The River

If you didn't know, Kinshasa is situated on the Congo River, which is the largest river in the world that starts and ends in the same country. Yesterday morning Francis and his friend Ali picked us up to spend some time down by the river. The spot we were headed to was about a 30 minute drive away but we were next to the river after 15 minutes. Seeing the water Enock lit up as he had not really seen the the river before. We ended at a park that had a fishing pond in the rainy season, basketball court, vollyball and lots of trees and places to hang out. We took a fifteen minute walk down a hill and across a huge area of large black boulders that are under water in the rainy season. Next to the water was a nice place to sit a relax and Francis comes here when he is stressed out. We could see and hear men breaking rocks by hand to sell for construction use, and my body hurt watching them. We could also see the Republic of Congo, which was about 200 yards across the river. In this spot the current was quite fast with massive boulders creating very rough water. We then took a drive into town and had swarma's at CFC. Traffic continues to be a challenge, witht the road construction every where and the thousands of cars in such small area. Today I am not stressed. I am enjoying Congo and looking forward to Enock's visa being issued. I have begin to work from here so I can jump back into work when I get home. Continue to pray for a visa by Friday. Grace and Peace, Michael & Enock