My dad passed away Friday night at about midnight, with my stepmom right by his side. He had been unconscious for a few days as a result of a bad infection that turned into a more serious infection of his …
We had a crazy busy Christmas, as I’m sure most of you had also! We had a baptism and communion and various church services with lots of special music and bible verse recitation.
People got dressed up – here you’ll …
Aaron & Michelle Larsen came from Gemena, Congo, to Gamboula to have their baby. They ended up waiting a week beyond the due date before Soleil came. We are enjoying this young couple – Aaron was one of our son …
Today at the hospital we gave out presents to all the patients. We gave them a bed sheet, sardines, soap, and rice. The hospitalized kids each got a nice but used stuffed animal or doll. Now, maybe those wouldn’t necessarily …
I could post a bunch of sad faces lined up at a none functioning water faucet, or nurses giving meds by kerosene lantern, or seedlings in the nursery drying up… suffice it to say we’ve got the utility blues here …
Independance day in this country is December 1st, but the local authorities decided that it should be celebrated on the 11th for reasons unknown to the general population. What they say goes, so the parade happened a week and a …
We had a couple of good meetings this past week, with me sharing about David & Goliath, and Nadege sharing about a recent trip she made to northern Cameroon to learn about co-operatives that are working really well. The women …
We get an “analytic” of visits to this blogsite every Monday. It has graphs and statistics and some percentages I can’t even begin to understand, but it does quote some basic very understandable facts as well. I just want to …
We had a lovely time during a church service in which the women’s group at a neighboring church celebrated their members’ accomplishments. What joy they all showed at the different achievements. One lady, probably 55 or so, proudly counted to …
One of our good Fulani friends asked us to drop in and see her grandson with a broken leg after our Thursday meetings a couple of weeks ago. The 4 year old had been roughhousing with his friends and siblings …
