From our partners in World Mission who are sponsoring a travel study seminar to the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo to look at issues related to conflict and sexual violence:
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The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) East Congo travel seminar team arrived safely in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, late Wednesday afternoon, despite the onslaught of Winter Storm Jonas, which compelled several reroutes, delayed one person and prevented another from coming at all.
Read about their welcome and the experiences of their first day.
The photo, by Doug Tilton, shows a choir made up of United Methodist youth and war orphans who greeted the at the airport on their arrival in Goma.