Lumbi mission

Building in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
How I Learned to Understand the World	Hans Rosling	setting	The team’s base for weeks: nuns run a hostel with a laid table, orange liqueur and guest rooms without running water.

How I Learned to Understand the World — Hans Rosling

Source: How I Learned to Understand the World · Readwise highlight

The mission had been set up by the Sisters of the Cross and Passion and the five nuns there, all of different nationalities, were known as “the passionate sisters.”

• Role: setting
• In the book: The team’s base for weeks: nuns run a hostel with a laid table, orange liqueur and guest rooms without running water. A young Congolese nun, Sister Kalunga, joins the team. The team washes in the river after village days.
• Why it matters: Supplies the nuns and nurse as part of the chain of trust and gives comic relief (liqueur, fried rat). Mainly a base rather than a turning point.