The guys are 3/4 of the way through the states now, but I thought I’d post this video of the sendoff for the Race For Congo Team this past Sunday night at the World Relief office here in Bend. Kudos to Jerod, Nate and Eli for putting together this video! Race for Congo from World […]
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Several of my good friends – Matt Smith, Stephan Bauman, Dan Brose and the crew from Fellowship Missionary Church in Fort Wayne – are taking to the road in support of The Democratic Republic of Congo. The guys are engaging in a non-stop cross country bike race to draw awareness and raise funds that is
There’s a choir in Boise made up of men and women from the Congo (Boise does a lot of refugee resettlement with Congolese refugees.) The Congolese Choir sang at the Boise Benefit Concert as part of the Congo Benefit Project CD we did. Here’s the fun news – the Congo Choir is going to join
Looking forward to our friend Marcel Serubungo being in town with us next week for the Justice Conference. Marcel is a pastor and also works for the World Relief office in Goma, Congo with food security and community care groups. One of the most all time convicting lines I’ve heard came from Marcel – “If
Two weeks ago, the World Relief team here from Bend headed to Boise, Idaho with several of the musicians from the Congo Benefit Project Album and did a Congo Benefit Concert in the historic downtown Egyptian Theatre. There were over 400 in attendance, around 500 CD’s were sold and over $5,000 was raised to help
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We’re packing up this morning to head back to Bend from San Francisco. Before shutting up my computer, however, I caught up on the team and their trip to the DR Congo. Beth and Ben should be arriving back today. Matt is staying on for another week or so by himself. You can read Matt’s
World Relief NEXT is sending a team of three to Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo over the next three weeks. Sudan will be having arguably their first free elections in the history of the country on April 11th. The event is certain to create a lot of need and difficulty for the Sudanese
We made a new friend, Jon Leyse from Crash 31 Media, this past week at the conference in Chicago. Jon traveled up from Indiana on his own time to shoot video for us. It’s amazing meeting gifted people who donate their talents simply to give back to God. Anyway, on Wednesday, the Church Engagement Director for
Matt Smith, Ann Mara and I were in Chicago this week co-hosting a conference on the Congo. There were over 30 church leaders and pastors in attendance. Heard some sober testimonies from Congolese natives Marcel and Cyprian and a powerful trip summary from Lynne Hybels on her recent time in the DRC. Also, made friends
Here is something that my brother Marcel from the Congo said in the middle of an interview the other day. Pretty straight talk from a guy who puts his life on the line every day as an expression of his Christian faith. (Imagine Marcel saying these words slowly and intently with a distinct French accent).
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