We had a great call with Lau and Kenzo today and they gave the following update:

FACTEB:

Communications is one of the challenging areas when you choose to work with the DR Congo. It is a long way away and things we take for power like email and bandwidth are not always available. In the Congo,  I have spent 1/2 hour just logging in to my email account - aside from reading or sending an email. Bandwidth is a luxury.

But a new challenge has emerged over the last few months.

In a month from now, Sandy Ayer will be leaving for Boma to work with the team at FACTEB in performing an assessment of the library. The assessment is an approved program of ReGen and Sandy is a 'dream' candidate to send.

Sandy has worked for 25 years as a theological librarian (at Ambrose University College and Ambrose Seminary). He has also performed assessments of theological libraries in Canada, the United States, and the Philippines. He is also polishing up his French language skills so he can best work with the FACTEB team.

We have raised over hald of the required funds and still need to raise approximately $2,500for the assessment. If you want to get involved, please drop us a line or donate to this project.