We are sorry to announce the passing of Board Member Ed Long Thursday, October 12, 2017 at his home in Stillwater, OK after a brief battle with esophageal cancer. Ed devoted his life to making a better world for all. Always a United Methodist, he went abroad on countless mission trips, but his heart was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where he felt called to serve at age 10. When he visited Katanga Methodist University (KMU) in the DRC in 2005, he was struck by the vast amount of fertile land and the malnourishment of the people. It was after this that he created the "Building Bridges of Peace" scholarship to fund agriculture exchange programs between Oklahoma State University and KMU. Ed was a valued member of our board and a powerful voice in support of KMU and the community of Mulungwishi. His estate leaves an endowment that will fund additional educational opportunities in the School of Agriculture at KMU as well as projects that will increase the country's food production. He will be greatly missed
