Category Archives: Mission

Lake Beauty Bible Camp, Minnesota

This is a little snap of Lake Beauty Bible Camp.  The photo is a bit foggy, as my camera was trying to cope with going from airconditioning to hot muggy real life.  Our granddaughter, Maddie, says “real life” to emphasize …

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Kingsburg

We just spent the weekend in Kingsburg with dear friends.  As I stood in church and looked around the congregation, I had a hard time not crying for joy and tender memories.  We were fed and taken care of royally, …

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the recording studio in Swansons’ living room!

It’s hard to tell whether Roy is playing fort and reading a prepared speech to his foes, or recording part of a video that Aleta needs to put together by next Sunday!!! Yikes!!! Hurry up and get those words onto …

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On our way!!


We happened to be flying to Yaounde along with another mission plane, so we took pictures in mid-air! The pilot was also kind enought to fly over the newly developed CEFA land so Roy could get some aerial shots!

We …

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Nuuhu’s sons

A local Fulani teacher/farmer, Mallum Nuuhu (Noah in English) has been a friend of ours since our arrival to C.A.R. in 1998. He and three of his sons (no, not Ham, Shem, & Japheth) are involved in working with us. …

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Teenage boys’ afternoon pasttime?


These boys want to earn a little spending money, so they make, yes, brooms! They go out in fields and pick handfuls of wild grasses and clean them up a little and tie them together at the handle with thin …

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More visitors come and gone


Greg is a pastor, who with his wife, Noell, have a desire to see people free of evil spirits and demons. There were no frothing at the mouth, screaming exorcisms going on, but amongst these people who so firmly believe …

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a visitor, come and gone!

Jacob Smith is a British SIL/Wycliffe missionary kid who grew up in Cameroon and a recent high school grad. He expressed an interest in coming to Gamboula for a couple weeks to see what we’re up to. He helped with …

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Hungry to learn

I was just thinking about our northern Fulaxni Jesus following friends that we visited about a month ago. I was thinking about the different ones’ joys and troubles. There’s recently widowed Hurrera and her family, there’s her sister with her …

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What a fellowship, what a joy divine

Just back from a great time of being together with Covenant missionary colleagues for 5 days! Here are a few pix, including one of our heaven-sent speaker, Brian Wiele.

The whole crew, from Cameroon, DRCongo, CAR, Sudan, U.S., & France…

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