Monthly Archives: August 2019

Passing on the gift

Posted on August 14, 2019 by danforth

We have been blessed by the gift of this wonderful, now old, pick-up for about 16 years.  Covenant Women funded the purchase of this Toyota Hilux, back in 2002, and asked that it be dedicated to helping women and children.  …

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Layha; celebrating the Lord’s gift of a ram for sacrifice

Posted on August 14, 2019 by danforth

Roy and I went across the river on Sunday to join our Fulani friends in the celebration of Layha or Eid-Al-Adha, the feast honoring Abraham’s willingness to give his son and God’s provision of a ram in the son’s stead.  …

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Joy, joy, joy

Posted on August 10, 2019 by danforth

Roy has been waiting for years for this orchid from Ecuador to bloom.   He didn’t even know what it was going to look like when he brought home a bit of root.  The waiting paid off, don’t you think?

Here …

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Taken to court

Posted on August 10, 2019 by danforth

Beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning!  Isaiah 61:3

Our God is an awesome God, he can turn tears of sorrow into tears of joy.  I had made a simple reference in our August newsletter to “tough times …

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