Equatorial Guinea
It was the dry season in Equatorial Guinea and the days of March were hot. I was riding a bus from the city of Bata to the city of Ebibeyin, visiting congregations. When the bus came to a stop we observed a large group of people with plastic containers. They were lining up to get water from a fresh spring to take back home. They were willing to walk a great distance and stand in a long line because they had no other source of drinking water.
Viewing this scene made me realize how many times the church has left its living source and secure foundation of life — Jesus Christ. Christians, even some leaders, sometimes disregard God’s love and compassion and the servant nature of Christian ministry.
—Andres Garcia, PC(USA) mission co-worker
Rwanda
Rwanda is a beautiful, green land of a thousand hills in the Great Lakes region of Africa. It is also a predominantly Christian country. Since the 1994 genocide the Rwandan people have taken many strides toward unity, and the churches have worked hard at ecumenism. They have sought to aid the orphans and widows of the war and to help those still traumatized by its brutality. The PC(USA) over the last two decades has maintained a partnership relationship with the Presbyterian Church in Rwanda. It has also given scholarships to students at the Protestant Theological College of Butare, a nondenominational seminary that is educating church leaders for a new era.
—Michael Parker, PC(USA) coordinator, International Evangelism, General Assembly Mission Council
PC(USA) People in Mission
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea (IRPGE): Andres Garcia, evangelist/church administrator, Gloria Garcia Salazar, evangelist/church administrator
Partners/Ministries
IRPGE: The Rev. Manuel Nzoh Asumu, general secretary
Presbyterian Church in Rwanda (EPR): Dr. Elisee Musemakweli, president
Christian Council of Rwanda: Dr. Tharcisse Gatwa, general secretary
Presbytery Partnership with Rwanda: Presbytery of Kiskiminetas with the EPR
PC(USA) General Assembly Staff
Christine Cappo, BOP
The Rev. Timothy Cargal, OGA
God of the Word and the world, grant the church some new Nehemiahs so it will be able
to reencounter the fresh living water of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Ps. 104, 149 and Ps. 138, 98
Gen. 29:1–20
Rom. 14:1–23; John 8:47–59
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