The internet has been down for 2 days now and the electricity is low so the lights are very dim. We are about to start preparing for the Pastor’s Conference tomorrow. Today, Sunday, was very full and very joy filled. We actually went to three church services. Yes you heard right. At first I thought three services would be overwhelming but to be honest, it was very joy filled. We started at 7am at the Heal Africa Church. Heal Africa is where the women and children who have been raped/tortured, go to get surgery and recover. What a joy!!! I am sure you wouldn’t imagine joyful dancing, singing, and praise in a church full of women recovering from rape. But that is the way it was. I wish you could have been there. Pastor Kasareka gave a good message there in Swahili. We then headed over very very very very rocky roads into the absolute center. What a joy! We were invited their by Brother Joseph and his military ministry holds church every sunday at this camp. He got to meet his ministry team afterwards and will see them all again on Tuesday as well. At this church we got down!!! They had at least 3 serious drummers, many of us had our own shakers, and we did some serious dancing. I Wish you could have been there with us. Then we headed to the last service, we all had to go to the bathroom, had to drive over another set of incredibly outrageously bumpy roads to a 90 minute service. Let it be known that Pastor Michael can preach and hold it at the same time. Hahahahahaha. Sorry. I digress. This church had already been going for 4 hours. Yes. A 5 hour service. Then we had lunch with some people in government. It was a great time of sharing and talking about the issues. Government officials really are overwhelmed. One thing that was said was, “Please help us go deep!” These are men that face a lot of challenges. We will be praying for them. One of the Ministers shared a story that occurred last October when Nkunda/the rebels were about to take over Goma. Esther was stuck in Bukavu without her Passport and Camille had evacuated. He said, “We tried every human and military strategy. We said instead of thinking about human strategy, we assumed our proper position and prayed. The Governor told everyone to go into their homes and pray. 2 hours later Nkunda just went away. We have heard from those in Kinshasa that are ministering to leaders in government have become more open to joining small groups for prayer and bible study, because of that event.

Well Tomorrow’s the conference so I’d better get some sleep.
Hopefully our internet will be working so I can actually post this.

Aim for the team.