Happy 65th Birthday Wishes!
Richard, we trust your are enjoying a relatively peaceful day as you and Kathy celebrate this milestone in your life.
It is hard to believe that all but the first 28 years have been spent in Bukavu under much stress and away from friends and family. We miss you and wish we could share that birthday cake and a cup of coffee with you and Kathy. I guess that will have to wait until the day we are united as one family again in His presence.
May He bless you in some special way today and keep you both safe and secure in Him.
Love and prayers,
Barbara and Smitty
Family and Friends
Operation Kimya II has begun
All morning the helicopters have been buzzing in and out of Bukavu, with lots of activity at the MONUC HQ up the street from us. Operation Kimya II has begun, to liberate the territories of North Kivu from the "negative Rwandan fugitives" control / presence.
The hope is that the majority of those under their control will happily return to Rwanda after they are separated from the hard core.
Pray for Peace to be restored to the territories of R D Congo that have been plagued by the pillaging mostly due to the presence of those Rwandan combatants.
In our South Kivu a similar operation is in preparation as those government forces are in place, awaiting orders and UN forces to unite with them. Meanwhile, large numbers are choosing to lay down their arms on a day to day basis.
Richard, we trust your are enjoying a relatively peaceful day as you and Kathy celebrate this milestone in your life.
It is hard to believe that all but the first 28 years have been spent in Bukavu under much stress and away from friends and family. We miss you and wish we could share that birthday cake and a cup of coffee with you and Kathy. I guess that will have to wait until the day we are united as one family again in His presence.
May He bless you in some special way today and keep you both safe and secure in Him.
Love and prayers,
Barbara and Smitty
Family and Friends
Operation Kimya II has begun
All morning the helicopters have been buzzing in and out of Bukavu, with lots of activity at the MONUC HQ up the street from us. Operation Kimya II has begun, to liberate the territories of North Kivu from the "negative Rwandan fugitives" control / presence.
The hope is that the majority of those under their control will happily return to Rwanda after they are separated from the hard core.
Pray for Peace to be restored to the territories of R D Congo that have been plagued by the pillaging mostly due to the presence of those Rwandan combatants.
In our South Kivu a similar operation is in preparation as those government forces are in place, awaiting orders and UN forces to unite with them. Meanwhile, large numbers are choosing to lay down their arms on a day to day basis.
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