A New Beginning

Les and I received a call to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on January 30th, 2009. In the LDS culture, we refer to the request to serve in an area as a "call." We had been communicating with President Livingstone of the DR Congo about serving there so we have read about the history of the country and talked to people who had lived there. We also met a wonderful couple from Lubumbashi who were in Utah in October. We are excited for the challenges and experiences ahead.