Bonjour from Bunia Blvd

Greetings from Bunia (Dem Rep of Congo)

We arrived safely in Entebbe early Monday (~6 am) and didn't have to wait long for Gregg Karen and the MAF pilot. However, we are one bag short and it was the one that contained Gregg's laptop that he intended to give to someone here in Bunia. We then hopped the short flight out on a five seater (Russell was the "co-pilot"... literally took the wheel for several minutes) and landed on the airstrip in bright sunny weather. The UN troops were abundant and the greeting was friendly.

We had the chance already this afternoon to meet with the President of the denomination - the administrative overseer for some 800 churches, their training institutes and all the many local congregations (some of which meet in homes, etc). He was joined by his secretary, and later another local pastor working with street children joined as well. They seemed very pleased to have us partner with them and very grateful for our visit. We look forward to meeting with many others in Bunia over the next few days to see what God might bring to pass for a team to travel here next summer and in the future.