A dream came true for young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, September 4, 2009,  when a new hymnbook, Cantiques de Grâce, was presented to Presbyterian educational leaders at the beginning of this new school year.

            Part of our centennial “Dare to Dream” campaign in 2008, the project was  initiated and carried through by the Protestant Printing House of the Kasai (IMPROKA) under the leadership of its director, Elder Simon Ntumba, and Pastor Lazare Tshibuabua, Stated Clerk of Kananga Presbytery.   

    In addition to the $5,000 “Dare to Dream” contribution, members of the Biblical Perspectives Class contributed $1,185 in unsolicited gifts for the Palm tree development project that Elder Ntumba has launched to assure some income for the IMPROKA program.

Presentation of the Hymnbooks

(l. to r.)
Synod Treasurer
Gwenda Fletcher, Missionary at Good Shepherd  Hospital
IMPROKA worker

Elder Simon Ntumba (director of IMPROKA)
 in the field of palms

The pygmy palm is low growing and
can be harvested from the ground.

The nuts are a valuable crop and
source of income for the project.

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(l. to r.)
School Administrator
Gwenda Fletcher
Pastor Lazare Tshibuabua,
Stated Clerk of Kananga Presbytery   
 

Palm field sentry and house that
 Biblical Perspectives Class
built

Two pastors in
Kananga Presbytery

(l. to r.)
Elder Simon Ntumba
Gwenda Fletcher
Pastor Lazare Tshibuabua,
Stated Clerk of Kananga Presbytery   

Church member working in
the field