Author: Christian and Elizabeth Tshimanga

Excitement for this trip is building because many of the details we need to prepare for our departure next January will be solidified during this trip.  Last year, our trip was primarily to introduce the country to Betsy and Emily and for Christian to become reacquainted with it as an adult.  This coming June, Christian […]

The Lord orchestrated the perfect opportunity for Betsy and our co-worker Emily, to participate in a 80 hour GPA course. The GPA (Growing Participators Approach) is an innovative and relationship-focused approach to entering a host culture’s world through language learning. The training course provided an understanding of the GPA’s foundational principles, an overview of the six […]

Psalm 145:6 “I will proclaim your great deeds…” In the two short months that we have been raising support, we have heard several times from friends and family, “It must be so hard to go around asking for money.” And it certainly can be a challenge if we don’t keep a couple of things in […]

Understanding Interdependence I’ve found I really don’t enjoy reading most books more than once–even if I really love the book. But recently, I decided to reread Friend Raising: Building a Missionary Support Team That Lasts written by Betty Barnett. When I first read it in college it was for a class in my minor—I enjoyed […]

In August of 2019, my family and I will be uprooting from our home of just over four years and moving to a small town in Missouri called “Roach” for two years of missions training.  We purchased the house, our first, in 2015. Our first wedding anniversary was celebrated the day we moved in. We […]

Praise the Lord with us! We welcomed our son, Jean Lukusa into our family on June 23rd.  We call him Jean-Luk (or John Luke). He is named after Christian (Jean-Christian) and Christian’s father, Lukusa Tshimanga. The girls, Lorraine (3) and Colette (17 months) adore him—it is such a blessing to have these sweet children in […]

Hey everyone! Just an update on all the wonderful thing God is doing in my life and the plans I set for the next few years. First, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas remembering what it is that we are celebrating this season, the birth of the gracious gift of God, our […]

Hey everyone, just an update of what is going on right now in my life. I just got back to Texas last Wednesday from Wisconsin. As I said in my last post, I was there to work as a counselor in a Christian camp called Camp Fairwood. My time there was very rewarding spiritually as […]

Here’s what’s happening over the summer. I was recently hired to go work as a counselor in a Christian camp called Camp Fairwood. The camp is in Wisconsin and I will be leaving Texas to head there on the 16th of June. I am so grateful to God for the great opportunity to serve in […]