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Brass For AfricaIn this bulletin:
For the first two weeks of March, Isesomo travelled in the Ituri military operations area, with support from the DRC Anglican Archbishop and military commanders.
Now back home, he rejoices that many of the military have repented and received Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
If financial support is forthcoming, Isesomo plans a similar tour in the Kindu region in June for the same work.
In April 2008, SWAC raised $2,500 towards training of pastors and evangelists in the diocese of Katanga in south eastern DR Congo. The goal was to train 10 evangelists in a live-in Mobile School of Evangelism (MSE) a grass roots crash bible course in rural Bunkeya.
Through the funds provided by SWAC members the church was able to train 28 people (6 catechists and 17 lay readers) through the leadership of Rev Stephan Makata, co-ordinator of Evangelism for the diocese.
During the course, the trainees went to local villages to 'practice' evangelism techniques and distribute material and bibles. A number of people made commitments to follow Jesus during this week and five new churches were planted in the villages of Fungurume, Lwambo, Tondo, Kibangu and Mpande.
Blaxland based David Cohen writes:
Unexpectantly our lives with quite short notice were thrown in a new direction resulting in David’s 1st January departure for Goma, DR Congo (with an early February return) in response to an urgent call from HEAL Africa. North Kivu province of D.R. Congo has seen much devastation, loss of life and property, many thousands displaced in camps, and continuing strife. David’s brief was to share the burden of HEAL Africa's spiritual ministry team in peace seminars throughout the province as a matter of urgency; the first few days were set aside to prepare with the leaders a basic teaching module on peace-making, compassion, moral reconstruction and development using the participatory evaluation process; and then together they launched the seminars for HEAL Africa.
David took the opportunity to meet up with Muhindo Isesomo during his visit.
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| Muhindo Isesomo with David Cohen |
Maman Jeanne and Prosper with orphans |
Literacy class at Heal Africa safe house |
Malcolm Richards, CMS missionaries in the Diocese of Kindu in DRC report:
It has come to our attention that an unknown person has written to a friend of Bishop Masimango in Sydney, falsely claiming to be Masimango and asking for money for help with non existent medical costs. We reason that if this person has access to the name and address of this one friend then he/she may well have access to names and addresses of other friends and overseas contacts.
The Bishop has been investigating the matter of these bogus emails but has not got far. In the meantime they have continued. Last week I received an email purportedly from "Sue Jaggar" saying that she was stuck in England having lost her passport and her wallet and asking for money to be sent by Western Union. The person who sent it knows enough to understand that Sue works in Congo for the Anglican Church but not enough to know that Sue and Elizabeth and I work in the same place and that I saw Sue that morning in Kindu!
In December 2008, BFA news editor Grant Robinson received a similar request for money for medical expenses from someone purporting to be Archbishop Diropka in Kinshasa.
Malcolm writes,
You might warn people that any email coming in the name of someone working for the Anglican Church in Congo and asking for money is likely to be fraudulent. If people want to help then money should be sent via a recognised organisation like BFA or CMS. If people have any questionable emails could they let you or us know.
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