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Category Archives: Fulani/M friends
Fathers
The father of a close friend of mine in California recently passed away. She and her family are grieving, but mixed in with that sorrow is a peace and joy because they know that their dad is whole and with …
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Please pray for more
As I consider the future, and think about our dear colleague, Pastor B, I realize what a great need there is for others to come alongside us in reaching out to our Fulani friends. Pastor B is recently widowed and …
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Mothers and daughters
Sometimes moms and their daughters look alike, and sometimes you wouldn’t guess that they’re related. I often find myself grinning, thinking about how God justmixes and matches up our genes and comes up with each individual. And we are that, …
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Overload
It has been quite a week, with happenings that make me cry out to the Lord, “why, why, why?!?”. A Fulani friend of ours lost twins in premature labor before she could even get across the river to our …
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Thankful for treatment for cataracts
My long time friend, A, will be coming to the mission hospital this week, for medical treatment. She has had operable cataracts quite some time now, at least we think this is the case. We are thankful we have a …
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B is back home!
Our friend, B, braved the officials at the barriers on each side of the border, as well as braving a return to the town she was chased out of about 2.5 years ago. She needed to come to our mission …
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Typical day across the river
It’s always an exhausting time, to go across the river and take care of all sorts of errands and visits. I don’t know if it’s the stress of crossing the borders with the officialdom and red tape like never before, …
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The vet in action!
Denise was able to actually hang out with some cattle today, getting a small taste of what it might be like if she and her husband come to stay in a couple of years! Unlike most of our Fulani friends …
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Ramadan is over!
What joy our friends express when the month of fasting is over. They welcome us with smiles and hot sugary tea and when we got to my friend H’s house, a hot meal was provided, accompanied by constant urgings – …
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Bomxbite or bust
When we want to visit friends sometimes it takes a little more than just walking next door or even a little more than driving over the bridge across the border into Cameroon. Roy & Kim went to see friends in …
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