Yellowstone

What a wonderful time we had in Yellowstone, that is after we moved from the snow campsite to a 10 degree warmer, grassy campsite.  Elaina and Sawyer were great hikers and at one point, at the end of a 1.5 …

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Please pray for Benoit

Benoit, who is the director of the ag program at Gamboula/CEFA, is running the show all by himself right now.  We lost a recently hired agricultural extension worker before we left in May, and now we have heard that the …

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Family together

Oh how sweet to be together, to laugh and eat, share and pray, shed a tear and play.  Sam, Anna, Elaina, and Sawyer will be in Spokane, WA, for at least the next year, as Sam perfects his skills as …

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Librarian sisters!

How fun it has been to visit with family! While in California last month, we took photos of our two sisters who both work in elementary school libraries. They both are so very creative in their work, it is fun …

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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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On the road and packing!


We made it to California, and have been enjoying family and friends, we even had a turkey dinner! Yum! We packed up all our belongings (mostly household things like pots & pans & dishes) into this moving van/shipping container, finally …

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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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In Belgium with our buddies

Here are our buddies, Steve and Barb Swanson.  Steve is the pastor of the International Church of Antwerp and Barb is a Covenant missionary.  It has been so great to spend time with them this past weekend, to see their …

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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!

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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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