Former AIMers in Malawi, Ted and Pat Grosbach received their appointment to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia in May 1984. Unable to secure resident permits for Congo, the Grosbachs lived in Zambia, where he piloted his plane into remote areas to conduct leadership training and also taught in the Bible school in Lusaka. From 1987 to 1991 Missionary Grosbach visited the DRC monthly. However, upon returning from deputation, he was refused entrance until 1996. In the interim he flew to the border and met Congolese pastors for worship, fellowship, and instruction. In 2000, the Grosbachs moved to Botswana to fill the need of a resident missionary. When legal registration of the church was acquire, they moved to Lubumbashi, DRC, to give more direct supervision to the Congolese church. Pat Grosbach recently released their missions story, From A to Z.