Category Archives: Fulani/M friends

Please pray for God’s love to shine through us!

Whether we’re talking with bigwigs or Fulani friends, please pray for us, that we would speak words of love, that we might be part of the much needed reconciliation and healing for this country. Pray that not just our words, …

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Please keep the prayers going!

While peace continues in our little town of Gamboula and many of my Muslixm friends continue on with life as best they can just across the border,

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there continues to be conflict in many places in the rest of the …

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Cattle on the highway!

What do you do when you see this in front of you on the only road between you and home?

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You wait.

blog 5.14 cattle in road2And they pass by.

blog 5.14 cattle in road3And you see some more. And you wait. And they pass by.

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Pastor B

blog 5.14 Past. B n moto (1) blog 5.14 Past. BOur dear friend and colleague, Pastor B, has long had the Fulani people on his heart.  He was commissioned by the local Baptist church as a missionary pastor to the Fulani and other Muslixm people.  Because of the recent ethnic …

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A new baby for Chief T’s clan

Tickle me pink, I got to hold little Abdallah Basfar, as a 2 day old!  He is the grandson of the late Chief T and my best friend Hajja Hawa, and is the son of Chief T’s youngest child.  Here …

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Josh, Lori, and Charlie!

Oh, what fun!  We had a super 2 days with the Shinars, and I can tell you honestly that though we miss them at Gamboula, it was wondrous to see them shine in this new place of ministry.   Josh was …

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Refugee camp at Lolo

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We were able to visit the refugee camp just north of our Cameroon border town when on our way to Yaounde last week.  It is a huge place, and I didn’t have much hope of running into anyone that I …

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Chief T’s girls

What joy it was to see my buddy, Hajja Hawa, for the first time after our attempt to take her belongings to her a couple of weeks ago.  It broke my heart and gave me pause when the first thing …

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Be still and know that I am God

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I have just read Holding On Loosely by Giacopelli, and my goodness it was appropriate for what is going on in my heart just now. Giacopelli says that the Hebrew for “be still” in Ps. 46 is harpu, which translated …

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Refugees across the border

alatrineconstr (Small) awaterpump (Small) aendlesstents (Small)Courtesy of photos and info from our Fulani ministry colleagues, Jan & Kim Cone, we have learned about a refugee camp about an hour’s drive north of the Cameroonian border town that we always visit.  Approximately 8000 souls live in …

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