Story number 1 for 30 Aug 2002

(Congo–Kinshasa)–Topping the news, in spite of a recent peace accord, rebel soldiers are back inside the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Reprisal fighting has escalated in the north, which is causing some alarm for Grace Ministries International. What’s more, the continued presence of guerilla thugs may mean trouble. GMI’s Jim Molencamp. “We are concerned now, because we have not heard from our missionary in Kama. It could be that the radio’s broke[n]; it could be that the soldiers have said that nobody can use their radio. So, it may not be anything real serious, but we have not received any word even from anyone fleeing from that area.” Molencamp asks for rayer. “It almost seems like an impossible situation, but we’re grateful that the work is still going on there. You can pray for the nationals. We have several hundred churches and Bible schools and they’re still going on in the midst of this chaos.”