pVIBOA08j_s5UIoI7SEjw/s320/DSC01554.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Anything can be used as checkers or chessmen, buttons, washers, rocks, bottle caps etc.</div><br /><div>At Camp Luka we watched these boys play a game that appeared to be much like gambling using gum wrappers or some type of folded up paper. Maybe it was a Congolese PoKyMon.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmAYlbpOsWgdiEDRPGJVYYbaHMSM9EdhfIDY8z6RnC9-aP0HzjD8kBv5h91k7GG-xJ7liqTgvPnDhZsVaYXvTEfHk9e9pPZNWx7g2RyL1t74yAOWA_HszOLhSiuAUIypRePDZpL1ssA/s1600-h/DSC00786.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235587485999077698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmAYlbpOsWgdiEDRPGJVYYbaHMSM9EdhfIDY8z6RnC9-aP0HzjD8kBv5h91k7GG-xJ7liqTgvPnDhZsVaYXvTEfHk9e9pPZNWx7g2RyL1t74yAOWA_HszOLhSiuAUIypRePDZpL1ssA/s320/DSC00786.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInL-FPtt2IdauwlfiZL87KSALMry8c7vbfO5ktGUzaG6Bw8-3p9y70uopvjVkdFzCWr3dpNozf498-A4FNu-_mlIVMwAP629YGfzvcm_FrBuvi8vNu3Yn9GzfW521jfgeP0PX_vBcSQ/s1600-h/DSC00787.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235587487240555682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInL-FPtt2IdauwlfiZL87KSALMry8c7vbfO5ktGUzaG6Bw8-3p9y70uopvjVkdFzCWr3dpNozf498-A4FNu-_mlIVMwAP629YGfzvcm_FrBuvi8vNu3Yn9GzfW521jfgeP0PX_vBcSQ/s320/DSC00787.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbvDG4QJFcSUIkiE5gr5jBwVvbp8ITo5u9vTEDuI36ukmgA5oo9hfEouqEq2FB7if8DipcmDHZyTG35BKxtkaty4Atql7hyphenhyphenWWjXPKvfL8C_ulU2riz4eSkhipQaAp7GBju4CRAJAGUQ/s1600-h/DSC00785.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235587483229028418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbvDG4QJFcSUIkiE5gr5jBwVvbp8ITo5u9vTEDuI36ukmgA5oo9hfEouqEq2FB7if8DipcmDHZyTG35BKxtkaty4Atql7hyphenhyphenWWjXPKvfL8C_ulU2riz4eSkhipQaAp7GBju4CRAJAGUQ/s320/DSC00785.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Fooseball is big here and you can play for 50 francs or sometimes for nothing if you have a friend with a game. Mom and Dad like to play also. The games are usually set on the side of the street for all to watch the fun.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZN5fyLALNrLqBV-pDyK5w7t5Xe-rIxnPnsZnh2VlqmF5y70xPBsTiz2iqvQ9_QfM4Ai0cY_1HTiIjYSJGc8NgwDx3IEGKgjac1k3JkY_F5hmiQ0KQQlmYBey60jmEsN_gPxwLxnzUmg/s1600-h/DSC01280.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235588713013050178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZN5fyLALNrLqBV-pDyK5w7t5Xe-rIxnPnsZnh2VlqmF5y70xPBsTiz2iqvQ9_QfM4Ai0cY_1HTiIjYSJGc8NgwDx3IEGKgjac1k3JkY_F5hmiQ0KQQlmYBey60jmEsN_gPxwLxnzUmg/s320/DSC01280.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEoAqjiKEPl2ijyaiOPJVfoTxBu0sxnr1ml_A54QIuhdYEfnL8fLWUZMl9bxe4VZg7SVDaE97-p2-O2DEJhK0cRor2tDWNVNT-96-r6O7umPSqzObOuEwlkdjz18JshPVBCSWJyqgSw/s1600-h/DSC01208.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235588041210480914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEoAqjiKEPl2ijyaiOPJVfoTxBu0sxnr1ml_A54QIuhdYEfnL8fLWUZMl9bxe4VZg7SVDaE97-p2-O2DEJhK0cRor2tDWNVNT-96-r6O7umPSqzObOuEwlkdjz18JshPVBCSWJyqgSw/s320/DSC01208.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPlu5Ga4ynxz4ubS5qoq6W4XTLtLhXPvLTpXmblS1H5Cb4rm51Vjjf3tLM267jW0D2fNxigs9hHfusHQO0cKjlJAtw636hixt6r-G0ka0g61OU7Oe13isZ7_UUQsU9m01lMrH8SrU6Q/s1600-h/DSC01209.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235959893680095314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPlu5Ga4ynxz4ubS5qoq6W4XTLtLhXPvLTpXmblS1H5Cb4rm51Vjjf3tLM267jW0D2fNxigs9hHfusHQO0cKjlJAtw636hixt6r-G0ka0g61OU7Oe13isZ7_UUQsU9m01lMrH8SrU6Q/s320/DSC01209.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div>The best toys are the homemade toys you see that the children have carefully crafted with much detail<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcm8muXljJe_14gIPAKMVgLHMGH4LioWbhVTm-1cnki7GYCwVD2VK4y8Jt_7oDxFoFP4T4mtOThllES6xKWwF82mN0fr85ldstc1Y91qdC2rDuuUymbPLPabOQwjyJmeYe1x6HOtf4Q/s1600-h/IMG_0702.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235592361883527698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcm8muXljJe_14gIPAKMVgLHMGH4LioWbhVTm-1cnki7GYCwVD2VK4y8Jt_7oDxFoFP4T4mtOThllES6xKWwF82mN0fr85ldstc1Y91qdC2rDuuUymbPLPabOQwjyJmeYe1x6HOtf4Q/s320/IMG_0702.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />These boys have made a train out of sardine cans and plastic bottle caps<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUcVNv6AaRrPkVx4QI1OKPjalIlrXKh13P2D3rhot3amIdcbes1IkToDeSmEE20332p59iArtBIFpqUm_W7Nis4WYOZh4likRMRcngv7dM7z_fFDexjsH_n_N-xRDRotAW3PN0GkYhQ/s1600-h/IMG_0697.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235591607640237298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUcVNv6AaRrPkVx4QI1OKPjalIlrXKh13P2D3rhot3amIdcbes1IkToDeSmEE20332p59iArtBIFpqUm_W7Nis4WYOZh4likRMRcngv7dM7z_fFDexjsH_n_N-xRDRotAW3PN0GkYhQ/s320/IMG_0697.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjazBPw_icwyf-05UINeXPAFk0lHIbK9f1dSGU2tJOVHB-eapG1hH6QHAP7ep8cWuIwv_6prLOLlRkSbd5bvVEi62IqfjVJjnkYNQm7Wfg98dBoQNDb6DsTfu-zpv6Aano8OislVWwQ/s1600-h/IMG_0699.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235591635716713570" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjazBPw_icwyf-05UINeXPAFk0lHIbK9f1dSGU2tJOVHB-eapG1hH6QHAP7ep8cWuIwv_6prLOLlRkSbd5bvVEi62IqfjVJjnkYNQm7Wfg98dBoQNDb6DsTfu-zpv6Aano8OislVWwQ/s320/IMG_0699.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>A great creation made of card board boxes and tin cans.<br /><a 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTr8mKtglhdKPBKFrH8sjaaYDAzApmcZKNCfIJ9dl-C1qUx3vO614_3FWxUgVJtRPDery9I3MAnYcfN5ukVAjc8NKQ4oVg3zQsLFjVqbwVZ3kUTJMKDIW_FH1bOhX_BGerQq0QbHPBA/s1600-h/DSC01637.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235974941204970674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTr8mKtglhdKPBKFrH8sjaaYDAzApmcZKNCfIJ9dl-C1qUx3vO614_3FWxUgVJtRPDery9I3MAnYcfN5ukVAjc8NKQ4oVg3zQsLFjVqbwVZ3kUTJMKDIW_FH1bOhX_BGerQq0QbHPBA/s320/DSC01637.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1VggEHrZzhE0A6xY_7w2Kn_e7rM6EP34lcWjAjSXxulXVRKk6UCLc2HkEFGLhVY_H-2ETYtvotr90oNJBB2N1Sl-wMjv0fWOkyMDD8WZDHfbfZ1H5ad7yyPt9rC0nNqZ1PjJSX_B3Gw/s1600-h/DSC01638.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235975757671764034" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1VggEHrZzhE0A6xY_7w2Kn_e7rM6EP34lcWjAjSXxulXVRKk6UCLc2HkEFGLhVY_H-2ETYtvotr90oNJBB2N1Sl-wMjv0fWOkyMDD8WZDHfbfZ1H5ad7yyPt9rC0nNqZ1PjJSX_B3Gw/s320/DSC01638.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>A boat is fashioned out of bamboo and wire. Very unique!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtcVCwQ3zoj1wrq2JviJJgzWcxuiHqgwNu-WwH1xnCRqxriRdrWmAbRJDqX6fPB6tKzByhK1PPED-5aFD709IpgVX4nyt8MpuQV0CVVc5djVChb_egc1mKEmxpNGL-Dc-sAjxFL59fw/s1600-h/DSC01739.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235970587991590546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtcVCwQ3zoj1wrq2JviJJgzWcxuiHqgwNu-WwH1xnCRqxriRdrWmAbRJDqX6fPB6tKzByhK1PPED-5aFD709IpgVX4nyt8MpuQV0CVVc5djVChb_egc1mKEmxpNGL-Dc-sAjxFL59fw/s320/DSC01739.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-I1hyphenhyphen7QhEbK4zBInaj7lYjTf5FJuJlQs4W1xTSIcQuYMnmGTZga4b437ZGhuHkJOmacZdrYkHesoOton_A-RAqX-WTBFw3RWMhESM95ZS0bcC8DGikyTl2Od5X2KhLNTzk7tp-FLGoA/s1600-h/DSC01738.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235970588761419474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-I1hyphenhyphen7QhEbK4zBInaj7lYjTf5FJuJlQs4W1xTSIcQuYMnmGTZga4b437ZGhuHkJOmacZdrYkHesoOton_A-RAqX-WTBFw3RWMhESM95ZS0bcC8DGikyTl2Od5X2KhLNTzk7tp-FLGoA/s320/DSC01738.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br />Now this is clever. the car is made of wood, tincan lids and plastic.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHycDUzmWOvQClhmsS8QWxSdR0TCqa-lvxm_NU8cs2bnU2d0TVxallcUfmhK3WE_Gwv1d5QaT3FT8ealggdrx36q-bZEJqh9dtxq0Gh6diCvoQjnmo_qY8HBA4eceBBpoHVupNe1CqBA/s1600-h/IMG_0232.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235977804652818498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHycDUzmWOvQClhmsS8QWxSdR0TCqa-lvxm_NU8cs2bnU2d0TVxallcUfmhK3WE_Gwv1d5QaT3FT8ealggdrx36q-bZEJqh9dtxq0Gh6diCvoQjnmo_qY8HBA4eceBBpoHVupNe1CqBA/s320/IMG_0232.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>But look closely. Did that plastic use to be a flipflop?</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvslj0zFjHVdWmMls_2yYST_RVu9zcqk0PQ0nKRz0V9a7dEQHxMKg7ppLnwSqA8UcYPAbGOockZaE3Ha_DZs4P4Xhdfut2Z-chedceBWnGw1b2c65ZZlFH6sr14Rj3gdK2hywbEJw7Q/s1600-h/IMG_0232.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235978562896067106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvslj0zFjHVdWmMls_2yYST_RVu9zcqk0PQ0nKRz0V9a7dEQHxMKg7ppLnwSqA8UcYPAbGOockZaE3Ha_DZs4P4Xhdfut2Z-chedceBWnGw1b2c65ZZlFH6sr14Rj3gdK2hywbEJw7Q/s320/IMG_0232.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>A little girl is fixing dinner for her friends using her kitchen set or is it tea and crumpets for the ladies?<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrnmv-cCYVe7ySop-b4qXa6ULOQTV5OM0-OoRU-FhVYIj8Dn9ECeVG3TkDA-xfIKCg7eCWUjdAUaHTC6TgqtaAurvVHuOwTHbFonG4Cb88Wf6ERGEDXf6mO9rniovEzMTIfCpxTBfGg/s1600-h/DSC01180.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235979817623333234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrnmv-cCYVe7ySop-b4qXa6ULOQTV5OM0-OoRU-FhVYIj8Dn9ECeVG3TkDA-xfIKCg7eCWUjdAUaHTC6TgqtaAurvVHuOwTHbFonG4Cb88Wf6ERGEDXf6mO9rniovEzMTIfCpxTBfGg/s320/DSC01180.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>Plastic cartons and small tin cans! It works!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimaWwJKJGHoxFjODCv_EspNitGqv7JVDB3ii2lAJySd5Vd1PRR82zeqvBM_ApVGCK5wSrJsPEnfmkfpllILnR3LdZZXZPdPhhYAJWRNZhp6zgn9Fu7aZM27hSh6ilS7U5nULGphYsM9w/s1600-h/DSC01181.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235979855198244866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimaWwJKJGHoxFjODCv_EspNitGqv7JVDB3ii2lAJySd5Vd1PRR82zeqvBM_ApVGCK5wSrJsPEnfmkfpllILnR3LdZZXZPdPhhYAJWRNZhp6zgn9Fu7aZM27hSh6ilS7U5nULGphYsM9w/s320/DSC01181.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>A kite can be sticks and a piece of plastic from the garbage if you add a string to it.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnK9L-ltHIixVSYbSINRxU6dq9K2z86W_u5LMPDEiEEF66v9HzAUf5BcrzH9pkLOd1vjJpTJcQ_6_QnNOqSRxWDx2sM-74wtbXIwtQkvBMIuLMAc_OyQkZu3Xy6uuzhWwapOJL_8GFUg/s1600-h/IMG_0565.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235981731605938914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnK9L-ltHIixVSYbSINRxU6dq9K2z86W_u5LMPDEiEEF66v9HzAUf5BcrzH9pkLOd1vjJpTJcQ_6_QnNOqSRxWDx2sM-74wtbXIwtQkvBMIuLMAc_OyQkZu3Xy6uuzhWwapOJL_8GFUg/s320/IMG_0565.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>Football or soccer is big in the DRC. Where ever there is a patch of dirt it won't be long and sticks will be stuck in the ground for goal posts and a game is under way. A cloud of dust and tangled bodies and then their appears a ball flying out of the <span style="color:#ffff00;">dustcloud</span> The soccer balls are often plastic bags wound up tightly and wrapped with string or ribs from large leaves. The games the same, the rules haven't changed, just the gear is a bit different. How much does it cost to play little league football in the USA?</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4EqZtLTX8AgfKMqOoNILKKe0apNrqJFNYMqrFbzL5BsGeW-5xcDUyTqDgOVCeWf59rv_k20-sU-1Z6PPPCVIqRBNJO9pvuyfteRBFfLq9IswbxTk4ESYb0167eZGT28I5G9eS2tHuQ/s1600-h/DSCN0004-3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235981762092453522" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4EqZtLTX8AgfKMqOoNILKKe0apNrqJFNYMqrFbzL5BsGeW-5xcDUyTqDgOVCeWf59rv_k20-sU-1Z6PPPCVIqRBNJO9pvuyfteRBFfLq9IswbxTk4ESYb0167eZGT28I5G9eS2tHuQ/s320/DSCN0004-3.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>The Village Junglegym is big enough for everyone to play on.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6fgFz2j-CV8Ln1Ji_NbEAsG8v0ogsiJWfmel5r-CJY5U-dRTXXCdLXxwqNmfECmzwejYaj32rYaJdc0ptRnegmAeOtaoDzKbqh1tx_y7WzTLZbPA8_vg1kEd1KX4kv8OUxYzVeUvew/s1600-h/DSCN0009-3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235981771339324866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6fgFz2j-CV8Ln1Ji_NbEAsG8v0ogsiJWfmel5r-CJY5U-dRTXXCdLXxwqNmfECmzwejYaj32rYaJdc0ptRnegmAeOtaoDzKbqh1tx_y7WzTLZbPA8_vg1kEd1KX4kv8OUxYzVeUvew/s320/DSCN0009-3.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>But Farrell's favorite has to be the home made guitars. We have seen many of them .</div><div>This one is made out of a plastic bottle.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihPjDe-YwRAd5j4DivQHeg-TinGg5UoGTLDB7KeJrjXWgnCkkHpHlqdFOH9zWwFkaeh1pIdLfMQvn5r6ERYAdwuZqTvn1QOuhyphenhyphenD8fFA5ywd7T7cMgF9Tj2jcGTfNNKgMnxzxTsifTlQ/s1600-h/DSC01552.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235981741216733602" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihPjDe-YwRAd5j4DivQHeg-TinGg5UoGTLDB7KeJrjXWgnCkkHpHlqdFOH9zWwFkaeh1pIdLfMQvn5r6ERYAdwuZqTvn1QOuhyphenhyphenD8fFA5ywd7T7cMgF9Tj2jcGTfNNKgMnxzxTsifTlQ/s320/DSC01552.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>This guitar is made out of a tin can.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCuNI5yvN8eln3BflUWSRXCQM7_Y9-EUg3hEhuSIUIphjLpbg66QwmXvmAAXBIyL9we8bT13VP0-qs4gZZG7QFlpgSzA6ieUFPESgkkeRt3ORouJoj1AsF3JjECHQe9Rx44rTy0oGsA/s1600-h/DSC01630.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235981749093379378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCuNI5yvN8eln3BflUWSRXCQM7_Y9-EUg3hEhuSIUIphjLpbg66QwmXvmAAXBIyL9we8bT13VP0-qs4gZZG7QFlpgSzA6ieUFPESgkkeRt3ORouJoj1AsF3JjECHQe9Rx44rTy0oGsA/s320/DSC01630.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>Life is good when you have an imagination, and you can make your own fun.</div></div></div></div>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-83134064154700312722008-08-03T13:40:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:38:43.770-07:00The Value of One Small Pamphlet<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91AwLgak0AqCJ4KyzrcfXbHuLY5IflHjAtoCBYnNx2EercGsNLL8IprwX9-0dvzQszhZI_DDSwIKzcURxKp2Z-5mRg6hQ1a5npiUNHCxB2GPjISbXZVs6Cx-d7t2AYzb_i-_1jIk_pQ/s1600-h/IMG_0521.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230404737588613618" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91AwLgak0AqCJ4KyzrcfXbHuLY5IflHjAtoCBYnNx2EercGsNLL8IprwX9-0dvzQszhZI_DDSwIKzcURxKp2Z-5mRg6hQ1a5npiUNHCxB2GPjISbXZVs6Cx-d7t2AYzb_i-_1jIk_pQ/s320/IMG_0521.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We went out to Kimbwala for church today. When we arrived Bishop Haboko was standing in the parking lot. No one who goes to church in these two wards have cars so the parking lot is always empty. He was standing at the gate and opened it so we could drive in. We asked him why he was out in the parking lot when his ward had already started their meetings. He said he thought he must be out there to greet us.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2QLlOunMfWSd9-UrlXWcBoCoihPXDm9NtI_YwabLIG21ZUXr680qUnzi3ubIJP76BjWTBJSz-HsIaHOPLS5phcjBPMW-zsPems3x8sL2S-Jseqq3-ywL9bb3Dul1EL5OZt5d3QgtlA/s1600-h/DSCN0023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230404726573695554" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2QLlOunMfWSd9-UrlXWcBoCoihPXDm9NtI_YwabLIG21ZUXr680qUnzi3ubIJP76BjWTBJSz-HsIaHOPLS5phcjBPMW-zsPems3x8sL2S-Jseqq3-ywL9bb3Dul1EL5OZt5d3QgtlA/s320/DSCN0023.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Last week he got free to attend Sunday School which hardly ever happens and he said he was sitting there enjoying Sunday School and the Spirit told him to get up and go out to the parking lot. He didn’t want to leave Sunday School because he was really enjoying it and he so seldom got time to go. He said the spirit kept telling him to go out in the parking lot. He finally got up and went out into the parking lot where there was no one. About a minute after standing there by the gate a women he did not know walked up. Bishop Haboko welcomed her and asked if she was in the other ward. She said no, this was her first time. She had in her hand a Joseph Smith pamphlet. She said she had found this pamphlet and there was a phone number on it so she called and they told her where she could find the church. She had come to learn more about the church. The bishop said he welcomed her and walked her into the building and introduced her to the missionaries and left her in their capable hands and he went back to Sunday School. Got to love Bishop Haboko. He is a man of great faith and is obedient in all things.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcNqagQCFhzO3vOZGnKXIBTNKvoUXvo7EcHN6NjOj1AqHxRqkUlnMZKpcJ4yhf5eFFM-S0w98K4p5Pl41P11-VLOpsv33TXpL4e7vp8HiWpHNP7QA4yPrp8DOdN2oMDL8ZacnTGiOTw/s1600-h/IMG_0027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230404731277275106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcNqagQCFhzO3vOZGnKXIBTNKvoUXvo7EcHN6NjOj1AqHxRqkUlnMZKpcJ4yhf5eFFM-S0w98K4p5Pl41P11-VLOpsv33TXpL4e7vp8HiWpHNP7QA4yPrp8DOdN2oMDL8ZacnTGiOTw/s320/IMG_0027.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another story of the Joesph Smith Pamphlet<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk06BF9IkuyMgaK-TJ9yOG64f_GSmJkt1aIh-txU4eDRbB9-AzsswDf5PR8bQrSC0abIP56YHjInMdALqxEgseFObsIKp5WwmINjeQ8UkM2Y4VLQDIR9Z9ASdOErZjPJUnViHrWicfAw/s1600-h/small.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230768978287561906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk06BF9IkuyMgaK-TJ9yOG64f_GSmJkt1aIh-txU4eDRbB9-AzsswDf5PR8bQrSC0abIP56YHjInMdALqxEgseFObsIKp5WwmINjeQ8UkM2Y4VLQDIR9Z9ASdOErZjPJUnViHrWicfAw/s320/small.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />In January a new family, Bro. MBUYI-MARCEL and Sis. META-BERTINE and their 7 children started attending the Malueka ward. They were soon baptized. The family had been attending the Apostolic Protestant Church. Bro Marcel had many questions and went to his pastor for answers. He wanted to know about apostles and prophets and why there weren't any today. He also wondered why there was no longer Revelation coming from God to his children here on earth. The minister did not have the answers for him but handed him a pamphlet and told him he didn't know how to answer those questions but this pamphlet talked about apostles and prophets and revelation. Maybe it would be of some help. It was a Joseph Smith's Testimony pamphlet. Bro. Marcel was intrigued and started looking for this church. It took him a while to locate the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the pamphlet did not have a phone number or any information about where the church was located. Once the missionaries started to teach the family it wasn't difficult for Bro. Marcel and Sis. Bertine to accept this story of a young boy and angels and prophets who receives revelation from Heavenly Father. Mom and Dad were baptized one week and the following week the children were baptized. They are a strong family and a wonderful addition to the Malueka Ward. Sis. Bertine is the Young Women's President in the ward. Bro. Marcel is a Sunday School teacher.<br /><br />This is a precious family that were just waiting for the gospel to enter their lives.<br /><br />If you would like to know more about this pamphlet or find the answers to your questions visit <a href="http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/">http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/</a><a href="http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/"></a>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-74277637525806790042008-08-03T11:21:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:40:06.017-07:00How important is a bathroom to a school of 500 Children?When we first came to Kinshasa the first humanitarian project we submitted for approval was to improve a school in the community of Camp Luka.<br /><br /><div>The ASAMI Primary school was missing roofing in many places, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6jFcO_N-IoOIkzC8Hb2nmHV3iHpGxxVkmvrExIkO309oxA32ov3Tf25b3u_kSAwfwc26RY0IL35JHh3YVODttcAEXWOg1yWc_4WmcahlhyphenhyphenfHWD2TjPdDK_rRSdWBL5Nlv4sJqxzzpA/s1600-h/DSCN0012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230383925430199906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6jFcO_N-IoOIkzC8Hb2nmHV3iHpGxxVkmvrExIkO309oxA32ov3Tf25b3u_kSAwfwc26RY0IL35JHh3YVODttcAEXWOg1yWc_4WmcahlhyphenhyphenfHWD2TjPdDK_rRSdWBL5Nlv4sJqxzzpA/s320/DSCN0012.JPG" border="0" /></a></div>holes in the walls and no windows,<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4DVLwSAbmEMBgd8JdJeMYXFf45UVYIRxfgz258OnD8BgtSJiwkshrFBCpopRas4JWMv8nrbRVl71y0aH9KuKFWWuxFByWfAGPqQy1XKjvyjdtCrsjhnCSeSQNoaf77-uq3oRvFWMyA/s1600-h/DSCN0005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230383916552075378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4DVLwSAbmEMBgd8JdJeMYXFf45UVYIRxfgz258OnD8BgtSJiwkshrFBCpopRas4JWMv8nrbRVl71y0aH9KuKFWWuxFByWfAGPqQy1XKjvyjdtCrsjhnCSeSQNoaf77-uq3oRvFWMyA/s320/DSCN0005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>steps leading into the class rooms and </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CArQgGQA6udoS67tleDNHZuZNDME0h6r2tqoYJtPendaVJBpevRt6Ld001BPaHMdURXJB7qitX9DAt6hZ3YTQazRBwowbuiVQOOhnF0uYe9qvRWuyPrl8ZT6vshdZ3PsNKr2Yd_EUA/s1600-h/DSCN0008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230383918881959730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CArQgGQA6udoS67tleDNHZuZNDME0h6r2tqoYJtPendaVJBpevRt6Ld001BPaHMdURXJB7qitX9DAt6hZ3YTQazRBwowbuiVQOOhnF0uYe9qvRWuyPrl8ZT6vshdZ3PsNKr2Yd_EUA/s320/DSCN0008.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>It had a partially finished latrine that was falling down</div><p>None the less they were holding school in the building but would have to cancel school if it rained. We had just completed the final pieces of the Camp Luka water project and it was such a wonderful addition to this neighborhood and here were all those children with no school to attend in their neighborhood.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44YuKtCL1Wf5agXwDVWEeRDG8u5Ef0Pm6_BVE0M7trlLVqL_PspjUHjC7unHH3lR9SQr65MVHC9VjgD4njj_2SNgAL32MdXIwvm2Qz6qb9i1FQXIaKcNbwC5S8VrAvCDpIoSUudcivQ/s1600-h/DSCN0002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230383052349406738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44YuKtCL1Wf5agXwDVWEeRDG8u5Ef0Pm6_BVE0M7trlLVqL_PspjUHjC7unHH3lR9SQr65MVHC9VjgD4njj_2SNgAL32MdXIwvm2Qz6qb9i1FQXIaKcNbwC5S8VrAvCDpIoSUudcivQ/s320/DSCN0002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1VFuJ3c4jzHzOv5bmbMYmISXFY14FL7VqO4NYUdkc0tYr0wEua8kk78FMBsNOKn46nuOD789VAutOFcVjAV8Kpvy5m_ltlSwGmyrKKVE-0vjFEUqH2U8nitxk2cTG1T-RuvmSLg97w/s1600-h/DSCN0004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230383051082388290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1VFuJ3c4jzHzOv5bmbMYmISXFY14FL7VqO4NYUdkc0tYr0wEua8kk78FMBsNOKn46nuOD789VAutOFcVjAV8Kpvy5m_ltlSwGmyrKKVE-0vjFEUqH2U8nitxk2cTG1T-RuvmSLg97w/s320/DSCN0004.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div>We had been told that schools were not a priority for the humanitarian funds as there are so many schools in need of help here in Africa and no regulations or standards for schools but, we had been told of a great organization, IFESH, that specialized in building and improving schools so we worked with them and wrote up a project for the ASAMI Primary school.</div><br /><div>As we had been told would happen the project did not pass the criteria for an area initiative. We were very disappointed but moved on to other projects. </div><br /><div>A few months ago we had the occasion to return to Camp Luka and follow up on the water project and saw that some improvements had been made in the primary school building but the school still had no usable latrine. IFESH had already evaluated the latrine situation and had a plan drawn up from our first efforts. We worked with the community and submitted a project to add a latrine to the school along with Family Health and Hygiene training which did pass criteria and we were on our way. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazz0uvpQKIrJBs88i_bXtFCJZWsCIvrtpAmEWWuXKst0IkP4HvL-c5CMwvIaI3O_pEA6v_4ZL77Npx9wvivAb8s37d9ALbNNHxTK7cKgCQTqt0qDvEFNYfVX-SOkC4feYia-RJBmRWw/s1600-h/DSCN0051.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231040664183806066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazz0uvpQKIrJBs88i_bXtFCJZWsCIvrtpAmEWWuXKst0IkP4HvL-c5CMwvIaI3O_pEA6v_4ZL77Npx9wvivAb8s37d9ALbNNHxTK7cKgCQTqt0qDvEFNYfVX-SOkC4feYia-RJBmRWw/s320/DSCN0051.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We went with Jeanne, from IFESH to tell the community and start the project. The meeting was choice in that Jeanne conducted an election among the community members and a project president, vice president, sec and treasurer were elected along with a committee for construction, and a committee for community outreach taking responsibility for the health and hygiene training. The election was very serious business and took 2 hours to complete. At the end everyone had a job to do and the project was officially underway. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXWqFeJ0QF_qq_TsKaWa5deufYfYsE9vH0WJuVPIgl-r_z_pdogPXT-hiVKWWSkFwZmter6tWKMsgeUuK7tNieShQv76-k53_PkIWvwOIMXk_Xr2um5dVGS5OchYP2X2wRWqr_PI6mA/s1600-h/DSC00119.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230378658879945330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXWqFeJ0QF_qq_TsKaWa5deufYfYsE9vH0WJuVPIgl-r_z_pdogPXT-hiVKWWSkFwZmter6tWKMsgeUuK7tNieShQv76-k53_PkIWvwOIMXk_Xr2um5dVGS5OchYP2X2wRWqr_PI6mA/s320/DSC00119.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwQ6d2LVQZrgkOq0RCmjqovB9VvBf5s-392XCOTK53BFL8spVQee8WAZr5Oul1ySzbttABKyNrHqthmLek_x1_CuXal0WGu6QePm3EG7k4lRoA4XoeoWEAv_EU3KI9GLDbGGQ_OFvYg/s1600-h/DSC00117.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230378654646531122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwQ6d2LVQZrgkOq0RCmjqovB9VvBf5s-392XCOTK53BFL8spVQee8WAZr5Oul1ySzbttABKyNrHqthmLek_x1_CuXal0WGu6QePm3EG7k4lRoA4XoeoWEAv_EU3KI9GLDbGGQ_OFvYg/s320/DSC00117.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>One site visit found the footings and pit completed and the health and hygiene training was already underway.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtnCMQ-cVXukYmLtRTeqSMxQOkuMS7KQvBLWxe_bmPEV3dCK_eVGHTLlgV_b-DB74cRUdT9XYELny2mXzUEffWSF_f49Lay3-500s-hlFCNktHj_XlhKz4sSAPNUR7tbAbzfYGxZsfw/s1600-h/DSC00127.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230379868145443714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtnCMQ-cVXukYmLtRTeqSMxQOkuMS7KQvBLWxe_bmPEV3dCK_eVGHTLlgV_b-DB74cRUdT9XYELny2mXzUEffWSF_f49Lay3-500s-hlFCNktHj_XlhKz4sSAPNUR7tbAbzfYGxZsfw/s320/DSC00127.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>The community was doing the work under the supervision of IFESH. A second visit found the walls nearly finished and a training for the community on conflict resolution ,being taught by IFESH. It was very rewarding to see the community work together for the common good.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1L2lRVKeOh5Jc0SDT3440XUi3JTVtEVuqIauQM6TEnnmKK-_ORBDldgU6KYzMydXsmbTbbu9R-3KB0nufYP35BlXuEeuhn3A3eeizKgLh3JDhfy1sWtsNd-85K2CRyqk4AVfnSLZiQ/s1600-h/DSC00107.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230378649699971090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1L2lRVKeOh5Jc0SDT3440XUi3JTVtEVuqIauQM6TEnnmKK-_ORBDldgU6KYzMydXsmbTbbu9R-3KB0nufYP35BlXuEeuhn3A3eeizKgLh3JDhfy1sWtsNd-85K2CRyqk4AVfnSLZiQ/s320/DSC00107.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Sister Moon took advantgage of all the children wanting to be a part and taught them some songs like the Hokey Pokey, Going on Safari.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUfZqT0f610atvfBb0P7ZbPJHrQQFwb0tHuBFpnNch2u44MIFFWn8mtyIFrOwiEkcfm4vjJlRZOPg2SdkrwbpSt_Czpuqb-DOD2BrGF9FWzgWm6DFyRROFyE5HkXEMvL9bwm-Fa4QWw/s1600-h/DSC00130.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230379873267041586" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUfZqT0f610atvfBb0P7ZbPJHrQQFwb0tHuBFpnNch2u44MIFFWn8mtyIFrOwiEkcfm4vjJlRZOPg2SdkrwbpSt_Czpuqb-DOD2BrGF9FWzgWm6DFyRROFyE5HkXEMvL9bwm-Fa4QWw/s320/DSC00130.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>They had a logt of fun. They then sang her some songs in Lingala.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHEuas28sEdeanRDaiDe3dvSKVwpyNvEV_NCidnaKJvtSD8hDhyphenhyphenELBDyTqmfVG_FX6EHKouqyrL2nuCokhl2_Wa_xw6XE2QXczY6q80b85rb3_zwojnLrm6Wr1Z5ERv0feqf99gLhuA/s1600-h/DSC00780.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230379873937512962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHEuas28sEdeanRDaiDe3dvSKVwpyNvEV_NCidnaKJvtSD8hDhyphenhyphenELBDyTqmfVG_FX6EHKouqyrL2nuCokhl2_Wa_xw6XE2QXczY6q80b85rb3_zwojnLrm6Wr1Z5ERv0feqf99gLhuA/s320/DSC00780.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The Closing Ceremony was soon at hand. The Latrine was officially turned over to the school and a dedication prayer and ceremony officially opened the latrine for business. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifPA4jlCYD-e7ShIw23IMC-ic5duEy4W1FXV93jxmkwLwnJKCzWYbMrItAFCKwjZy20CxaGV6p4k1E6mVreaKBV6gQMh4MAVZ_hMNfzFMB41nNNa0dL7BQ8zjkJcufBGBTRtTWR_eBA/s1600-h/DSC00839.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230383043107194514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifPA4jlCYD-e7ShIw23IMC-ic5duEy4W1FXV93jxmkwLwnJKCzWYbMrItAFCKwjZy20CxaGV6p4k1E6mVreaKBV6gQMh4MAVZ_hMNfzFMB41nNNa0dL7BQ8zjkJcufBGBTRtTWR_eBA/s320/DSC00839.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0GRSddNHhgTI1gxJCc6a789sQl6dOhdqw9GvMrA-hBTnzm0-UhrEjDKyHG8mIWdG6f5f8Aq5SRmiK0W74iJOVeSp_uWNsbwnUTU1YYEguCSrqRoMXpjMKdFwr648lmuKvFm3TAJJmg/s1600-h/DSC00800.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230379877483516466" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0GRSddNHhgTI1gxJCc6a789sQl6dOhdqw9GvMrA-hBTnzm0-UhrEjDKyHG8mIWdG6f5f8Aq5SRmiK0W74iJOVeSp_uWNsbwnUTU1YYEguCSrqRoMXpjMKdFwr648lmuKvFm3TAJJmg/s320/DSC00800.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Eric our site manaager conducted the ceremony.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJ6S3ZA-00_i-k_vJ57EeL575rWKHbnJOeTuVO2JExKXCCcsyNGjQWD95sE5Gv5CAXMnMUmWUtgS7CAg6-_IZQ0pPbcE-9VVlT7GS39gtaxsOw6wCLBXpf6AfU_TLYk7ds7_TRoDigQ/s1600-h/IMG_0429.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230384412548736898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJ6S3ZA-00_i-k_vJ57EeL575rWKHbnJOeTuVO2JExKXCCcsyNGjQWD95sE5Gv5CAXMnMUmWUtgS7CAg6-_IZQ0pPbcE-9VVlT7GS39gtaxsOw6wCLBXpf6AfU_TLYk7ds7_TRoDigQ/s320/IMG_0429.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>The Chef of the village and some of the elders offered a prayer and then drank Orange Fanta which they spit on each corner of the latrine as part of the dedication ( they were suppose to use Palm wine but settled for Fanta). We understand this was part of the ceremony to ward off any evil or harm to the latrine.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5GswSLaZc8UArMgpPNDBiC16odr_qC3GEpX_Cv6j9bQO6x30SoQaZZdT_uynylqqpljHqEW2Pf0yBV9KQO2TsH5VqbY2L7ASp29coLmQciDV4ws7cde89TXTpSPPdKyKHtR16s9fFQ/s1600-h/IMG_0428.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230383929669035698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5GswSLaZc8UArMgpPNDBiC16odr_qC3GEpX_Cv6j9bQO6x30SoQaZZdT_uynylqqpljHqEW2Pf0yBV9KQO2TsH5VqbY2L7ASp29coLmQciDV4ws7cde89TXTpSPPdKyKHtR16s9fFQ/s320/IMG_0428.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>The official ribbon cutting(actually TP cutting)</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX57aWU-s2K46x5LYJUDfqmp8HXvC4Zpv1EeR0-Joe_mU3BoRX_Y96cxShpqzEB_eaJQ7dtnfHJ9ruSKIfNXxNOgbeDFp55uc4C4ax3VsyUpQBQqEsHCy7N4bTCPu8oBb24hd56dAeOA/s1600-h/IMG_0431.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230384418651370194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX57aWU-s2K46x5LYJUDfqmp8HXvC4Zpv1EeR0-Joe_mU3BoRX_Y96cxShpqzEB_eaJQ7dtnfHJ9ruSKIfNXxNOgbeDFp55uc4C4ax3VsyUpQBQqEsHCy7N4bTCPu8oBb24hd56dAeOA/s320/IMG_0431.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Four latrines 2 for girls and 2 for boys<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNClhODV3Vaynb_xjcpx0XO0BK_2jneY_sCLBCPgeSgz3q_kudg2jk7ITzzSlQ2w3F2wPQ7ehOtJI3Gh9CU6w68ACP2ic4aP3IwRDz7O138wGFZZrbv2QxFLGtUqh8_Oa7dNLTCLBgQ/s1600-h/DSC00116.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230378652906037810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNClhODV3Vaynb_xjcpx0XO0BK_2jneY_sCLBCPgeSgz3q_kudg2jk7ITzzSlQ2w3F2wPQ7ehOtJI3Gh9CU6w68ACP2ic4aP3IwRDz7O138wGFZZrbv2QxFLGtUqh8_Oa7dNLTCLBgQ/s320/DSC00116.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4MuGKspJYe3ZhA7TIM19EemTqS4zzImgywsbDWpIesEersjhcWzMPT1HZo098gKlWvfuNsD-czlZ6-IEPOsv7I-aCYMCGsNf18uwAft2kFm0RFB0BYIkcQT9C3T0Btvys2RDRqB4vg/s1600-h/DSC00870.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230383047311875826" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4MuGKspJYe3ZhA7TIM19EemTqS4zzImgywsbDWpIesEersjhcWzMPT1HZo098gKlWvfuNsD-czlZ6-IEPOsv7I-aCYMCGsNf18uwAft2kFm0RFB0BYIkcQT9C3T0Btvys2RDRqB4vg/s320/DSC00870.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbn4UuawhmIaC62yI0R0LOtarLYOjqkktMKs3ttY7XAa8935jfDBwbJc4BVkhNAsllypniVGbcjMKlXuSABFAJ1NeytxK6Tf4eDH63IhBXRrX1KV_0eNY2RhFIQmAN8D6tjI8N0sDlA/s1600-h/IMG_0418.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230383923371253490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbn4UuawhmIaC62yI0R0LOtarLYOjqkktMKs3ttY7XAa8935jfDBwbJc4BVkhNAsllypniVGbcjMKlXuSABFAJ1NeytxK6Tf4eDH63IhBXRrX1KV_0eNY2RhFIQmAN8D6tjI8N0sDlA/s320/IMG_0418.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>We then held graduation with certificates of participation for all the Health and Hygiene trainers that will be going out into the village to train the members of the community. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRqondyudpYJV2Xkn6owEqPO2vDF0EJYYZjcD63emJCbKcMoox3VPTMUENFmgfWRDLZxv4LSp1VJpO-ROK6THvQPF0Xu24yKOCFLYxlIliZUy78Vg3EqpQRtb7D15B2yuOCtQiZ7gVQ/s1600-h/DSC00817.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230381460995271330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRqondyudpYJV2Xkn6owEqPO2vDF0EJYYZjcD63emJCbKcMoox3VPTMUENFmgfWRDLZxv4LSp1VJpO-ROK6THvQPF0Xu24yKOCFLYxlIliZUy78Vg3EqpQRtb7D15B2yuOCtQiZ7gVQ/s320/DSC00817.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitICtSxJPMNkdV1hKUDURS4FG7HXDMLqMbGrjI5pIL2GUlqMgjNY3nhxlyQzqxTMYvhGqWqYalrTPWN7QkjdhXGjZ6P2cz84CXp2c1sk7BMNdKsXDEw2rRf6QSQqwiuzbMGgEbhb1plg/s1600-h/DSC00833.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230381462149096338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitICtSxJPMNkdV1hKUDURS4FG7HXDMLqMbGrjI5pIL2GUlqMgjNY3nhxlyQzqxTMYvhGqWqYalrTPWN7QkjdhXGjZ6P2cz84CXp2c1sk7BMNdKsXDEw2rRf6QSQqwiuzbMGgEbhb1plg/s320/DSC00833.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjoVaXWI6YkfqQJV1HQHzywQ7O4fTFelpxis6IuWppwbRhOmxQG5dk65ONb-ufeLIsJ6iDJ0WKvoLiN5qZzbjKtijKCTGDAinqtS4ofhaEUex9H_abV2qJgPBvQEYXt7WKeuWVkeGcw/s1600-h/DSC00835.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230381468961920802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjoVaXWI6YkfqQJV1HQHzywQ7O4fTFelpxis6IuWppwbRhOmxQG5dk65ONb-ufeLIsJ6iDJ0WKvoLiN5qZzbjKtijKCTGDAinqtS4ofhaEUex9H_abV2qJgPBvQEYXt7WKeuWVkeGcw/s320/DSC00835.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>This was a pretty grand event for a latrine. It made us realize how important it was to the community to have this addition to their school.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4nYc19DSeRC2lT-SGy2olePFdI74Re2aZp1IDLV0Qoiyw1bB01ZL0m0UO70pmoTBWfnNREt8PN3Hpm-YXKav5HJCLB6hHb8IkMg35zApYzsItEcSanzCWuMwjl45adD7CywJlFvwxQ/s1600-h/IMG_0436.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5r0QP0v88lEUf2GN85Lfef5I2grzbIyseDWEl97W-NIOWj60-hQ8rov0RavGNcSYzDi3s0qYJty2ISgVTDh6JraORRiYDpz2wMORarKSrqqJZkgtvut9deyGwfkU42NoOIomJpU7oA/s1600-h/IMG_0437.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230384418408682658" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5r0QP0v88lEUf2GN85Lfef5I2grzbIyseDWEl97W-NIOWj60-hQ8rov0RavGNcSYzDi3s0qYJty2ISgVTDh6JraORRiYDpz2wMORarKSrqqJZkgtvut9deyGwfkU42NoOIomJpU7oA/s320/IMG_0437.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTMWbtvHLJ-DWIzle_Qa6zrE934p0SDrTFaIV5rvXM1awRCGNrvOf0ox6sLcka0sYhvt1Inf5TQLCfvI5W4Sy2fbozrn9wKOseKSV7TUBGxQrcLvi603g3xIrl2UVWy0k-Cp4F6tpRA/s1600-h/DSC00804.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230381457310917138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTMWbtvHLJ-DWIzle_Qa6zrE934p0SDrTFaIV5rvXM1awRCGNrvOf0ox6sLcka0sYhvt1Inf5TQLCfvI5W4Sy2fbozrn9wKOseKSV7TUBGxQrcLvi603g3xIrl2UVWy0k-Cp4F6tpRA/s320/DSC00804.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>The Moons came to lend their support and enjoy the festivities.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiWO0vfjzgF_OWCA_r4kTKHbdgu6jyUDH6wS1TDgv4fr_wJKDPwRAqGAtQJtSKnbKoiLwCHflcvyZQmHg7AmdHW2H7u-LrFDYA-B7uUdnoxxJSI8F6zF5KNye8z-n0hE_WYwHHNlmkQ/s1600-h/DSC00121.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230378657682895010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiWO0vfjzgF_OWCA_r4kTKHbdgu6jyUDH6wS1TDgv4fr_wJKDPwRAqGAtQJtSKnbKoiLwCHflcvyZQmHg7AmdHW2H7u-LrFDYA-B7uUdnoxxJSI8F6zF5KNye8z-n0hE_WYwHHNlmkQ/s320/DSC00121.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>This project has accomplished several goals. A school of more than 500 students now has a latrine, where before they were using the outdoors. A community has received a training course in basic hygiene and now are better prepared to help themselves avoid disease and achieve better health. The community also has a better understanding of resolving conflicts and working together to complete community projects. The community now feels better about itself.<br />Working with good partners always makes for a better project. The good people at IFESH, along with the Camp Luka community members put forth the effort necessary to make this project a winner. </div>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-48587604700256552262008-07-27T08:26:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:41:22.607-07:00"Look at Me" Video<object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pr3KRxC_XRo"><br /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pr3KRxC_XRo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed> </object><br /><br />Graduates singing "Look at me! Look at me! I can read! I can write"Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-68768381152326768112008-07-26T08:37:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:41:38.806-07:00Look at me! I can read! I can write!<div align="left">It's Graduation Day in Malueka for those participating in the Literacy Program. They sang a song, "Look at me, Look at me, I can read, I can write."<br /></div><div align="left"><div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidymul4VIZthuotXiSdqHPYI1zHETQ-z7mbMij_gAdeo2znbyIhXQtVGmGDesQyQ4zi6HrA5m8S0kyPjZ0M5JW-saKDZ1myV6JIAUFEvLPNgRwA9laeyDk9fVmk6rjC476kJfxsu-GIQ/s1600-h/HPP+ceremony_0001.jpg"></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Do you remember when you learned to read, how excited you were. Remember when your child learned to read and you saw their world open up to wonderful possibilites.</div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">These women and men are celebrating their 9 months of effort to learn to read and write for the very first time. They are so excited to be able to accomplish something they have wanted to do all their lives. This is a result of a project conducted by Humana People to People and funded by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">Malueka, the same neighborhood we reported on for the Family Health and Hygiene training also has been busy taking literacy classes. The classes were held in nighborhood churches and under mango trees in neighborhood yards. The project funded 200 people to learn to read and write in their native language of Lingala. No one was turned away who wanted to learn and the classes mushroomed to 500 participants. A community voluunteers were trained to teach the class by a professional teacher. Along with learning to read and write the classes used matereials supporting the strengthening of the communitysuch as health and Hygiene, ethics. etc. There were about 30 community teachers that taught 2 hour classes 3 days a week. Participants ranged from 15 yrs of age to 80 yrs of age. Most were woman but there were a few men. </div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">When we visited a class we observed the students writing the letters in the sand, then writing the letters in the air, then writing the letters on the chalkboard in front of the class (with much cheering and encouragement) and then they would write the letter or word in their notebook.<br /></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">One lady stood during the class and said, " Five weeks ago I could not read or write, but now I can read and write. Now I can help my children with there school work. I have always wanted to know how to read. Thank you for this gift."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrR8979AuuFQ3kGr-Ec1CVHBDnK0kIheKYs2kT2qXn4nR89Wbt-2NaFVJWPo040_PkxrXFI1uBSaZllxG6mFuJGpTD7aoS2TUhaA0Lvh2PPY6mQbbNSGxSz8ABn1pLyhCSL1WkxGEpg/s1600-h/IMG_0542.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227362655789437746" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrR8979AuuFQ3kGr-Ec1CVHBDnK0kIheKYs2kT2qXn4nR89Wbt-2NaFVJWPo040_PkxrXFI1uBSaZllxG6mFuJGpTD7aoS2TUhaA0Lvh2PPY6mQbbNSGxSz8ABn1pLyhCSL1WkxGEpg/s320/IMG_0542.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhza0Dvq4VCrRcwD0Go5kZWSX84KK-Pn62U6M_6chQh2NKlrL7vYcCD2jfHfE7g2CABBEO9cob-iw3YtgcQnKdhIMkQmLiRjNUVWGtE1RmWgZNMQl3T0hceDuG23CWyaoUF2-kpnbe7VQ/s1600-h/DSC01062.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227362137584169810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhza0Dvq4VCrRcwD0Go5kZWSX84KK-Pn62U6M_6chQh2NKlrL7vYcCD2jfHfE7g2CABBEO9cob-iw3YtgcQnKdhIMkQmLiRjNUVWGtE1RmWgZNMQl3T0hceDuG23CWyaoUF2-kpnbe7VQ/s320/DSC01062.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">We were touched by the joy we saw on all the participants faces. We attended the graduation for six classes of participants. It was a joyous occasion with a demonstration of their reading and writing. They performed a skit about a woman who got in to trouble because she couldn't read a letter that was sent to her. The skit went on to show that by being able to read many problems of our lives are solved and we can make decisions for ourselves.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fObb_ceyYBmHpna3gP1TOHtFvnNDqYps6OwZQSmEMVjPPkcgu3liYz4jYtCL2x2agxijx1lnxtJy6P03bLqNy0LRKvfZuR2w7b6vM4UzJJIS1W1i6s9uK5ybfLRCwos1-vPXUzpnyw/s1600-h/DSC01022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227363360935741298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fObb_ceyYBmHpna3gP1TOHtFvnNDqYps6OwZQSmEMVjPPkcgu3liYz4jYtCL2x2agxijx1lnxtJy6P03bLqNy0LRKvfZuR2w7b6vM4UzJJIS1W1i6s9uK5ybfLRCwos1-vPXUzpnyw/s320/DSC01022.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">Each participant was congratulated by the HPP leaders, the church missionaries, bishop of the church from the area and a representative of the Minister of Education who was over adult education. Some came up very reserved and tearfull while others clapped their hands and sang and danced.</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">l <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfsDBWF9g3yYUZ96q0-gC8BK5RXbOHIg5iPzStCsCTfWoCNHc3rbM0SRASqNZcp2Zbz5gYZuw6Ys1uVr2bgE1hjrHKbeNKJqKlBXyJLudBEzfC1t416-VnxJe442DdkYVwZLnTHOXC_A/s1600-h/DSC01128.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227363356985992450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfsDBWF9g3yYUZ96q0-gC8BK5RXbOHIg5iPzStCsCTfWoCNHc3rbM0SRASqNZcp2Zbz5gYZuw6Ys1uVr2bgE1hjrHKbeNKJqKlBXyJLudBEzfC1t416-VnxJe442DdkYVwZLnTHOXC_A/s320/DSC01128.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwa2zLzWs8qMkSI5TQQDtryygadoXcx66EKgP1-FUy33OXAmmcJcg2SSQb2KALROTM4f1Iy_GLEGISezDtJtyAhzZb7f4tTsy-OQW2oDFXNwUgZmEwrjoHNVzdrAB5pVs1CHL8bAnwA/s1600-h/DSC01078.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227362648627265314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwa2zLzWs8qMkSI5TQQDtryygadoXcx66EKgP1-FUy33OXAmmcJcg2SSQb2KALROTM4f1Iy_GLEGISezDtJtyAhzZb7f4tTsy-OQW2oDFXNwUgZmEwrjoHNVzdrAB5pVs1CHL8bAnwA/s320/DSC01078.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGA36NO1L3TQV4qU7Ki8XQCXxVfgaeHSRjSXhv-lQmEP6XmOQkCV-ahzHfQUIwEoo_o-2ijQENMsiCetrDtRpE9GYReedvmanub2RNs3IK5VltL_j4ot2qdm-gyO-0TjzN0qIQGg8Ivw/s1600-h/DSC01043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227362125340491698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGA36NO1L3TQV4qU7Ki8XQCXxVfgaeHSRjSXhv-lQmEP6XmOQkCV-ahzHfQUIwEoo_o-2ijQENMsiCetrDtRpE9GYReedvmanub2RNs3IK5VltL_j4ot2qdm-gyO-0TjzN0qIQGg8Ivw/s320/DSC01043.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3V2iQxDXOh5GP36YdCUf1bAzFchpBt6OcQL8OGB5vYL9laV_h9o1Cfd0MwuQ7DT-Dxjd0evKFx6_zAb-n0DmpDC6OqrmRfRUnPkEJRk9Sy44bdIVQz-R1Kt8JFDpYmEfb3yEB0B9lwQ/s1600-h/DSC01066.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227362647680452130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3V2iQxDXOh5GP36YdCUf1bAzFchpBt6OcQL8OGB5vYL9laV_h9o1Cfd0MwuQ7DT-Dxjd0evKFx6_zAb-n0DmpDC6OqrmRfRUnPkEJRk9Sy44bdIVQz-R1Kt8JFDpYmEfb3yEB0B9lwQ/s320/DSC01066.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfWk7IBgu3LNOPRZ4l1zFPwfxZtR5aChQ_tc-Q-hvCpd2gXOyGvGWmhBkC6Hm5FBlzPeNPgDYNHyTXnPfJeZK5yG6v9klS1_-JSpsMF93a4C43UIfVIxPrenroqevCQYnZeYsbazfKg/s1600-h/DSC01058.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227362129445826114" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfWk7IBgu3LNOPRZ4l1zFPwfxZtR5aChQ_tc-Q-hvCpd2gXOyGvGWmhBkC6Hm5FBlzPeNPgDYNHyTXnPfJeZK5yG6v9klS1_-JSpsMF93a4C43UIfVIxPrenroqevCQYnZeYsbazfKg/s320/DSC01058.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhhBOK02SmR2bzNpzUyxQkTfB7Ajq6XR_89JLVnIwu_29lyPVSnmQqOrFJzksbseICpmOfvL-vyBiErk9gBksWQwRPtzifX04agCTrkCZLf0yPrib_vgNXuxf8ejTWU4C0IHgS08nHg/s1600-h/DSC01045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227362128802492178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhhBOK02SmR2bzNpzUyxQkTfB7Ajq6XR_89JLVnIwu_29lyPVSnmQqOrFJzksbseICpmOfvL-vyBiErk9gBksWQwRPtzifX04agCTrkCZLf0yPrib_vgNXuxf8ejTWU4C0IHgS08nHg/s320/DSC01045.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JYyDLNSjKqE9lyVB-WHmwHzHUEOhOX9z3HcGaMe_CQGTACtU7M5pJJwrFVbYwciH8jBjiPzajMzxHE6BpLrdp9evyIom3fjwv4BtzG9TvGmUCrbiNXNhDuq0NQIUR2QMZALhnnFf_w/s1600-h/DSC01018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227363352684644338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JYyDLNSjKqE9lyVB-WHmwHzHUEOhOX9z3HcGaMe_CQGTACtU7M5pJJwrFVbYwciH8jBjiPzajMzxHE6BpLrdp9evyIom3fjwv4BtzG9TvGmUCrbiNXNhDuq0NQIUR2QMZALhnnFf_w/s320/DSC01018.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">An 80 yr old man spoke and told how all his life he had gone with out being able to read or write. He said that when he was young they drove the white man away and declared independence and now today here is a white man coming to help me learn to read and write. Now I can read just like my children and grandchildren.</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGH8TeCo8ciucFHTfwlTO-f_UfGI8GG9c66yt5kQwTnnvurTr8MwQHgqSXn9nuzXAMqj9Z9-zOB6o_4B14LjIFwJF2RIxk__FR1QyW0HgZ0vfsLy7ncb9QK6yLAqnpFjD7cOjFTm1t-g/s1600-h/DSC01014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227363355664519538" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGH8TeCo8ciucFHTfwlTO-f_UfGI8GG9c66yt5kQwTnnvurTr8MwQHgqSXn9nuzXAMqj9Z9-zOB6o_4B14LjIFwJF2RIxk__FR1QyW0HgZ0vfsLy7ncb9QK6yLAqnpFjD7cOjFTm1t-g/s320/DSC01014.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JYyDLNSjKqE9lyVB-WHmwHzHUEOhOX9z3HcGaMe_CQGTACtU7M5pJJwrFVbYwciH8jBjiPzajMzxHE6BpLrdp9evyIom3fjwv4BtzG9TvGmUCrbiNXNhDuq0NQIUR2QMZALhnnFf_w/s1600-h/DSC01018.JPG"></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">What a choice experience to share with this community the gift of literacy. The community has taken on a new life with woman being proud of who they are and what they can accomplish.</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">Everyone was dressed in their best and many were dressed alike matching the class they were associated with.</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrpwRQFHVSa9wK4X2H-GaQi3sejFcL3X2Nn-U-ylaYsMJ8HjcWrQ07ET4r2frmJylt8Gz08sqlleEGQAfe13CHe7Yun9HfJYT_7lRehM1CDIVYFjqbxHE5q9wyoSqO23Ig9H4CwfINg/s1600-h/DSC00994.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227362126661010098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrpwRQFHVSa9wK4X2H-GaQi3sejFcL3X2Nn-U-ylaYsMJ8HjcWrQ07ET4r2frmJylt8Gz08sqlleEGQAfe13CHe7Yun9HfJYT_7lRehM1CDIVYFjqbxHE5q9wyoSqO23Ig9H4CwfINg/s320/DSC00994.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">"We are getting better. We are getting stronger. We are getting smarter," said one woman.</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZxVsfZtx0GfUS5iqpioLIfhAR_8Ar1bn71rZ-0Zq5acIyIgruC90XJymQlSzxLtd3ZYv_JJsIE5Vah2BU8vXuc44DyVuu_3EQK3MbMVXWLqkj5CKgWsc5RmWKad7xz1aYTU_BTClwA/s1600-h/IMG_0543.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227363361745669394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZxVsfZtx0GfUS5iqpioLIfhAR_8Ar1bn71rZ-0Zq5acIyIgruC90XJymQlSzxLtd3ZYv_JJsIE5Vah2BU8vXuc44DyVuu_3EQK3MbMVXWLqkj5CKgWsc5RmWKad7xz1aYTU_BTClwA/s320/IMG_0543.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">Humana People to People are a solid NGO with many partners. The church is in good company in their support of this organization and their programs for the community of Malueka.</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3AWICxpvpMfAZ0TijsDfE8zl8LM_Sud0_3ynpyiUdyKKsi9vBrWQYLRHWPT_eHeRH3ecGAcsv6hifJX23cuT_BpcyoaV2nHfgLMAe3D9pyHxXAgHjiC98JoT0hpsCBlwjdwoai_5Lg/s1600-h/IMG_0527.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227362653951348674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3AWICxpvpMfAZ0TijsDfE8zl8LM_Sud0_3ynpyiUdyKKsi9vBrWQYLRHWPT_eHeRH3ecGAcsv6hifJX23cuT_BpcyoaV2nHfgLMAe3D9pyHxXAgHjiC98JoT0hpsCBlwjdwoai_5Lg/s320/IMG_0527.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div><br /></div>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-49468521508970705052008-07-19T07:15:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:42:06.239-07:00Good changes are happening in Malueka!Last Sept. a group called HPP Congo (Humana People to People, Congo) came and asked if the church would like to be their partner in helping mobilize a community. This is an international NGO that is trying to improve the quality of life of poor areas of the world by teaching communities independence. They have a 10 arm plan to implement into communities.<br />1. Hygiene and Sanitation<br />2. Security for children without parents<br />3. Pre-school<br />4. Strengthen the economy of families<br />5. Youth activity in political, social , cultural and economics<br />6. Education/ Literacy<br />7. District development<br />8. Safe and healthy envirnoment<br />9. Food Security<br />10. Limit Malaria<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsSs8W_kL6njVI_pL1mc3vQ1UDhkZQ92fzfoiENX1ZehX_phyUw6pRKpvAPrtVO8ehYMsD0rZwItIx3hKC6UpAWd1eF5MuWp238wxQWWrh9t8UXE39XGnQHqgHjFrqVHDcIxOgyNejw/s1600-h/HPPMalueka+043.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225118989422902098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsSs8W_kL6njVI_pL1mc3vQ1UDhkZQ92fzfoiENX1ZehX_phyUw6pRKpvAPrtVO8ehYMsD0rZwItIx3hKC6UpAWd1eF5MuWp238wxQWWrh9t8UXE39XGnQHqgHjFrqVHDcIxOgyNejw/s200/HPPMalueka+043.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><strong>The HPP Team<br /></strong>The church agreed to fund two arms of the HPP program, Health and Hygiene and Literacy. The Health and Hygiene program started immediately and used the church's Family Health and Hygiene manual for training.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bEaW-tHo9Sw-gdFG_54euFjMlapQc4H2nxKiY_ezH_iVfu7rN0jjALtsWK0azxIvIyr0HqVWJpCTDBjZc541CE88QoW9j0MRCsbQCt0YOPQqtOBMLEtRgyjGc_kznRAwvvOcoX3phA/s1600-h/HPPMalueka+017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225116988852693378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bEaW-tHo9Sw-gdFG_54euFjMlapQc4H2nxKiY_ezH_iVfu7rN0jjALtsWK0azxIvIyr0HqVWJpCTDBjZc541CE88QoW9j0MRCsbQCt0YOPQqtOBMLEtRgyjGc_kznRAwvvOcoX3phA/s200/HPPMalueka+017.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6Mg_groWFIz8pZG9rilSeKmSqrz529yOC8cR9InzsXghJuvhAAXnZE-YeCa47nUtGt-Kcm1UrIlpGBcAWPxqQOmo3MI48mH25lXdMwZOPNHgZ794SDV1m_T65m-HWj8db7l5hGApVw/s1600-h/HPPMalueka+016.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225116986790279426" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6Mg_groWFIz8pZG9rilSeKmSqrz529yOC8cR9InzsXghJuvhAAXnZE-YeCa47nUtGt-Kcm1UrIlpGBcAWPxqQOmo3MI48mH25lXdMwZOPNHgZ794SDV1m_T65m-HWj8db7l5hGApVw/s200/HPPMalueka+016.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><strong>littered pathway family well</strong><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTXqHPQwWHt_6pSYQMMN19xR9ayaDQL4FRZcwZpRM6Cu4bBAdiFfGEveTbQXn12882J5t0fylGYMqMS3KWWosMT_HRipSI1h04zXkJYsi4Lub3v9HF8dDMrvkrzxsfgIppkbaKaHHZw/s1600-h/HPPMalueka+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225118981086697746" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTXqHPQwWHt_6pSYQMMN19xR9ayaDQL4FRZcwZpRM6Cu4bBAdiFfGEveTbQXn12882J5t0fylGYMqMS3KWWosMT_HRipSI1h04zXkJYsi4Lub3v9HF8dDMrvkrzxsfgIppkbaKaHHZw/s200/HPPMalueka+011.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><strong>cooking facility</strong></div><div>Malueka is a community of 4200 families. There is high unemployment rate and a lot of illiteracy. Most of the people speak Lingala only. Often the families have to choose which child to send to school as they can not afford to send them all. Families average 5 - 7 children. Water comes from family wells which are often contaminated and their is little knowledge of healthy living practices.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRNhXSPaD8YD6DB9mTYVpwSdFxYQEtfOaQq8LW_PKd5RM0liGY0_7haeHnYxKIBzr9QwJTJirGOessKtVg7WvtC8vimpeCK1glrAZpe9KvfaN7u3G6ky3EPZamoGg2hVmZkFZpbJy7A/s1600-h/HPPMalueka+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226250646058998498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRNhXSPaD8YD6DB9mTYVpwSdFxYQEtfOaQq8LW_PKd5RM0liGY0_7haeHnYxKIBzr9QwJTJirGOessKtVg7WvtC8vimpeCK1glrAZpe9KvfaN7u3G6ky3EPZamoGg2hVmZkFZpbJy7A/s200/HPPMalueka+004.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5T3uGc35yTQRpwK_Ksu4GK5jh9GDHkKdmsDLuQV5wIHscW1HubCloMDZApbzZcOEkR_FvVARsXwaq0WzPmDNRWPoJ_CIyTGc8sC_Nh7AGkahdL4rhUKp8TKFLHVdDesX28XhZI2vJTA/s1600-h/HPPMalueka+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225176607188691314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5T3uGc35yTQRpwK_Ksu4GK5jh9GDHkKdmsDLuQV5wIHscW1HubCloMDZApbzZcOEkR_FvVARsXwaq0WzPmDNRWPoJ_CIyTGc8sC_Nh7AGkahdL4rhUKp8TKFLHVdDesX28XhZI2vJTA/s200/HPPMalueka+005.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><strong>Coordinators Family Hygiene Class<br /></strong>HPP mobilized the community by calling family action group coordinators from the community and training them to be educators for the program. Two family action group coordinators became responsible for 10 families. They followed up with their families offering encouragement and helping them to see how to improve their families living conditions to reach a higher standard of living and there by avoiding illness and disease. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65QheKPIb4EGoQZLacqxis_E79EruACGrDiqqyX-DO8IEUZtWCmnN_QmmUBSPaLtCSJJMdTDIuBkHvrZjeizZMJLY9HQQtv5LCW9jUx6b3jdX324JhzOpdd0iDZ0EGmg9zoD4cMmYhA/s1600-h/HPPMalueka+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226253358162344354" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65QheKPIb4EGoQZLacqxis_E79EruACGrDiqqyX-DO8IEUZtWCmnN_QmmUBSPaLtCSJJMdTDIuBkHvrZjeizZMJLY9HQQtv5LCW9jUx6b3jdX324JhzOpdd0iDZ0EGmg9zoD4cMmYhA/s200/HPPMalueka+021.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpDlUI-9HCpMapgEuUpR8UCnHckmismPwxLrEfVYbUbF3UXMrHq4UytJHcu4pRZkSUGy3l8EgXN1X-wIxofPucwcJ39DOC4P9AOl0p_jik_JHuzyvjxCoMASs2tQM39b2Sh_rBkk55A/s1600-h/HPPMalueka+025.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226253993971736850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpDlUI-9HCpMapgEuUpR8UCnHckmismPwxLrEfVYbUbF3UXMrHq4UytJHcu4pRZkSUGy3l8EgXN1X-wIxofPucwcJ39DOC4P9AOl0p_jik_JHuzyvjxCoMASs2tQM39b2Sh_rBkk55A/s200/HPPMalueka+025.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Health and Hygiene training for coordinators<br /></strong>This is a class conducted in Lingala by Rochelle (yellow sleeve shirt). She is an employee of HPP and is teaching the Family Coordinators how to teach the class. Most classes are held outside under the Mango tree at various places in the neighborhood.</div><br /><div>The project required that each family in Malueka would revise their latrines to meet the minimal standards. They needed to have a door that would open and close and they needed to have a cement base with a cover for the hole to keep flies from entering the holes. Thirty latrines were funded for the project. The community groups voted which families would receive the latrines provided by the church funds. They were chosen as to their need and level of risk (widows, elderly, handicapped), etc. Those receiving the latrines had to provide the labor and if they were unable to do all the labor their neighbors pitched in and helped them there by learning to care for one another, learning to cooperate and learning how to be a community.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YQ_25bS-RY8U0su__MFg9J5D7G-5ySmBvGutHbl9lm9-BDhwHD7CBv3yJNpGuwAKFMZun1Uyr_013peYxW4xu6QnG30BP7QQIw0-Oc0zpuyeLI9ptOgWUvu3jOhy7fpkIyqtTn5y-A/s1600-h/DSCN0074.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226220703533232450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YQ_25bS-RY8U0su__MFg9J5D7G-5ySmBvGutHbl9lm9-BDhwHD7CBv3yJNpGuwAKFMZun1Uyr_013peYxW4xu6QnG30BP7QQIw0-Oc0zpuyeLI9ptOgWUvu3jOhy7fpkIyqtTn5y-A/s200/DSCN0074.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGUDZcgWApq7z6Bj7AGGmZDWjHplMBb-2SB6hxe7En8lxoMvKR_oCX-SkpdE-iT3KdUqUsqFC663q7VBqh6__l6gfBLmYwKVBRTkPRVeZ0t1EAMB2sbsw3Sof2dpKLbHvVdiL_4ngEg/s1600-h/DSCN0092.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226220703533766146" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGUDZcgWApq7z6Bj7AGGmZDWjHplMBb-2SB6hxe7En8lxoMvKR_oCX-SkpdE-iT3KdUqUsqFC663q7VBqh6__l6gfBLmYwKVBRTkPRVeZ0t1EAMB2sbsw3Sof2dpKLbHvVdiL_4ngEg/s200/DSCN0092.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Latrine holes were dug deep enough to accommodate 2 ½ 50 gallon drums that had their tops and bottoms removed and were welded together in a tube. This would keep the holes from collapsing in the sand. The latrines were build of wood and covered with a galvanized medal roof. Note the pop bottle lids used as washers to secure the screws. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTGmmtASjBOaa7rRbOQCC8a3eZZRwca2HikSqtXNui7s3BbR35lj2CkmLX4u-0nbQXUTBymjyzB_LqYNMLioUe2RT3oNLp6t3AHdrv3qt1fbwvC5yYf2v8H_7PvL_z8471OU_WfjP3A/s1600-h/DSCN0115.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226304983006137170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTGmmtASjBOaa7rRbOQCC8a3eZZRwca2HikSqtXNui7s3BbR35lj2CkmLX4u-0nbQXUTBymjyzB_LqYNMLioUe2RT3oNLp6t3AHdrv3qt1fbwvC5yYf2v8H_7PvL_z8471OU_WfjP3A/s200/DSCN0115.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We observed the community making many changes because of the Family Health and Hygiene program. We saw yards being swept clean. Refuge pits were dug and used for disposing of garbage. Cooking areas were cleaned and sheds were built with a shelf to put cooking utensils up off the ground. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BXu2RUpbLei8DfLgCcsC3fq_WPZwWk6cO5T5uUgy1B4rudQ5bEvo01YI-0xJ6rRehhHwGkn8dyU1IuQUxMUm0z-Pk2_BouJPbSwfHWSvOcN3mApCxQs3AlAlw78zYi5ajWW8cKzyeQ/s1600-h/HPP+Literacy+closing+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226228489498966130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BXu2RUpbLei8DfLgCcsC3fq_WPZwWk6cO5T5uUgy1B4rudQ5bEvo01YI-0xJ6rRehhHwGkn8dyU1IuQUxMUm0z-Pk2_BouJPbSwfHWSvOcN3mApCxQs3AlAlw78zYi5ajWW8cKzyeQ/s200/HPP+Literacy+closing+021.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_qrEFidDINkXyPZ3Gef58LAbmYOXaPMnIdOnpbpM1MmG5X-q90x1IpARkGtuY9CqOiDbRiChKx4Rq3mDHr7s7cn8y1TOlEStjXGupn-LH_q58KC8kzkkw4Kg4gbXKRWyfZpBl5DsKw/s1600-h/DSC01163.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226306663610342450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_qrEFidDINkXyPZ3Gef58LAbmYOXaPMnIdOnpbpM1MmG5X-q90x1IpARkGtuY9CqOiDbRiChKx4Rq3mDHr7s7cn8y1TOlEStjXGupn-LH_q58KC8kzkkw4Kg4gbXKRWyfZpBl5DsKw/s200/DSC01163.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Washing stations were set up where people could wash their hands before cooking, eating or after using the latrine. Mothers were taught nutrition for their families and the importance of protein, carbohydrates and the need for a variety of foods to meet the needs for vitamins and minerals.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Lj4lZySB5IqLfO7fDKGvS2T5wZCjvbl_vXFbh9ORuGduUfIOBZHtCsAiZ3Qm-x2mzDJ2cjzZn-FEZHMLJ1paX37frXFaLlmsShQcistwjIvt3mrstlnMY38J7T4tPzehOlITG0eXNw/s1600-h/DSCN0124.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226220710077421426" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Lj4lZySB5IqLfO7fDKGvS2T5wZCjvbl_vXFbh9ORuGduUfIOBZHtCsAiZ3Qm-x2mzDJ2cjzZn-FEZHMLJ1paX37frXFaLlmsShQcistwjIvt3mrstlnMY38J7T4tPzehOlITG0eXNw/s200/DSCN0124.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvis0SfVFpKmdw18JG95klF0d1P46d-APimquCYdf7cBcFAzHdhQsJH_jfSHrYNxu0bw7L5j1UqQhSVXJnYtAS6fiDg_23WcCEsTlxFn1G57CNdAGRSNYprGbwK9RUwt7-Ns8PuQs4rw/s1600-h/DSCN0129.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226220708344518914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvis0SfVFpKmdw18JG95klF0d1P46d-APimquCYdf7cBcFAzHdhQsJH_jfSHrYNxu0bw7L5j1UqQhSVXJnYtAS6fiDg_23WcCEsTlxFn1G57CNdAGRSNYprGbwK9RUwt7-Ns8PuQs4rw/s200/DSCN0129.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>The before and after of the latrines.</strong><br />The new latrines are easy to clean and have a cement base to stand on with a cement cover for the hole which is easily moved on and off the hole. UNICEF funded cement bases with covers for all 4200 families in the community.<br />This elderly woman was so excited to get a new latrine and was very appreciative of the Health and Hygiene training she was able to receive.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycJdWuzsAroY1P4iM47lO1toTZxuu-Zp7pnsCH5ZeBKuVf1_wm7t51QHHjOGi1YyVHmN-mhobbCAmfQtNRXmYf_8F4W-KAY3MnUuSARFDPDgU9Cyaw8X9Q2wJr36LpENo0bQlL9ulJg/s1600-h/DSCN0130.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226220962769366050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycJdWuzsAroY1P4iM47lO1toTZxuu-Zp7pnsCH5ZeBKuVf1_wm7t51QHHjOGi1YyVHmN-mhobbCAmfQtNRXmYf_8F4W-KAY3MnUuSARFDPDgU9Cyaw8X9Q2wJr36LpENo0bQlL9ulJg/s200/DSCN0130.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>We had planned on giving Family Hygiene Kits to each family who received the new latrines. The community leaders had been so responsive and had worked so hard, volunteering many hours to the project and had been very responsive to their responsibilities. When we held our closing ceremony it was decided to give the kits to the Family Action Group Coordinators as a thank you for all their hard work. They were pleased and were grateful to have their efforts acknowledged. One coordinator spoke for all the leaders. She said, ”In five years (HPPs time frame for the mobilization of the community) Malueka will be a model community. We are learning to help each other. We are learning how to take better care of our children. We didn’t know what foods were important to our children. We now know that our children need protein every day. We know that we need to boil our drinking water to prevent getting sick. These hygiene kits are very much appreciated but the best thing in this kit is the bar of soap. That is what we will use the most, a bar of soap. Thank you for your help for our community.”<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XpdnKmPH1C7WhWSL9PihpPDiRgyq-OZ8hFGsFN_K7bHC4a3WNwQHzMemBNC9UXbDrD4Ljw5Bpy7WxxguAdqU-POnz4YrMxTFT4nYjSvsWni9Ztes5soEFm76uu9L39tYSIl17bkjJg/s1600-h/DSCN0119.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226310714693206722" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XpdnKmPH1C7WhWSL9PihpPDiRgyq-OZ8hFGsFN_K7bHC4a3WNwQHzMemBNC9UXbDrD4Ljw5Bpy7WxxguAdqU-POnz4YrMxTFT4nYjSvsWni9Ztes5soEFm76uu9L39tYSIl17bkjJg/s200/DSCN0119.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Who will benefit the most from this community raising their standard of living? The children will be the biggest beneficiaries. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6kXVeo3d9RMNcZYTbZ8f7BnNK6ZY2JQvgSsSsbjr0fu6kVDvCM0Qe-4RzfaMdB4P1cYmpZYIBSJsrWvnWg6Mek7ZVb3IXrwGN3jh5ifMeVWTM4Zf_e0Kn5ObxuzlRmykBarmaOP9hQ/s1600-h/DSCN0133.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226220966464651522" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6kXVeo3d9RMNcZYTbZ8f7BnNK6ZY2JQvgSsSsbjr0fu6kVDvCM0Qe-4RzfaMdB4P1cYmpZYIBSJsrWvnWg6Mek7ZVb3IXrwGN3jh5ifMeVWTM4Zf_e0Kn5ObxuzlRmykBarmaOP9hQ/s200/DSCN0133.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>This first Health and Hygiene project went so well and was so successful we were able to get the church to fund 50 more latrines.</div><div></div><div>More to come on Malueka as we are ready to close the Literacy project. We can't wait to report on it.</div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;">Things are changing in Malueka.</span></div></div></div></div>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165232673697326916.post-10611055068704779112008-07-15T14:31:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:42:25.547-07:00Wheelchair video<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Wheelchair Project</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZeQTu_GHJMo&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><strong></strong><strong></strong>Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511096954725257149noreply@blogger.com5