The Go-Ahead

The process of sending a team to Congo has not been easy. Last year's attempt was painfully unsuccessful. In order to facilitate this year's attempt, the governing body of the church has been provided with a lot of information in an effort to sway the decision in favor of being allowed to enter the country with a team.

This included complete detailed evacuation procedures and plenty of reassurances. The reassurances include letters from local missionaries working in the area, even one randomly found on the internet, answering questions about their comfort level and safety precautions. It has included sending out various scouts to report back. It has included promises to monitor short-wave radios daily while the team is there.

Today, the team is awaiting the last of these "go-aheads" from the board in order to be allowed to purchase the tickets that our agent has tentatively held. We are all anxiously awaiting the moment the tickets are bought and paid for. This will be a long-awaited moment after desiring and praying to be allowed to go to Congo since 2005.

Any moment now...