Misc odds and ends

Just thought I would put together a few pics for your entertainment:

Elders in Luputa have no water at their house, so they walk to the Stake Center to fill bidons and haul back for use each day.

The two drivers and two guests from South Africa and Kinshasa prepare for the long journey back to Mbuji Mayi from Luputa. We said a prayer for their safe arrival… and, well, they did arrive save, but missed their plane!

You never know who will show up at a church meeting in Luputa!

No truck travels the Congo empty. If not full of goods, it is full of people. This woman traveled to Luputa in the back of this truck and struggled to get out once here.

Terri congratulating an elder for passing book 1 English exam

This is a type of grain being grown and eaten in Lusuku.

This is a piece of steel from an armory in Mbui Mayi that blew up. Lots of people killed–some cut in half by the shrapnel that covered the area. My good friend Emanuel lived just a short distance from the explosion and had holes in his walls from debris. Fortunately no one we knew was hurt or killed.

Here are a few of the typical Congo churches. Most look the same: just post and beam with a corrugated metal roof. Some add corrugated siding. People bring their own chairs.

Yes, still alive and kicking! What more can we say?

OK, someone has to know where this tshirt comes from! We see it all over the Congo. Anyone?

Ngandajika has a memorial in the center of town: a man and a woman, martyrs, having their heads cut off–but holding them in their hands. They were killed by another tribe during a regional war.

Sunday was the day to sell clothes, it seems

Yes! The family that rides together….

The house was full and overflowing, with President mcMullin and the Stake President visiting the small? Ngandajika branch.

This is standard fare in the Congo. Mom carries the baby on her back…until the next baby comes. Then it is up to the sibling to carry the load!

This is why we serve…