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Greetings JWW blog readers. My name is Mike Ramsdell. I have had the privilege of capturing this “Congo journey” in…
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What I Love and/or Will Miss About Congo
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How strange to be out of Congo. As Isaiah, our incredible translator, and I walked across the border he showed…
Humanity Gives Us No Choice
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Ten days ago we arrived in Kigali with trepidation and expectation. It seems like a day or two ago in…
Teach the Children
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Suddenly we are surrounded by a sea of children. As we stand there they begin to form a circle around…
Congo Curse of Riches
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I don’t sleep here, even with sleeping pills. I wake up after a few hours, images of the day racing…
Ready When You Are
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We are taken by convoy on an impossible 3 hour drive, high up in the mountains where the Congolese Tutsis…
The People of Congo Are Its Greatest Resource
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Yesterday I felt completely engulfed by sadness. I wrote a blog entry that I will not post with you now,…
Maybe the World Has Not Closed Its Eyes
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I thought it couldn’t get worse. Yesterday listening to Renee and Sabine tell the stories of their rapes I felt…
Women of Valor
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I have been thinking during the last four days about the definition of a woman of valor, something we talk…
I Think We Can Do This
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When your translator is in tears, you know you’re in trouble. This morning we met with two women, both of…