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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Used tea bags and hiccups
During the Kerls (Covenant mission’s Africa regional coordinators) recent visit, we did our best to host them well, but, you know, the best laid plans of mice and men…
John came down with what we now think was the flu …
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Sam passed his 3 instrument rating tests
Thanks so much for your prayers, Sam passed the written, oral, and practical for his instrument ratings. He’s currently working on logging on hours of flying and still in his mechanic’s apprenticeship.
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Bridges!
Wait a minute! Three bridges and a photo of Fulani? I guess I just wanted to emphasize that the work that we do here with our Mxslim friends is all about bridge building. We are building bridges …
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The bigwigs together and a GREAT Berberati trip!
We had such a good trip yesterday to Berberati along with our regional coordinators, John & Letha Kerl, who are visiting from Lyon, France. You might remember their names as the ones who hosted Roy during his tooth crisis over …
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Please pray for Sam!
Our son Sam will be taking the qualifying tests for instrument rating on Monday, March 15th. He has already passed the written one and Monday’s for the practical and oral tests. Please pray for wisdom and peace for him as …
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“The plane is broken”
I don’t know about you, but those are not words that I like to hear. Our regional coordinators, John & Letha Kerl, were scheduled to fly to Gamboula today, Saturday, on the single prop 5 passenger SIL mission Cessna. Also …
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One stop shopping
So, you have eggs and tylenol on your shopping list? You can get them both at this booth in the town across the border, pharmacy and egg store combined. The eggs come from a chicken farm to the north, and …
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Fast food
Here’s one of the “fast food” places in the town across the border. There are 4 guys/counters that share one big room and we go there every Monday to have a bite to eat after we’ve done our lessons & …
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Happy news for our family!
Our kids, Josh, Kimia, & Maddie, are expecting an addition to their precious family around the 7th of September. Please pray for Kimia as she’s dealing with morning sickness, that she and the baby will be fine and healthy when …
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A wedding!
We just celebrated the official wedding of Simeon and Viviane today. Weddings are few and far between because of the great expense, so just setting up a home together after making arrangements between the families is the norm. We have …
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