Kuendelea is from Congo but she was living in Tanzania for a long time before she moved to America as a refugee. She wanted to live in Clarkston but she had to live in Jonesboro because it’s close to the airport. The people who resettled her family got her a job at the airport and she does the cleaning there at night.

She said the big problem with living in Jonesboro is that there is no church for people who speak Swahili. She likes going to church for prayer and worship. So, she takes the Swahili church van to and from the church in Clarkston two times every week. It’s about one hour each way. She is in the women’s prayer meeting every Saturday and she comes to the church service on Sunday afternoons.

Kuendelea is a Christian and she said she has never had her own Bible before. She thought we would bring her a Bible a few weeks ago but I couldn’t get a ride to Jonesboro. So, I met her at the women’s prayer meeting in Clarkston on Saturday and surprised her. She was extra happy to get her first Bible. She said it was a special prize that she could hold onto for the rest of her life.