Category Archives: Ceremonies & church happenings

Women’s conference

Posted on September 8, 2012 by danforth

We’ve just had a week long conference for the “Union des Soeurs”, or “Sisters’ Group”.  They’ve had teachings and early morning prayer and exercise, singing and dancing and a competition to see which region (they’ve come from as far away …

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Harvest Thankfulness

Posted on August 19, 2012 by danforth

Today was harvest Sunday at our local church. Last week, as people geared up for today’s celebration, we heard a sermon all about “us”. We need to give because we will get blessed, we need to give so we don’t …

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11 Weddings rolled into one! A LOOOOOONG day!

Posted on June 17, 2012 by danforth

5:20 am Time to decorate the “limo”

6:30ish Finished product!

7:00 Time to pick up Benoit (CEFA Ag director) & Laurentine who actually have been living as husband and wife for 34 years, ala village
7:05 Find out the pastor/speaker …

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Blessings for hungry children

Posted on January 24, 2012 by danforth

 

We participated in a wonderful event on Saturday.  Initiated by Dan Johnson at the Hilmar Covenant Church, hundreds of people from the surrounding communities, irrespective of age, religion, or other distinctions,  joined in a massive food packing endeavor, aimed …

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Bremen Holy Walk

Posted on December 19, 2011 by danforth

In little Bremen, Indiana, they have a wonderful tradition.  Many churches and volunteers put on a “holy walk”.  They bus groups of people out to a field on a local farm, in the dark with no electric lights in the …

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Lake Beauty Jr. Highers – Sensory worship

Posted on July 20, 2011 by danforth

What a moving experience, to see a room chock full of quietly attentive, YES, quietly attentive jr. highers, making their way around the gym’s different stations of sensory worship. There was vinegar to taste, a cross to heft on your …

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Graduation and weddings at Gamboula last month!

Posted on July 15, 2011 by danforth

Our colleagues at Gamboula wrote recently about the 16 students at the mission’s bible school who graduated on June 19th and their wives graduated from the adjoining women’s school on June 18th. They will now start their service as pastor …

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Have you ever carolled on Easter?

Posted on April 24, 2011 by danforth

He is risen! Alleluia! I joined with a small group of ladies who, every year, starting before the sun comes up, walk through the neighborhood, singing songs about how our Lord has risen from the dead. Aside from occasional stumbling …

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Baking bread

Posted on April 24, 2011 by danforth


Irene, a friend who is a pastor’s wife in a town about 60miles but a 2.5 hours’ drive away, came to see her father who was sick and in the hospital. In order to get here she had to hitch …

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Seder supper

Posted on April 23, 2011 by danforth


The missionary group here at Gamboula got together to celebrate Passover and especially remember what our ultimate sacrificial lamb, Jesus, did for us. We kind of had to make do with the different elements of the feast, but I think …

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