David Mvondo
January 2012
David has recently been reassigned to the 1/80st Armor Battalion at Fort Benning, GA. David has completed two tours in Iraq. David and Whitney have two daughters and deeply appreciate your prayers in their behalf.
August 2010
This month, Sherlene and I had the opportunity to host Army Chaplain David and Whitney Mvondo and their daughter, Mbia, in our home. David is just returned from Iraq and they were in our area visiting Whitney’s parents near Indianapolis. David’s brother-in-law, Claude, a Grace Brethren pastor in the Cameroon, was in the states and came along for the visit. In addition to some great fellowship and pizza, Mbia got a ride on our pony, Thundercloud (see below picture).
Email received 5-16-10 from Iraq . . .
Dear friends,
Thanks for all your prayers. I know I have not done a very good job keeping you informed of how things are going here in Iraq, but today is kind of special, and I could not keep silent about what the Lord is doing here among our soldiers. Some of you may know that upon my arrival here last year, I was asked to be the pastor of a Gospel service. We started with about 15 soldiers. We now have about 100 soldiers per service. For those of you who don’t know military services in a deployment environment, 100 soldiers is a lot! I am writing this email just as a testimony for what the Lord did in our service today. After my message today, we did an altar call. It was unbelievable to see so many soldiers come forward: Some gave their lives to the Lord, and others rededicated their lives. We had 21 soldiers make decisions for the Lord today! It was unbelievable to see soldiers come to the altar and sob like little children before the Lord. We witnessed the Spirit of God move in our midst today. We have had two or three decisions per service in the past, but nothing like what we witnessed today.We give God the glory for what He is doing in the lives of soldiers here in Iraq! Keep us in your prayers. God willing, we’ll be home in July!
Blessings,
David
Email received 9-28-09 from Iraq . . .
Just to let you know that things are going well for us here in Iraq. The Lord has been good to us. We have been very busy for the last few weeks. Today, we had a change of stole at the Gospel service here in Baghdad. I became the senior pastor of that service. Pray for us as we endeavor to minister to the needs of our service members.My unit being a Signal unit, I have soldiers in about 25 different sites all over Iraq. Very shortly, I will begin visiting all of them. Please keep us in your prayers! Thanks for all your prayers and support! In Christ,David
Captain David Mvondo was raised in the Cameroon and came to know the Lord as a student in the Bible College established under Don Hocking’s ministry. He attended Seminary in the states and was then able to get a slot in the U.S. Army Reserves as a chaplain. He was soon sent to Iraq for a one-year tour, and was then accepted into Active Duty upon his return to the states, gaining U.S. citizenship in the process. David met his wife Whitney during his seminary training in the states and they are the proud parents of a very beautiful three year old, Mbia . . . who does not know a stranger!
Presently, David is stationed with the Army’s Signal Battalion at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and is scheduled to re-deploy for a second tour in Iraq in August, 2009. He is also applying for the elite Ranger School training. Ultimately, he wants to attend airborne training and Special Forces School so that he can minister to the elite Green Berets.
The Mvondo family - David, Whitney, and daughter Mbia.
From left to right: John and Martha Schumacher, the Mvondo's, and Larry and Sherlene Chamberlain.