Ghana Gazette

This group of missionaries come from our former mission field - the D R Congo Kinshasa Mission. They are: From the new stake in Kinshasa called Ngaliema: Elder Tshumakongo, Elder Katumba, Elder Kintembila, and Soeur Lusamba. From the town of Mbuiji-Maya (in the Mission jurisdiction) Elder Lutumba and Elder Kabangu - and mixed in the middle of all of them is their Mission Mom Sister Nielson. One of two of the Ngaliema (Kinshasa) missionaries remember us from 5 years ago (they'd have been pretty young at the time, and the one Sister told us her Brother (different name, not unusual) served for us in the Congo. We also got a little homesick too, when Elder Kintembila (who really was listed as Elder Mantanta) informed us that his name was really Kintembila and that was what he was to use on his mission. This was not an uncommon thing in the DR Congo particularly with the Congolese - they all have four or five names it seems and the family name does have a way of floating or changing as needed. Sure is great to feel the spirit of the Congo again.