We have been silent on the blog for a while because we've been so busy seeing many of you in person! It's been so much fun to travel to New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, Arizona, DC, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and now New York to catch up with friends and share about what God is doing in eastern DRC and how we get to be a part of it.
There are lots of stories we could tell about seeing old friends and how encouraged we were after visiting and meeting their kids. ;) If we haven't seen you yet, we'd love to skype with you and/or for you to visit
www.ripeforharvest.org/mark-karen-dawson and consider joining our team of financial supporters.
This is our first official place to announce that we have our return tickets! Mid-September will find us back in our Congo home, and we are enthusiastic after these months of talking about joining LePhare-Bukavu in ministry to be there doing it. We're so thankful for the team of encouraging and supportive people behind us as we get to be part of this amazing thing God is doing.
Here are some pictures of the fun. ;) Also, I'm on instagram these days, so come find me at karenhartmandawson to see photos on a close-to-daily basis.
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| Jose who we met in Bukavu, here in DC |
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| JBU friend Jamie in DC |
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| playing can jam with Nick in Harrisonburg |
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| flowers for a special visitor from Steve in Harrisonburg |
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| Bex's dog in Harrisonburg |
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| Jacques from Congo in Harrisonburg |
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| Mark's Aunt Nancy and Uncle Tom in New York |
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| JBU friend Suzy and family in New Jersey |
