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Back to Mulita 2003/4:
Maud returned from the Congo in
March 2004 and gave many talks
to various
groups around
the country about her experiences there.
John Gregg
caught up with her to find out how her last
6 months
in the Congo had gone for her. Maud
told him some of the stories connected with
just a few of the many photographs she had
taken. She'd returned to the Congo in October
2003
and was
delighted with the reception she received from
the local people.
It was her hope to make it
to her old missionary station at Mulita and
when the fighting between the various groups
ceased in December, she was able to make
her way there in January 2004.
Her home and
hospital had been cleared of furniture,
medicines, and equipment but thanks to the
generosity
of the people back home in Northern Ireland
she was able to replace some of the items
that
had been taken.
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A group of Nebo folk with Maud
and the pilot David Jacobsson
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Locals put on a welcome party
for
Maud's arrival in the village
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Maud's house needed some repairs
after
the recent fighting had ended
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A story of a carpenter who
was saved
from a near-death experience
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During the fighting the hospital
was
riddled with bullet-holes
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Sadly the hospital was raided
and
vital equipment taken
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How the nearby forest has
changed
since Maud's last visit
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Christmas
cards arrived late but were still very welcome |
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A tortuous journey by bicycle
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the only way to get to Mulita
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The airstrip, overtaken by
forest,
being cleared by the locals
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Rebuilding
a hospital wing which volcano lava had destroyed
in 2002 |
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Maud teamed up with a woman
from another project
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to Maud talking about it. |
The people of Congo were sorry to see her leave
to come back to Cookstown but knew that she would
be returning again in the Autumn of 2004 with more
much
needed
supplies.
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