We have several members in Bukavu, including two prospective members from Burundi who fled their native land in June 1995 to escape the massacres. We haven't heard from our Bukavu members since the Feast. Prayers would be appreciated. Prayers would also be appreciated for the Banzubaze family, stranded in a refugee camp near Goma. He told me that he has not heard from our people in Bukavu or in Goma.
Communications seem impossible because of the trouble in Eastern Zaire.
My conversation with Mr. Benza Tsuka lasted about three minutes. To give you an idea of how expensive this is, one of our deacons in Kinshasa, who is an academic inspector, makes one dollar a month. We still have no news of our people in Eastern Zaire or Rwanda. The nephew of Mr. Mpinda, our deacon in Zaire, flew to Goma on a mission for the government. Shots were fired at his plane.