van Achterberg Photos, April-May 2003 Click an image to view a full-size version of it. Back to Friends Area Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 ---    Page 1    ==> This is our day guard at the mission center, "Papa" Joseph Gofi.  800x533, 81.5 kB 02/06/2001 800x533, 67.9 kB 01/30/2001 And our night guard, Bienvenu Kombomba, with his son, Rob (named after Rob Eisbrenner, a short-term missionary who came through in January-Februrary).  Here is Anastas, our construction foreman at the hospital.  800x533, 94.8 kB 02/07/2001 533x800, 63.5 kB 02/08/2001 The water tower at the hosptial compound is rather high. This is how John Gay and Bienvenu "Molimo" got up to the top of it to clean it out and install solar panels at the top.  There's Molimo at the top of the water tower.  800x533, 22.0 kB 02/08/2001 800x533, 53.8 kB 02/15/2001 Here's the last photo of the Chevy Astro van in Brazzaville before it caught on fire. In the driver's seat talking with Joe is a Sweedish mechanic who was telling Joe that the problems with the van were too difficult to try and fix here in Congo.  And then it happened. Spark met spilled gasoline, and in minutes the van and garage were both destroyed.  800x533, 51.4 kB 02/15/2001 800x533, 54.7 kB 02/15/2001 Here you can see the missionaries' efforts to stop the fire by hauling in pails what little city water they were able to get from the faucet and hose.    800x533, 34.4 kB 02/15/2001 800x533, 40.4 kB 02/15/2001 Finally the city electricity returned and the well pump could be used. They quickly finished extinguishing the fire.  ---    Page 1    ==> Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Back to Friends Area