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Volleyball match at Gamboula today!
The guys from “downtown” played against the guys from the mission. It was a fun game to watch, with lots of great, long volleys and good slams. Look how they attach the net to the poles, and how they keep …
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Where did the years go??
Our sons and their families were together last weekend and they celebrated Sam’s birthday. 29!!! That’s our baby!!!
From the photos they sent us and the phone conversation we had, it seems that they had an amazing weekend together. Check …
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Fan the flame!
Okay, sometimes we have a cozy fire during our Sunday evening prayer meetings. Yes, the heat actually feels nice on some cool nights! Well, “cool” is relative, isn’t it. Cool to us is maybe 68-73. (o;
This particular night the …
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October prayer requests
Dear Praying Friends & Family,
Thank you for praying for CEFA director Benoit, his travels have gone very well. He is still in Burkina Faso at an ECHO (Christian ag development org) conference as I write this. His return is …
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Grateful and humbled by the generosity of friends!
Back in May, upon our arrival to Gamboula, I discovered that the central pharmacy’s computer was very sick, with a huge cancerous looking blob in the middle of the screen:
We knew a friend from our home church in Davis, …
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Monday, wash day???
When I got up at 5am, the sky looked clear even though it was still dark, and before 6 there was clear blue sky overhead. I had to catch up on laundry, what with trying to hit on a sunny …
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God paints the sky, just for us!
Yesterday morning was not an encouraging time for me – I struggled with computer issues and someone blatantly deceived me and I was in the kind of mood then so that seeing the garbage along the sides of the road …
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Thoughts
A couple of weeks ago I had an interesting week. I had the topic of broken-heartedness before God spoken to me from 3 different directions, so I guess that’s what God was trying to get through to me about. Our …
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Prayer answered = request answered = happy and relieved Aleta
Yay!!!!!!!!!! We have a “happy to help” volunteer to send out our emails, as per our request a day or two ago. Thank you Lord! and thank you Darren!
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Thank the Lord for protection!
The CEFA (ag project’s) truck almost went into the drink two weeks ago! You can’t really see, but there is about a six foot drop into a stream underneath the log bridge that the truck is stuck on. Thankfully it …
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