I only have 14 minutes and 0 seconds left to use the internet, so I better type quickly.
Guess what?! Two days ago we went to the IDP, Internally displaced persons, camp (aka refugee camp) and walked around talking with the refugees. They told us to come back on Tuesday to meet with the malnurtion center and patients. A few horrors of the camp: tents made of sticks so close together that you can hardly fit between them, people cook on their charoal stoves inside a space that is smaller than most bathrooms in America! (I don't know who lets them cook inside a stick tent, but that is clearly a bad idea and they often catch fire.) The women told us they only get rice and beans, and are constantly hungry. Basically, these people have been sitting in this camp for about three years doing absolutely nothing. Can you imagine? We can't even sit still in our homes without a television on for two hours! Well, we did go back on Tuesday, and that was the time and place or Hillary Clinton's arrival. Some UN guy made us leave though, even in a crowd of thousands, he thought that we would be a security problem. What? A bunch of punks? I guess we pose a threat, eh? Keep the prayers coming because we need them as we are bringing serious light into a dark land.
8 minutes and 5 seconds left now.
We are still meeting with several women's groups, and in fact that's where we are headed after this. The other day when meeting with the widows, God did heal several of them from back pain and neck pain. That was amazing, and we are still praising Jesus. Keep that in your prayers too, please.
Waiting for an opening in our schedule, we are eager to go to the child soldier rehabiliation camps. We need strategy though for how to proceed with all the projects. We don't want to just be some white faces that come for a short while, then leave them with nothing. Many Congolese are angry with white people because they come, exploit, and do nothing to actually help or solve the many issues of hunger, poverty, violence, or hopelessness.
Overall, we are blessed, we even had free electricity (meaning we didn't have to run the generator) last night. Oh, we also found a restuarant were we had chicken and french fries. Oh, how He loves us! How He loves us so.
By the way, Josh posted a video on facebook. It's fun. You should watch it.
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We had rice & beans two days in a row... I can't imagine everyday. And we added other things like tomatoes, green peppers, onions, cumin, sour cream, etc. I'm glad you guys found some comfort foods.
ReplyDeleteI will watch the video. Rice and beans every day... ugghh.... sounds like my trip down to Central America a few years ago. Go Amber! Hey, when are you coming back??!!
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