Some readers may wonder why we are talking about the Congo in our "Uganda" blog – well, that's because me, Mike and Sarah McCord, along with Pastor Moses, crossed the border from Uganda over to the Congo this past week and spent 2 days visiting and planning our future ministry there. Our vision is to plant churches, and we visited the sites for 3 new church plants – two of these are located in pygmy camps.
The pygmies of the Congo are one of the most neglected people groups in the world. They live in small settlements in jungle areas, some far into the bush with little contact with the outside world. The groups in these remote areas are classified as "unreached" people – and these are the people we want to reach with the gospel of Jesus Christ. One of the more remote camps we plan to work with has about 200 people, but then farther into the bush, are scattered families and we want to gradually go into the bush to share with these families also.
We visited 2 of the camps, and gave out bags of maize (corn). At one camp, there were many more people than we had bags of maize. My stress for that day was watching a young mother with a small child strapped on her back, picking up pieces of corn that had dropped on the ground. Several of the children also knelt in the dirt, picking up stray pieces of corn to take home. It is a stark reminder of the many children in the world who go to bed hungry.
Sharing the gospel with the pygmies – seeing many hands raised as they received the Good News – was the blessing! Now we need to do discipleship. We have 2 young men who will be having church services in each of these pygmy camps. They both need bicycles to travel to and from the camps, so if anyone wants to help with this need, please email me. Bicycles are about $100 each.
It has not been easy, traveling without Richard at my side, sharing the stresses and blessings of the days. So I ask your continued prayers for God's comfort.
Thank you all for your love and support and for helping us to take the gospel to those who have never heard.
God is good –all the time!
Dr. Brenda
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