Together Again!
What's your definition of togetherness? Perhaps this is a new one ... squeezing into a bathroom in a remote part of the Congo in order to pose in front of a small webcam (mounted on a laptop) and beam your smiling mug up to a satellite orbiting overhead, then down again to a stateside connection to the internet, then across thousands of miles of wires to your home town of Puyallup, Washington ... a journey of tens of thousands of miles, made in a few short seconds.
That's what Elim's three adventurers (Martin Schlomer, Cal Kierum, and Linda McCoy) did today ... Thursday night for them in the Congo, Thursday morning for us here in Puyallup ... connecting with this blog by Skype videocam for a several minute conversation about their trip. Here are some snapshots from the video.
The three travelers, back together in Gemena for the first time in more than a week, are all happy and healthy (although Martin reports being tired of eating goat).Please be praying for the team as they resume their travels Saturday, boarding a plane for the flight from the airstrip in Gemena back to Kinshasa, then an intercontinental bound for Paris, then return to Seattle (via Newark, New Jersey).
Thank you, Lord, for helping our team to have a safe and productive trip thus far! We are anxiously awaiting their return.
posted by Larry Short at 3:47 PM
1 Comments:
We will be praying your team home. People seem very excited about your trip and are asking lots of questions. Dan Amos is asking us all to wear loud Hawaiin-type shirts to church on Sunday......"when the cats away, the mice will play"! I am interested to see how this trip will change each of you, your families, me, our church, our communities, our African family. What is God teaching us and where is He taking us? Your trip reminds me of one of my favorite verses: "But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him. For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing." 2 Corinthians 2:14-15. We need to somehow get those people some Bibles!!!
Cal probably doesn't have a functional credit card with him, because I closed the account when I thought my wallet was missing-which my wallet knew where it was the whole time I was spazzing! So, please take care of him and I will be at the airport on Sunday with cash and a checkbook to pay you back. So, why the bathroom? Were you sitting on the toilet, Linda? Like this requires some explaining-what great stories you guys have for us? Did you really eat caterpillars, Cal-they are hairy!!! Thanks, Stacie
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