Back in Bunia

Hey everyone, we just arrived back in Bunia yesterday afternoon. Our time in Kampala was very good, we moved houses for the last week and stayed with Stan and Pam Lincoln. He is the maintenance specialist for the Congo team and since they do their maintenance in Uganda, they are stationed there. Caleb really enjoyed the last week of maintenance on the Congo Cessna 206, a plane Caleb is very familiar with from Moody. He was able to help out and even got to do a cylinder change which is a rarer occurrence. It involves taking a section of the engine apart and replacing some parts. Emily continued to plug away at her sewing project. She was able to finish the couch cushions even admist all the power failures and they look great!

We did get the chance last weekend to visit AIM AIR in Entebbe. It was a lot of fun to spend time with the Weeks family. He previously flew for the Army and also worked for a helicopter company before feeling called to Africa. They have been here for almost 3 years. We also got to see the smaller operation they have in Uganda with 2 airplanes and 3 pilots.

The last couple days we visited Eupulu, a town in DRC which is on the edge of the second largest rain forest in the world (Amazon is the largest). We got to meet some new people who work with zoos and organizations that preserve different species. They mainly work with Okapias, which only live in the DRC. They look like a cross between a horse and a zebra. It was a nice mini vacation on our way back to Bunia.

Today we were able to go to church for the first time here in Bunia. It was a french service, which made it a little harder to understand, but Sheryl let us know some of the outline and what texts he was using. It was neat to see people worshiping knowing that God understands French and loves to hear his name in it!

"The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God." Psalm 98:2-3

Prayer Requests:
-For our time here in Bunia, especially with not being able to communicate as well with the people because of the language barrier.

-Health, Caleb is recovering from a cold that makes flying not so fun.

-Peace and safety in Congo, there are still activities off to the north and recently south in Goma where there is a cease fire (for now) with the UN.

Thanks to all who are praying! God has been showing us great things!