On our way
Friday, January 11th 2013
After driving all night from Eau Claire to Chicago, we arrived at the airport at for in the morning. Our final destination today is the Congo, with layers in Washington DC and Ethiopia. Total flight time around 23 hours. -Matthew Very excited to meet our brothers and sisters in Africa! -Vanessa
Questions in Togo
Thursday, November 29th 2012
The Lord is with us Last night in Lome Togo I was teaching on a passage from John 16. When I finished Kossi asked if there were any questions. After a couple questions one lady stood up to speak. “Previously before you came Kossi taught us this same thing. Now you came and taught the
What Is Really Needed
Tuesday, November 27th 2012
Earlier this year Rev Godwin Akpan was called to serve in the NCLC church in Obio Inyang. This church is next door to our orphanage in Nigeria and therefore serves the orphanas. Godwin for most of the year has been traveling to this small village from his home on Sundays, however when I came he asked
You Just Never Know
Saturday, November 10th 2012
This week I have been teaching at the Bible School near Guntur. The plan was three class periods a day for three days. I thought it would be nice to let the students see the new Luther Film, and since I was teaching for nine class periods, one or two periods for a film didn’t
Y S Rajasekhara Reddy
After class in Kurnool a couple weeks ago Pastor Victor Vemuri took me to visit the tomb of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. Rajasekhara Reddy was a very popular chief minister of Andhra Pradesh until a fatal helicopter accident in 2009. He was popular in general because of his many social welfare programs. Among other projects
Finally Back Online
Sunday, August 12th 2012
So it only took two weeks but I finally have internet at my house again. The internet guy showed up at my house the very same day, my father and I returned from our travels around India. I paid him for two months and he said it would be active by the next day. Every