March 2010
Dear Friends,
     Today, Monday is international woman's day, and we are taking it very seriously this year.

     Rita spent a long time working on a new banner for the women to parade behind. After chapel, all the  women and girls paraded from one end of Kikongo and back.  They then went back into church for a seminar dealing with four important things for a married woman to  know:
            -Her behavior in her home.
            - How to handle household responsibilities.
            - How to use money wisely,
            - How to be a good counselor to her husband.    

     I rode my bicycle to Fatundu on Saturday.  I sent the video equipment down river by canoe.  There were lots of women's activities at Fatundu too. They wanted to have a video about women's issues, and information about HIV/AIDS.
After I presented the HIV/AIDS videos, I projected the movie:  "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers". It was a big hit.  I talked about how the one woman educated the whole "clan".  
      It is very hot and the road is very sandy.  I departed Fatundu as early as I could so that I could reach Kikongo before the heat of the day.  The  young men are having to paddle all day long as they bring the fragile equipment upriver.  

        I will try and attach pictures.
 
                                              Blessings,
                                                      Glen and Rita