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Monthly Archives: March 2016
C.A.R.’s new President Touadera, sworn in
BBC reports: A former prime minister and maths professor in Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadera, has been sworn in as president at a ceremony held at the national stadium in the capital, Bangui.
He promised to promote peace and to …
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RoseMarie
Our dear, amazing friend, Rose Marie Norehed, passed away on March 19th, after a valiant fight against leukemia. We first met her in 1998, when we moved to Gamboula, C.A.R., to join with the Swedish missionaries in their ministries to …
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Delighting in work in the veggie garden!
Just a quick before – before winter set in cold and hard, the guys rototilled a bazillion wheelbarrows of manure and compost into the garden plot
and after! The paths and planting beds are ready to go! Can’t wait to …
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On being careful
I don’t know how many of you remember the awful story of our dear friend, Kim Cone’s, fall from a ladder almost 2 years ago now? He broke his neck and ended up having surgery and delaying return to Africa …
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Easter! He is risen! Allelujah!
We celebrate the Messiah’s resurrection in so many different ways. We gathered around a bonfire in Josh & Kimia’s backyard with family and friends, to sing praises as the sun rose early Sunday morning. The girls dyed hardboiled eggs and …
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Seder – our version of the Passover meal
Josh had researched and put together a Seder celebration to do with some of his high school kids he’s mentoring, so he led our family through the same ceremony. We do try to have a Seder supper before …
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How was our trip to the northwest? Great!!
First stop, Olympia, WA, with Brian & Linda Wiele, at River Ridge Covenant Church, very fun and caring hosts
complete with walks through mossy forests and along the Puget Sound
As well as a whole group being willing to taste …
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Rain! Rain! Thank you, Lord
This dry season has been THE WORST in our ag director’s memory. We usually have a Christmas rain during the normal 4 month dry season. This year they went 3 months, 1 week, and 1 day with no rain! They’ve …
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We hear that our friends are starting to return!
We are hearing bits of good news from our colleagues in Gamboula! Some of our Muslixm friends have been able to cross the border to get good medical care at the mission hospital. Many of our friends are hoping to …
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Please pray for South Sudan, TODAY and tomorrow and the next day and the next day…
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