Today Pat went to Kisangani, in Northern Congo. Please pray for him as he will be ministering to pastors and holding a seminar there for one week. The Lord's Resistance Army is really on the rampage in this part of the country. I am not worried about him specifically in Kisangani - there is a very large UN contingency there and I don't think they would dare go there - but he will be ministering to people who have been very affected by this violence.
In the meantime I finished up my transformational development course today. We finished by studying HIV/AIDS and what the church can do in this area. Almost all the students (who are either already pastors or are lay leaders in their churches) admitted to feeling overwhelmed and under educated by HIV/AIDS, but by the end of the class they all expressed a desire to begin HIV education and ministry. I've received many invitations to various churches to help them start ministries in this area. It's been an encouraging 2 weeks!!
Reaching Planting Training Serving in Central Africa
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