Monthly Archives: February 2016

Send it to us!

I had to chuckle at this shared post on Facebook, thank you Gai!smileThere have been times when friends have brought out very necessary items to us, like prescription meds, but then again sometimes very frivolous things have come, like …

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The new president of CAR?

The vote on February 14th passed peaceably, but there has been some protest about the counting of the ballots.  Click this to get the story.

Here are two missionary colleagues, visiting with Former Prime Minister Faustin Touadera.  He asked John …

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Happy birthday, Maddie!

The snow was pretty thick for a few days, BUTblog snow

just before Maddie’s birthday party, green grass once again appeared.  Roy was out checking over the dormant veggie garden and whatever green he could find when Emrie went running out …

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Thank you!

As we travel about and see friends and family, it is hard not to be overwhelmed.  This past Sunday we were at the main Covenant church in Lafayette, Indiana, a church that began supporting us, just because; really out of …

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Thanks for your prayers, Roy is fine!!!

blog seize the dayRoy had hernia surgery today, and thanks to your prayers, he is just fine.  Of course he had to get as much done beforehand as he could!  Here he is with our son, Josh, stacking the wood they just spent …

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Superbowl with friends!

Okay, I’m not much for watching sports, but you know who is!!!  We had some good friends over on Superbowl Sunday, but wait ’til you hear this!blog superbowl 2016 (3)

Tim Smith and his daughter, Bekah, drove all the way from Florida, braving …

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Thankful for a new regional coordinator for Covenant Africa

We were able to get together with Pastor Josef Rasheed at our Covenant meetings in Chicago at the end of January.  He is our newly appointed regional coordinator for Covenant missions in Africa.  In the short time we had with …

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Happy birthday,… on and on

So, in our family, Roy’s usually the one who milks a birthday for all it’s worth.  This year I guess it’s my turn.  Seems like I’ve been celebrating for 3 weeks, starting in Calif. and even now I’m still getting …

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After Midwinter, just friend time!

Midwinter (Covenant pastors/missionaries/etc) conference in Chicago last week was excellent.  We were able to attend good workshops, be blessed by wonderful worship and teaching sessions, AND we spent many hours visiting with colleagues we haven’t seen in a long time.…

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