
Greetings from Kinshasa, Congo!
It has been a great week with a Leaders’ Conference each morning and a church to preach in each evening. We have prayed for many people and seen numbers of instantaneous healings. I felt the Leader’s Conference was outstanding. About 1000 leaders attended and there has been a very warm response to what we shared. The team is getting on pretty well. I am sharing a room with Domenic Strangio. Some of you will know him. We are having plenty of laughs and apart from some outbursts of loud snoring that breaks out from time to time we are getting on famously.
We are being looked after very well by our hosts and we certainly have plenty to eat. French is spoken here and as a result I am trying hard to communicate with my very inadequate knowledge of French. There have been some very awkward times sitting in a pastor’s office with the two of us struggling to understand each other. We both breathe a sigh of relief when the interpreter arrives. Dave and Alexis you need to be here1
I think we have a free day tomorrow (Saturday) and then I preach on Sunday and start the trek back to Aussie on Monday. Before you know I will be back home.
Hope you are all receiving a lot from the 21 days of fasting. I am sure it is going to have a significant impact on the church and those involved. It is a bit difficult to join in from here, but I will looking forward to doing so when I return on the 9th July.
Once again thank you for all your support and prayer. It is greatly appreciated.
Have a great weekend.
Blessings,
Richard

August 6th, 2008 at 6:08 am
I agree with the bit about geting on famously. Was a wonderful time, and the companionship was excellent. There is one point of clarification however. The loud noises at night were more likely originating from ( in no particular order of magnitude) the roosters outside our window, the 24 hour trafffic, the generators that were powering the building site next door, and the hotel vacuum cleaner lady, (who had a strange penchant for working at 3:00am). Other than this, silence was enjoyed by all !