Monday, June 15, 2009

Heading to Congo!

We are about to ROW to Congo – hopefully not! Under the auspices of the Rivers of the World Congo-Kasai Chapter (ROW-CK www.row.org) we have a team of 9 people headed out on the 17th of June to spend two weeks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Depending on email capabilities, we will try to post updates during our trip.

We are loaded down! We have at least six containers of medical supplies and medicines, a portable ultrasound machine, Bible School materials for two village locations and an orphanage, more than 450 pairs of reading glasses and Rx glasses, hundreds of toothbrushes, animal balloons, solar Bibles (in French), a Lingala solar Bible, a Tshiluba solar Bible, The Jesus Film (in Tshiluba), 3 laptops, an LCD projector, and a ton of other things. All totalled we will have thirteen 24 gallon Rubbermaid Action Packers in addition to cramming our personal bags with everything imaginable!

It’s going to be hot, humid, and great! But we’re excited!

Here is who is going:

  • Shruggy Stranahan (Austin, TX) – Trip Organizer, Retired
  • Lilibet Wilkerson (Laurens, SC) – Educator
  • Katrina Manier (Nashville, TN) – Educator
  • EA Manier (Atlanta, GA) (Elizabeth Ann) – Accountant
  • Katy Manier (Stanford Grad School) – Business Consultant
  • Dr. John Kennedy (Stone Mountain, GA) – Surgeon, Chief of Staff, Dekalb Medical Center, Decatur, GA
  • Jim Carse (Monroe, GA) – Businessman
  • Ira Dworkin (Cairo, Egypt) – College Professor
  • Jimmy Shafe (Grayson, GA) – Director, ROW Congo-Kasai Chapter; Board Member, North American Liaison Bureau – Université Protestante au Congo

-Jimmy