Ed and Miriam Noyes
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Ed and Miriam Noyes serve in a region of the Democratic Republic of Congo where over two-thirds of the population depends on agriculture for a living and chronic malnutrition touches one out of every five children. Ed supports and advises Congolese Baptists working for more productive, profitable and sustainable agricultural practices among semi-subsistence farmers. Ed works with the ... more
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Conversations in the shade
I hadn’t planned to be at Vanga a second time this week. I had already spent half a day trying to track down batteries and a barrel of gasoline. There were things to do at Lusekele. But the Minister of Social Affairs and an entourage of government dignitaries announced that th » read more -
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Passing on truths to children
How would you teach Sunday school if there were no Bible bookstore in town, no printing house preparing Sunday school lessons, no pre-packaged teaching materials, no pictures to show, no paper and no crayons, scissors, craft supplies or paints to offer? No juice and cookies or crackers, no t » read more
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All systems up and running (almost)
Living with a foot in two worlds makes its own special demands, especially when one of the worlds is a fully wired, 24/7 rush hour and the other is an off-the-grid, DIY (do-it-yourself), self-reliant world where the nearest hardware store is 300 miles away. Miriam and I returned to the Bapti » read more
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Footsteps in Africa
Today’s missionaries are following in the footsteps of hundreds of American Baptist missionaries with innovative ministries. International Ministries and AB Women’s Ministries are co-sponsoring the 2011 Mission Encounter Tour of South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo from Apri » read more
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Opening doors for daughters of soldiers
These young women dominate the literacy classes at the big Lemba-Matete Congo Baptist church in Kinshasa. They are daughters of military families. We all know what the military is like: they move a lot. And when military orders come to go, you go that day, no matter if it i » read more
