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Category Archives: Prayer requests
Whoo hooo, back online!
We arrived back to Gamboula on New Year’s Eve only to have the internet die on us on New Year’s Day! I called up our friendly IT guy, Jorge, in Canada, and after describing the symptoms he made the diagnosis. …
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Thankful for news!
We just heard that Tom Halgren, missionary colleague who is willing to work alongside us for our last several months to complete our current term at the CEFA farm, got his passport complete with the 2 necessary visas in it. …
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Aleta’s arm
Many of you have asked about how my arm is healing. We are thankful for good orthopedic care here in Samfam’s town. I have had good progress with swelling going down and increased mobility. I have just a brace/splint that …
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Visiting Genesis ministries
Our kids, Sam and Anna, are missionaries serving Genesis, an amazing outreach with many facets. We visited the care center, where the sick and dying are lovingly attended to. Pastor Trevor realized the community’s deep need when he came upon …
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It was not supposed to be a literal break
at least that’s what my friend Janet Z wrote on my cast
We were having a lovely vacation at Kribi, the beachtown on the Atlantic coast,
enjoying a break from the usual AND the unusual tensions of Gamboula. We were …
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Please keep praying for our Fulani friends
Please keep the prayers going for health and peace and especially for salvation for our Fulani friends living across the border.
These kids’ papa has built a new home for them there in the town that I visit each week. …
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Polio raises its ugly head
War is not the only thing terrorizing the people of central Africa. Disease and malnutrition abound in the villages with a disproportionately higher percentage in the refugee camps. Up until recently they faced only the common diseases of this region; …
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Thankful!
I am so very thankful for friends across the river. I am thankful for their positive attitudes and for their openness to whatever God brings them today. I am thankful that so many are weathering the storm, waiting for a …
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To all of you who are praying for our Fulani friends
Thank you for praying!!! Thanks be to our Lord who answers prayer!! I was with some of my buddies across the river this week, rejoicing about little baby Dahiru and his mom, who are alive and well after quite an …
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Zap, crash, pow!
This group of words looks like something from a superhero comic book, but I’m trying to convey what we heard, not one at a time with commas in between, but more like ZAPCRASHPOW all at once, really loud and bright, …
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