Congo Kid - Life Stories

Founder of Lycee’ Lua, Bau, D.R. Congo Ship sunk by German submarine 12-2-1942 Sunk by German U-Boat 12/2/42 Kala, D.R. Congo Marion Nelson Memorial Church Ruth Robinson – Died 3 days after giving birth This...

Titus Johnson – Bicycle as primary means of travel Titus Johnson Africa D.R. Congo – Ubangi region is upper left corner Reinhold Andersson Grave – Died from Blood Poisoning Stanley David Tweed Grave...

This is part 5 of 5 of the series titled: The Boarding School Dilemma – Balancing Mission and Family – The Conclusion: Moving Forward From Here. This series started with laying out the challenges and issues of...

Kids and a few parents – Heading to UBAC Band Concert at UBAC Graduation Processional This is part 4 of a 5 part series, titled: The Boarding School Dilemma – Balancing Mission and Family – The Kids’ Viewpoint. So...

Parents watching band concert Kids loading into the plane for return to UBAC Truck loaded with kids heading back to UBAC This is part 3 of a 5 part series titled: The Boarding School Dilemma – Balancing Mission and...

Dorm Kids / Congolese soccer team UBAC Class of 1983 – With their parents Outhouse door with numerous inscriptions of love and couples Ubangi Academy – School building This is part 2 of a 5 part series...

Dorm view of Tennis court – Ubangi Academy, D.R. Congo View of soccer fields – Ubangi Academy, D.R. Congo     Aerial View of the Dorm and School     Many people feel God’s call to serve...

                            The Rwanda Genocide that occurred in 1994 was one of the most recent large-scale genocides in the past 50 years. The Hutu...

This episode contains four (4) Short Stories. The first one is telling the difference between “who you know” and “who knows you”. Which is better in life and in business? Well, Short Story # 1 will answer that question...

This episode is about teaching in a Congolese High School. The physical conditions of the classrooms, and lack of supplies and textbooks made the job extremely difficult for both the teachers and students alike. I was a...

This episode is about a gopher. Not the little critters that tear up golf courses and your back yard, but a specific role that I played for 1 year as a Gopher; as in “go-for this” and “go for that”. I tackled this job...

Death, funerals, grieving and the associated rituals vary from culture to culture. This episode explores the differences and similarities as to how Americans handle end of life and grieving vs. how Congolese do. Though...

This episode is the story of a special Lake in the NW corner of the D.R. Congo, Africa. It was called Lake Kwada. Kwada, in the Ngbandi tribal language means “Big Water”. The Mbanza tribe also has ties to this lake, as...

This episode is literally just a bunch of various hunting stories from Congo, Africa. Stories from the 1950’s until the late 1970’s are shared here in this episode. Hunting for and encountering Hippos...

Hunting was a part of everyday life for a kid growing up in Central Africa. It was a source of food, a sport, and a deterrent to the African’s garden destruction. From a hand-made slingshot to a BB gun to an air pump...