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Curt Peterson Sends Email Greeting to Staff
KARAWA, CONGO (November 17, 2003) - Editor's note: the following is an email
greeting sent today to World Mission staff by Curt Peterson, executive
minister of the Department of World Mission, who is part of the five-member
delegation representing the Evangelical Covenant Church. Here Peterson
reflects on the first several days of the group's visit to the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
We are experiencing overwhelming welcomes of grace and hospitality and
friendship. Today we visited the seminary in Goyongo and participated in
our third worship service where Glenn, Jim and I each preached. The
singing is beautiful, the smiles are like bright sunshine and the shouts
and cheers of welcome remind us how important this relationship with the
Congo Covenant Church (CEUM) really is to the hearts of all of us.
We have an excellent pilot from Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) - Dan
Carlson - who has been taking us from village to village, landing on the
grass runways to crowds of up to 5,000 at Karawa! Official greetings and
welcomes abound and sacrificial meals are provided for us with grace and
enthusiasm. I look forward to sharing pictures and videos with you all
after Thanksgiving.
I am so blessed by the ministry and good news that overflowed from the
lives of people like Eileen and Roger Thorpe, David Stockamp, the Hills
(Ruth and Brad) and many,
many more missionaries. The fruit of the Lord's Spirit of Grace and the
faithful service of missionaries is so evident here in the lives of people
who have suffered so much in recent years.
As many have said, our lives will not be the same after this visit. Please
pray for us to continue to work well as a team - the Lord is doing great
things.
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