BACK TO CONGO WE GO

THIS IS ELDER AND SISTER LOUTHAN FROM MOAB, UTAH. THEY ARE
THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUPLE AND THEY LIVE NEXT TO US. THEY ARE
WONDERFUL AND DOING SO MUCH GOOD.



THIS IS ELDER AND SISTER PRETE.  HE IS THE FIRST COUNCILOR
IN THE MISSION PRESIDENCY.  THEY ARE FROM CANADA.
YES, THEY ARE YOUNG.... THEY ARE SERVING IN MALAWI

THIS IS ELDER AND SISTER SHIELDS ALSO
FROM CANADA.  THEY HAVE BEEN DOING
SEMINARY AND INSTITUTE UNTIL LAST
MONTH WHEN THEY WERE CHANGED TO
MEMBER LEADERSHIP SUPPORT AND WERE
TRANSFERRED FROM LUSAKA TO MALAWI.
THEY ALSO TAUGHT ENGLISH IN CHINA FOR
18 MONTHS.
 

ELDER AND SISTER HARVEY AGAIN FROM
CANADA. THEY ARE THE NEWEST TO THE MISSION
THEY ARRIVED I THINK IN JULY. THEY ARE DOING MEMBER LEADERSHIP SUPPORT IN THE COPPER BELT AREA. VERY KIND PEOPLE.

WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THE WORKER BEES IN THIS MISSION.  ELDER AND SISTER LOOKHART FROM
BOISE, IDAHO. THEY ARE THE OFFICE COUPLE THAT MAKES EVERYTHING WORK. HE WAS JUST MADE THE SECOND COUNCILOR IN THE MISSION PRESIDENCY. THEY CAN DO ANYTHING.

THE LEADERS OF THIS PACK. PRESIDENT AND SISTER PADOVICH FROM ????  THEY SOLD THEIR HOME AND HAVE NOT DECIDED WHERE THEY WILL GO WHEN THEIR 3 YEARS ARE UP.  THEY ARE ENERGIZER BUNNIES.  THEY NEVER STOP AND ARE THE HEART OF THIS MISSION.

THE COUPLE NEXT TO US ARE THE BULLOCKS AND THEY WENT HOME THE END OF SEPTEMBER. THEY WERE ALSO FROM CANADA.
YOU HAVE MEET THE TEAM FROM THE ZAMBIA LUSAKA MISSION.

WELL, ON THE 8TH OF OCTOBER, WE LEFT ZAMBIA TO RETURN TO THE CONGO.  IN THE 3 WEEKS WE WERE THERE WE WERE ABLE TO TRAIN FOR 7 DAYS, 164 PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND MIDWIVES.  SECURING THE TRAINING MATERIALS TOOK SOME DOING BUT TENDER MERCIES WERE ABOUND. IT TOOK 7 DAYS BUT WE GOT THEM AND WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE ALL MATERIALS BEFORE WE CLOSED THE BUILDING ON THE FINAL DAY.  MANY BABIES WILL BE SAVED BECAUSE OF THE GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.  TIME, KNOWLEDGE AND MONEY MADE THIS ALL HAPPEN.

THIS IS DR. ERICK FROM UTAH SHOWING HOW TO HELP THIS BABY BREATH IN THAT FIRST GOLDEN MOMENT OF LIFE

THIS IS DR. NGOY FROM KINSHASA THAT DONATED HIS TIME TO COME TO LUBUMBASHI TO HELP WITH TRAINING.

WATCH, LOOK AND LISTEN

DR. KONGOLO IS PASSING OUT THE CERTIFICATES. HE IS A PHYSICIAN AND THE LUBUMBASHI STAKE PRESIDENT.

A CERTIFICATE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

LOOK AT THE SMILE. SO PROUD.

GRADUATING CLASS

THIS IS SISTER DOUCETTE FROM ARIZONA, SHE AND HER HUSBAND DR. DOUCETTE ARE THE SHORT TERM SPECIALISTS THAT COME AND CONDUCT THE TRAINING.  NEXT TO HER IS EMERY.  HE WAS A GREAT HELP WITH LANGUAGE AND ALL OTHER NEEDS.

THE TEAM AT WORK

 

WE ARE SO VERY EXCITED TO BEGIN THE CLEAN WATER PROJECT AT SENDWE HOSPITAL.  JUST TRY AND IMAGINE NO CLEAN WATER IN AN 1100 BED HOSPITAL.  THE FAMILY MEMBERS BRING BEDDING, MEDICATION, FOOD AND WATER TO IN PATIENTS. THIS WILL BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE POOREST OF THE POOR.

YES, I AM READY TO GET THIS DRILL WORKING.

LOVED THE COLOR

THEY ARE HAND PULLING UP DIRTY WATER TO WASH WITH.

WELL, CAN YOU BELIEVE ANOTHER MONTH HAS PASSED.  YOU JUST HAD HALLOWEEN AND THANKSGIVING IS AROUND THE CORNER.  I THINK CHRISTMAS IS JUST 8 WEEKS AWAY.  WE DO NOT CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN OR THANKSGIVING IN THIS COUNTRY.  HERE IN ZAMBIA THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS. NOT ANYTHING LIKE IN THE US, BUT STILL THEY ARE DOING A LITTLE.
WE HAVE BEEN SO VERY BLESSED TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THESE WONDERFUL LIFE CHANGING PROJECTS.  WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THE WATER PROJECT.  WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO CONGO IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS TO CHECK ON PROGRESS.

HUGS TO ALL
BOB AND WENDY