Life Stories – A Podcast By Congo Kid
Third Culture Kids (TCK’s) have a dilemma every time they are asked the question “Where are you from?” as they are from their home country but also from a foreign
Continue readingEpisode 14 – Where Are You From? The Response Dilemma – 3/20/21
Wycliffe Bible Translators / SIL’s (Summer Institute of Linguistics) world wide mission is Bible Translation and other materials into under-served language groups. How to choose the language group, selecting the
Continue readingEpisode 13 – Capturing The “Language Of The Heart” for Indigenous People – 2/24/21
Unique and exotic pets we raised and released back into the wild in the D.R. Congo. From hornbills to tree hyrax’s to monkeys to elephant shrews to pangolins to hawks
Continue readingEpisode 12 – Exotic Pets in the Congo – 1/28/21
Adventures with driving in central africa: mud, sand, dirt, getting stuck, scary bridges, ferry crossings and mechanical breakdowns. With guests Pete Ekstrand and Gene Bradford. Check out this video clip
Part 2 of 2 – A look beyond the technological genius of Bob Thornbloom. A servant, a giver, and a compassionate man that was a member of the Ngbaka tribe.
Part 1 of 2 – A look beyond the technological genius of Bob Thornbloom. A servant, a giver, a compassionate man that was a member of the Ngbaka tribe. He
A typical village church service in the D.R. Congo. The building description, drums, choirs, dog fights during the service and the whole church experience: With James Edstrom and John Aiken,
Continue readingEpisode 8 – Congolese Village Church Experience – 7/28/20
From film strips on a Coleman lantern projector to 16 mm reel-to-reel movies to VHS tapes – Film and movie showings in the villages and jungles of D.R. Congo.
Continue readingEpisode 7 – Showing Movies in African Villages – 7/10/20
Congolese food is virtually unknown in other parts of the world. The villager lives on a few basic daily staples. This episode explains the growing and preparation of the villager’s
The Ubangi Academy (UBAC) dormitory at Karawa, D.R.Congo was where all the kids went to boarding school for their education, grades 2-12. This episode explains a typical day during the
Continue readingEpisode 5 – The Ubangi Academy (UBAC) – A Typical Day – 5/19/20