An interview with Keith Mosier, President and Nathan Rittenour, Development Director

Ques: Congo Frontline Missions is constructing a new campus five miles north of Kisangani. How is the progress going?

Nathan Rittenour: It is going well. When we look forward, it seems overwhelming. However, when we look back, we see the bulldozer clearing the campus, building a road, and bringing the campus up to grade. The two containers with building materials have now reached the port in Matadi.

Ques: What will be the functions of the buildings on the campus?

Nathan Rittenour: The buildings include a classroom, cafeteria and dormitories to train church planters. In addition, we will build staff housing, a shop, an administration building and greenhouses.

Keith Mosier: The purpose for our school will be for training in evangelism, health and agriculture. The focus of all activities will be evangelism.

Ques: Have you had any unexpected blessings up to now?

Nathan: Yes. Right on our 125 acre property, God provided gravel, sand and clay for construction and road building. We also have water and good farming soil. So far, we have made over 30,000 bricks and have some of the wood on our property to fire them.

Keith: So many blessings. People who have built campuses around the world gave us valuable advice and building plans. Others gave us funds to acquire land, a 4 ton truck and a pickup. Nathan Rittenour joined our team to make the development possible. Someone offered to pay for a bulldozer to clear the land and build the road. We received some generous gifts like a skid steer loader, trailer and cement mixer, along with a container to ship building materials from America. However, the biggest blessing has been the donation of steel frames and roof sheets for 22 specially designed buildings from the One Day Church project. We will be the first “One Day Institution” and we’re excited about it! It’s hard to list all the blessing, but we praise God for them!

Ques: Do you still have some challenges ahead of you?

Nathan: Building supplies in this country are very expensive. Some supplies are just not available here in Congo. We’re scratching our heads to figure out which country might have them.

Keith: Cement is so costly. We are praying for donors who will help us buy cement and other building material. We are short of money to complete the campus. We are also grateful that a few qualified people have offered to come and help us build, we could use more volunteer carpenters, masons, plumbers, etc for the construction project.

Ques: Does CFM still have some specific needs to make the campus a reality?

Keith: Yes we do. We need, funds for cement, windows, doors, plumbing and for finishing the buildings. A big hurdle for us will still be bringing in electricity from about 2 miles away. We continue to move forward in faith. God has led us to this point and we know He will see the project.