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August - November 2001
"A picture can speak a thousand
words"
We hope you enjoy these pictures from
throughout the past few months. At times it is hard to describe what life is like here, but it is our hope
that in sending these photo updates, many of you will catch the burden for
ministry here. We so appreciate your prayers.
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August . . .
Discipleship with Munanga, Mbuka, and
Mukwahata -- Weekly Robert & I treck the 30 minute walk past where the
church is to descend into the valley where Munanga lives. It is a quite
setting free of distractions and full of God's creative
beauty.
Our co-workers, Robert & Esther Marsh
-- In the background you can see some of the many children that come each
sunday to Sanga Mamba.
September --
Botswana.
September brought our trip to
Botswana. It was a dual purpose trip -- our vacation for the year,
plus a working trip to help in the building of the Kanye church's first
building. Here to fore they had been meeting in a secondary school
complex. A team from the States was came the same week that we did for the
purpose of working on the church building.
Darla's father kept us busy during the days
with physical labor, as well as plenty of ministry opportunities, teaching and
preaching.
Darla's folk's goal was to fatten us up
while we were there. They sure made a good attempt at it
:)
We did get to take naps in the afternoon . .
. just incase you don't think this sounds like much of a vacation!!
Darla got to spend the bulk of her time in
the kitchen with her mom. We hadn't gotten to see Darla's folks since our
wedding in '97.
November
One highpoint of the month was the nice
camping trip we were able to take out to Hebron, a church on the outskirts of
town that Darla's Grandfather started.
I was privileged to lead the devotions at
the crack of dawn the next morning, while the girls were busy teaching chapel in
the church's nearby primary school.
Thanksgiving
So what do missionaries in Africa do on
Thanksgiving anyway? Well, we were able to find a really nice spot to do
so. It is about a hour's drive out of the city, and as you can see,
beautiful. It wasn't long before we were wading through the rapids, and
yep, you guessed it -- accidentally on purpose fell in. We didn't get to
have turky, but did enjoy a wonderful rare treat of hamburgers and pasta salad,
and home meade pumpkin pie :)
We are thankful for how God has blessed us
this past year, and for the blessing of being able to continue to minister in
this country. We do so appreciate your
prayers.
Because of Him,
Seth & Darla Curtis
Seth & Darla
Curtis Baptist
World Mission
B.P. 10.212,
Kinshasa
1 P.O. Box 2149
DRC, Africa Decatur,
Al 35602
Phone: 011-243-12-82.327 Phone:
(256) 353-2221
Faith
Baptist Church
5526
SR 26 East
Lafayette,
IN
47905
Phone: (765)
448-1986
"A missionary journey is the distance
traveled to reach the next soul
with
the
Gospel."
Roland Smith
