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Monday, May 12, 2014

A Missionary Journey into the  High Plateau of 

Fizi and Maniema jungle basin...

...watch out for the crocks and hypos!


Washing clothes in crock infested waters
Pastor Gregoir, one of four Radio Kahuzi journalists, made a 500 Km missionary journey through most of Fizi Territory, then into part of Maniema Province in 2013. Including the return trip, he traveled well over 1,000 Km.
Coming from the "Highways and Hedges"children 
and adults listen to Pastor Gregoir share the Gospel
Pastor Gregoir prayed and held meetings with tribal leaders who were in conflict over tribal boundaries and gold mining rights, etc..

Tribal Reconciliation Meetings

They had many meetings that led to reconciliation between Chiefs (Mwami-Kings), and their different tribes so they will now work together and develop their common ancestral territories in peace. Pastor Gregoir was encouraged by the leaders to pray and preach as he went among the villages.
National Park Rangers pose with Pastor Gregoir as he passed through the National Park and shared the Gospel and Words of Grace with the Park Rangers including many faithful listeners of Radio Kahuzi who recognized his voice and messages from the radio broadcasts.
He also sought out Hutu refugees in the market places and shared tracts in different languages. When they chose KinyaRwandan tracts he knew they were of Rwandan origin, and was able to set up meetings where special films would be presented with the same message we broadcast to help inform and persuade the Hutus that it is now safe, to return home to Rwanda in peace.
You may notice some Hutu don't want to have their picture taken as they are afraid of being forced to return to Rwanda. They have been in Congo since 1994 with a new generation being born, and have no idea as to the consequences, good or bad.

Hearing about reconciliation with God 
and man and for the first time
The MONUSCO Commander was surprised that many of them stated that they listened to our messages over Radio Kahuzi but not through other radios, because they love and trust Radio Kahuzi.

"I will make you fishers of men."
Gregoir shared the Gospel while he taught the children how to fish with a hook and line.


We trust this will give you a small idea of what happens 500 miles from Bukavu as each day our shortwave transmitter broadcasts the Good News in various languages to second generation Hutu rebel families just as the old hymn reminds us, “Whosoever will, whosoever will,”Send the proclamation over vale and hill; ’Tis a loving Father, calls the wanderer home: “Whosoever will, may come.”

Keep Looking Up!
Richard and Kathy McDonald

Phase I nears completion of first and second floor exterior broadcast sound studios.
P.S. Slow but steady progress is happening on the new Radio Kahuzi studio. The workers are preparing to pour the cement roof on the second floor. We will need about $5,000 to complete the interior and sound proof acoustics to begin day to day broadcasting of the Gospel at our new location, (which will be rent-free) just a block away from our current studio in Bukavu.
Danny, Pastor Gregoir, Kathy, Rich Feza, Samuel
Our goal is to have Phase I completed by this August, so that the McDonalds can begin vacating the current property and make the move to expand the ministry into Rwanda and the African Great Lakes. Your prayers and assistance will be greatly appreciated. Pray for a smooth transition while continuing to maintain our daily operation of Radio Kahuzi in Bukavu by our competent, well-trained staff. The photo above represents almost 91 years of combined wartime radio broadcasting experience.

We are also excited about our newest radio partner...The Moody Church with Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer’s daily 15-minute program, “Running to Win”. You can check out their programming at www.moodymedia.org    "Running to Win"

God bless you as you continue partnering with BESI and Radio Kahuzi. 
May He multiply the fruit of our labor together in the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

                                 Richard in 5th grade

 
Happy Birthday, Rich, (5/2) 
 
Sure hope you and Kathy can take a well-deserved break from your 22 years of broadcasting to look back over your 70 years lived so well! 


What an adventure!

A long way off from our growing up years in Grampian, PA. Who could have guessed that our little brother would go so far around the world...42 years of service in Congo! Congrats! and many more.

With all our love and more prayers,

Barb and Smitty       Sounds of Radio Kahuzi 

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Madame Bibiane Makonga Kalangwa


Madame Bibiane Makonga Kalangwa, née Bibiane Makonga Maloba est née à Kamina le 15 Mai 1973 s’est convertis au Seigneur Jésus, en 1999, après avoir suivi les témoignages de la dévotion au Seigneur, de celui qui sera son beau-père après une année, le Rév. Enock Paul Mutangi.

Mariée en 2000 à Monsieur Dieudonné Kalangwa, fils du Rév. Enock Paul Mutangi, Madame Bibiane, comme par grâce du Seigneur s’est donnée aussi, aux côtés de son mari dans l’oeuvre du Seigneur, en étant Lead dans la Chorale de l’église de grâce au Congo/Kinshasa.
Elle, au début aimait chanter en duo avec son mari, après avoir témoigné de la grandeur et de l’amour du Seigneur dans sa vie

Trop tôt, elle a pensé qu’il serait souhaitable que ces enfant aussi puissent contribuer à l’oeuvre du Seigneur, c’est ainsi qu’elle va commencer à mettre ses enfants encore tous petits au-devant de la scène dans les activités dominicales

Cette application de Josué 24 :15 va porter des fruits, car, depuis plus de cinq ans ses enfants représentent l’école de dimanche dans le culte dominical en récitant 7 à dix versets mémorisés et après quoi, ils chantent un cantique soit vocal ou soit en playback.
Avec cette intervention dans chaque culte dominical, l’absence de l’un de ces enfants est vite remarquée par toute l’église.

Depuis une année, leur petite soeur Kathleen Ngoie les a rejoints, ils chantent maintenant à quatre.

Madame Bibiane, non seulement elle a eu de l’assiduité pour l’encadrement dans l’école de dimanche, mais elle soutenait aussi son mari dans son apostolat comme Ancien de l’église.

Ces différentes participations dans les activités de la Paroisse sont mémorables et sont gravées dans la mémoire de beaucoup de saints.

Tel ce Dimanche, après un mois de naissance de Kathleen, le Représentant Légal a été content de dédié la petite fille au Seigneur pour qu’elle puisse rejoindre, dans l’avenir, ses grands frères et soeurs dans l’animation de l’école de dimanche.

Se souvenant des déclarations de son Beau-père qui lui parlait de Actes 20 :20, Madame Bibiane Makonga s’est montrée dévouée dans les visites chez les membres de sa paroisse à tel enseigne qu’elle a été choisie par les mamans de sa paroisse pour être parmi la délégation de celles qui doivent représenter l’église au niveau des assises de la ville-province de Kinshasa

 C’est donc une femme qui n’a pas honte de témoigner son Seigneur Jésus-Christ, partout où elle se trouve. Parler de la Puissance de la croix de Golgotha est pour elle un prestige qu’elle ne veut jamais manquer.

Les bons et mauvais souvenirs dans l’accomplissement de l’oeuvre du Seigneur sont pour elle un sujet pour lesquels elle trouve une occasion de louer son Dieu.

Elle dit souvent à l’assemblée qu’elle bénit le Seigneur qui donne le Vouloir et le faire, Lui qui quand IL donne une vision, il donne toujours la provision, ce sont ses phrases pour encourager les serviteurs
du Seigneur dans la propagation de l’Evangile et l’implantation des églises, car la ville de Kinshasa, à elle seule a 24 communes et pour elle, elle rêve toujours que les Eglises de Grâce au Congo aient au-moins une église dans chaque Commune.

C’est une dame qui encourage l’union et l’unité même au niveau familial, comme encourageant ici la femme du petit-frère de son mari à pouvoir chanter aussi pour Le Seigneur et témoigner de sa Grandeur et sa Grâce partout sans vergogne.

Pendant qu’elle pensait à concevoir avec son mari un projet pouvant aider socialement l’église sur le plan social et sur le plan de soutient des personnes vulnérables, voici qu’une maladie va la frapper.
Elle était jusque-là forte, aidant même son mari, comme Secrétaire dans la rédaction et saisie dans le domaine des Médias et Radiodiffusion, mais la Maladie du Cancer de sein va l’atteindre, une dure situation, une lourde charge et une impasse financière surtout dans les pays du tiers monde ou le revenu est trop faible.

Le Seigneur a permis que malgré le coût élevé des soins, Madame Makonga puisse être soumise au
schéma clinique du TRAITEMENT DU CANCER DE SEIN PAR CHIMIOTHERAPIE.

Ce dur traitement sur le plan financier a aussi ses effets secondaires, perte des cheveux, perte de la teinture, perte des ongles,…, malgré tout cela, Le Seigneur a suscité des personnes qui d’une manière ou d’une autre nous ont soutenus dans cette dure épreuve. Tous ont été encadré par la Famille Richard
& Kathleen McDonald quenous ne saurons pas comment leur dire merci, seul Le Seigneur qui produit en nous cette bonté et cette compassion les récompensera à juste titre.

Les efforts fournis durant les traitements qui jusque-là ont déjà fait plus de huit (8) mois, sans jamais se lasser, nous vont droit au coeur et comme le dit Philémon verset 7-9, ces actes ont tranquillisé les coeurs de beaucoup de saint

L’encadrement, les dettes et autres moyens qu’a enduré la Famille Richard & Kathleen McDonald pour aider à garder en vie l’âme de Madame Bibiane Makonga est une solution qui vient du Seigneur et nous prions au Seigneur pour que cette famille puisse être secouru par d’autres qui croient au Seigneur Jésus Christ, qui ont ce sens de la Compassion pour que les soins

CHIMIOTHERAPIQUES et la suite des soins pour cette maladie de Cancer de sein puisse aller à bon port.

Nous glorifions Le Seigneur qui guide aussi les Médecins pour qu’ils puissent bien doser la cure et avoir le courage de supporter les soins chaque fois pendant plus de trois heures par jour/ par séance.
Merci au Seigneur pour cette évolution MIRACULEUSE des résultats des Echographies mammaires, au fur et à mesure de l’évolution des soins, Le Seigneur nous répond avec des clichés des échographies qui émerveillent les médecins qui trouvent en cela la MAIN du Seigneur.

Le Seigneur a donné de l’ESPOIR à un couple qui était vraiment accablé, Le Seigneur a remis le sourire là où il y avait l’ombre de la mort.

Psaumes 23 nous le promet et le couple Dieudonné et Bibiane Kalangwa est en train de le vivre.
Honneur, Grâce, Louange et Gloire soient données à notre Seigneur et Sauveur qui touche les coeurs pour cette cause!

Famille Dieudonné & Bibianne Kalangwa Deux ans avant la maladie Psaumes 121

Monday, June 24, 2013

Reaching Gold Miners for Christ

Have you ever thought of how a gold mine would have anything to do with a Christian radio station like Radio Kahuzi? 

Just the other day, one of our friends was telling me how a visitor came to their church and after church the man came to our friend’s house to have a bite to eat. As they visited, this friend proceeded to tell how he listened to Radio Kahuzi even when working in the gold mines. But, the interesting thing he shared was, that before the men go down into the mine, they listen first to see if Radio Kahuzi is on the air, and that way, when they hear Radio Kahuzi, they know that everything’s o.k. in Bukavu! 

Interesting how radio can be appreciated in so many ways. The gold miners don’t have very easy lives to say the least, and many times, because the mines are just dug with shovels and picks and with no safety precautions, so many times the holes just collapse and people lose their lives.  So, we’re thankful they are getting the Word of God in a very unusual setting. And, in such dangerous conditions. 

Flower Power

What does a bucket of flowers and Radio Kahuzi have in common? Well, let me tell you! Our friend, JP grows gardens of flowers as did his father before him, and now, twice a week, he comes walking up the street, with a bucket of flowers on his head, going door to door, selling them.  And, every time he comes to our house, he has with him his little Galcom radio, enjoying the music and sermons from Radio Kahuzi. He loves his little short wave radio, as he was from another religion, and then, accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, and now appreciates his life in the Lord and loves listening to the programs on Radio Kahuzi.  We have many opportunities to discuss the things of the Lord with him, and we try to encourage him, as he does us so many times. He’s growing in the Word!

Thank you for supporting Radio Kahuzi and for praying for all the “little people” that are so many times over-looked because they don’t have the riches or power like some very few.  But, they have the “Unsearchable Riches of Christ” which is far better.

Keep Looking Up!
Richard and Kathy

Friday, June 21, 2013

Villagers Receive Security Warnings 
(April 2013 issue)

Rich welcoming Commander, Vladimir
One of the responsibilities of operating the only shortwave signal in D.R. Congo is to inform the population regarding security in the region and particularly villages in remote areas that are in imminent threat of attack by rebels. Or, the planned movement of UN forces through their area to pursue, capture and repatriate groups remaining in Congo these many years after the 1994 genocide.

Through messages of reconciliation broadcast by Radio Kahuzi for the past eight months there have been successes.

Richard attends a meeting at MONUSCO DDRRR in Bukavu with the new commander, Vladimir, in a Press Conference / Cafe de Presse about broadcasting to the FDLR / Hutu rebels in the DRC to encourage them to lay down their arms and go home to Rwanda.

NEW SHIPMENT OF GALCOM RADIOS HELP TO REACH DEEP INTO THE JUNGLE
Samuel with new radios
 The redesigned Galcom shortwave radio receivers are EXCELLENT! They have a new loop antenna that doubles the reception of our shortwave signal. These will help us reach the Hutu and other belligerents where they are in the jungle, or on the mountains with the Joyous Easter message of Reconciliation! Yes, He is Risen as He said!

One of the last of the Mai Mai rebel commandos is finally integrated his men into the National Army last week-end. This is a real work-in-progress which is finally bearing results.

Gregoire showing two new FM repeates
Our journalist, Pastor Gregoir, has met with him several times and been in cell phone contact for counseling over the years to help him make the right choices and finally join the normal society.

This contact began years ago, when the Mai Mai leader refused to meet a high level US military delegation to talk about Peace unless they came with our journalist alone. He could not trust anyone except Radio Kahuzi, as he had been listening with his small Galcom receiver--probably stolen in a pillaging campaign in that remote territory.

"And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth....Jesus answered, ....I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

Thank you for laboring with us in the Love of Jesus. You are helping to set men free.

Please pray with us for wisdom as we continue to look for a new home for Radio Kahuzi. The current situation will be out of reach in 2014. Our God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all we can ask or think. We will trust Him!

If you are on the Internet type "Sounds of Radio Kahuzi" in your search engine and it will take you to a morning of broadcasting (in Lingala) on Radio Kahuzi. It is a UTube presentation along with photos of daily life in Bukavu.

Thank you for helping to keep Radio Kahuzi broadcasting in twelve languages! Your gifts, large or small, are so very much appreciated! We are a non-commercial, non-profit, and do not ask our listeners for support as they are some of the poorest people in the world. We, also, do not charge our programmers. We operate by the Grace of God and His provision through folks like you with a heart for ALL the precious people of D. R. Congo. Thank You!

Keep Looking Up!
Richard and Kathy McDonald

Our List of Christian Programmers / Programs
Adrian Rogers, “Love Worth Finding” ~~  Dr. Charles Stanley, “In Touch”  ~~  Pacific Garden Mission, “Unshackled”  ~~  Uncle Charlie, “Children’s Bible Hour”  ~~  Dr. James Dobson, “Focus on the Family”  & “Adventures in Odyssey”  ~~  Institute for Creation Research, “Science, Scripture & Salvation”  ~~  J. Vernon McGee, “Thru the Bible”  ~~  Dick Woodward (ICM), “Mini Bible College”  ~~  Dr. Ken Gangle, “Morning Light”  ~~  Radio Bible Class, “Our Daily Bread”

Sunday, March 24, 2013

THE LITTLE FM THAT COULD... - Part I

...Help to Transform a Nation

Lying in a hospital bed in 1988 blinded by torn retinas, missionary, Richard McDonald, began to envision radio as an instrument to reach tens of thousands in Bukavu, (Zaire) now the Democratic Republic of Congo. Little did Richard and Kathy know that thirteen years later in 2001 they would be reaching most of the D.R. Congo and beyond with the addition of shortwave and broadcast the results of the first free and democratic election in its long and embattled history.

Radio Kahuzi became the first FM partnership with HCJB Global in 1990 with a proposal typed on a borrowed typewriter in a motel room and faxed to their headquarters in Miami, Florida.

Richard's proposal was accepted and they soon found themselves training at HCJB Engineering Center in Elkhart, IN and heading back to Bukavu in November of 1991 with the Little FM Transmitter in a suitcase.



In April 1991 President Mobutu Sese Seko (now deceased) signed a Presidential Ordinance that opened the way for the signing of the very first private, non-governmental radio license July 4, 1991 giving The Little FM That Could permission to speak.

What can one little low-powered FM do with faithful staff and continued repairs and maintenance? Over the past 20 years, beginning Christmas Eve of 1992, The Little FM Transmitter in a suitcase COULD: 

...reach out with the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
     who heals the broken hearted and sets the captives free!

But what terrible obstacles lay ahead... 

The Little FM dodged bullets and mortars in 1996 with the surprise attack coming across Lake Kivu from Rwanda. The McDonalds were pinned down for three days and nights while mortars rained down exploding a few meters away.

House in foreground with Rwanda across Lake Kivu


  Anti-aircraft slugs ricocheted above their heads and hit the station on all four sides. The Little FM held his breath, but was still standing tall as they made their escape past the military in the dead of night in a borrowed truck with no headlights. They arrived at a new home just down the road, but closer to the river in case his family needed to make a quick escape by swimming across the border. But no, they would not leave their Little FM for the enemy to use for evil purposes.

Thin and exhausted but still standing tall with The Little FM!





THE LITTLE FM THAT COULD - Part II


The Little FM waited patiently while the missionary hand-carried the antenna up another three-story tree. Tense moments followed as the missionary lost his footing and fell headlong down the tree while guns could be heard nearby. But God spared the missionary's life when his foot caught on a limb and he hung upside down thanking the Lord, who, alone, saves from certain death.

The Little FM held his breath and waited as the missionary tried again with success to mount the antenna to the tree and The Little FM's clear voice was heard in the land once again. He sang for joy, he encouraged the people not to give up, he was still here and God would help. As people ran from their homes and villages, they quickly gathered up precious possessions, one was their radio receiver.

Feza at controls - faithful 20 years
Soldiers from seven nations overran the country and fought back and forth for eight long years. But, The Little FM That Could, sang out His praises, and brought the Gospel to even those who had killed their neighbors across the border in Rwanda in 1994 during the Genocide. ("...for God is no respecter of persons.")


Hundreds of thousands of Rwandans fled across the border to live in 30 refugee camps right under the signal of The Little FM for the next three years, as the World Food Program and the High Commission for Refugees asked The Little FM to be the unique radio to broadcast the daily lists of food rations and camp supplies being distributed to two million refugees in the thirty camps.

The Little FM fed them every day in French, Swahili, Kinyarwandan and English. He fed them with the sounds of the Gospel Story in their own "heart language." He encouraged the followers of Christ and pleaded with those who needed to trust Him and accept His offer to live with Him free from fear and hatred.

He also warned them to boil their water so that they would not get cholera. He told them where and when they could receive food to sustain their lives. The Little FM shared their personal stories in hopes that their children in other camps would hear and be reunited with mom and dad. The Little FM played their song requests and testimonies, too.

He told the two million refugees and ten million Congolese about immunization campaigns to protect them from polio and measles and how to try to protect themselves against malaria and Aids.

After the refugees began to go back to their homes in Rwanda, the fighting over territory, rich in gold, diamonds, and coltan for cell phones began in 1998. But, The Little FM would not give up.

In 1995 The Little FM That Could was invited to expand his voice by placing a FM 200 watt relay, high up on the mountain.

The King of the Bashi tribe heard The Little FM's voice and decided he wanted his tribe of two million to hear the "good moral teaching." So, he made a visit to see The Little FM for himself, and invited the missionary to bring his relay to his home and place the antenna on his roof. The Little FM could now reach down the other side of the king's mountain and bathe the valley with his clear, strong voice. 

In 1996 fighting erupted throughout the region as invading forces marched into town and The Little FM fell silent while his family, the McDonalds, went into hiding for over a week. Someone else was hiding too, the king of the Bashi tribe of two million people. Because of "the good moral teaching" he had heard on The Little FM, he decided he did not want his tribe to be involved in the fighting.