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MATADI
First of all, I would like to inform you that, I learned the Word of God with Sister Judy Holt from the U.K. by correspondence course in the language Esperanto.

I received both the Bible Basics and the correspondence course in French when two brothers from Cameroon came for the first time In DR Congo in July 2003.

I did photo-copies of the course and began to give it to other persons. The Ecclesia of Kinshasa and Kwilu Ngongo which were already established helped me by sending to me other books In French.

In July 2004, two brothers from Cameroon visited me in Matadi, I had my interview, and two of my contacts had their interviews too. We were two brothers to be baptized. From July 2004 till February 2005, we met in my house once a week. From March 2005, we are meeting in our Ecclesia's room. Currently, I remain the only baptized brother, the brother who was baptized the same day with me, does not come any more. I hold regular meetings: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday with 3 contacts who study with me the word of God. We also receive to our meetings the and guests to whom we offer booklets. Our children also come to our meeting on Sundays. We also give to our visitors photocopies of Bible Basics.

I brought an old 486 computer, it helps us keep files of the literature downloaded on Internet. We feel the need to have a printer and a photocopier. Frankly, we distributed a good number of booklets, especially the guide for the reading of the bible. I have also some contacts apart from Matadi, I request that they progress in the study of the Bible and wish to see them become brothers in Christ in the days to come.

We also plan to use the radio, television and the newspapers to make known the word of God to the general public because some people suspect us of being a magic sect because they do not see us publicly as they do the other communities.

I would like to also start to send the course by correspondence to hundreds of people by Internet. This is why we seek to be supported financially for this work. Concerning safety, there is the war in the East of the Country, but here in the Province of Bas-Congo, in the Western South of the DR Congo, we are calm and in safety. If you want to visit us, there is no problem, you will be well accommodated. Ecclesia of Kinshasa would be given the responsibility to organiz your voyage sending the invitation letter to you. Kinshasa, have several times received the brothers who have visited this country
Bro Hans Bruno Lutete