Bridget went to the Democratic Republic of Congo as a missionary teacher while it was still called Zaire, but had to evacuate when fighting broke out in 1996. She came to Bristol to work at the Africa Inland Mission’s International Office and worshipped with us here at Redland. 

In 2005 the Lord made it possible to return to Congo and Bridget is now working at the Institut Supérieur Pédagogique in Bunia. The ISP exists to prepare students to teach at the church-run secondary schools. Although Bridget’s main responsibility is to teach: writing, communicative competency, phonetics, Bible, she finds herself involved in many other tasks.  Her regular “blogs” which she emails to us are a rich source of information about life in Bunia.

(Some may be interested to read Bridget’s "blogs" about life in Bunia; they can be found on the AIM Europe website at the following link. www.aimint.org/eu/bridgets_bunia_blog)