My friend, Susan, and I walk down the hill to the river (about a 3 mile hike) a few afternoons a week. We enjoy the time to chat, and sometimes we get into deep discussions, but most times we just …
Brooms revisited

The ladies at our Thursday meeting keep on making brooms – there must be a constant demand for them. They do wear out when you sweep the dirt clear around your house daily. I thought I’d send along some pictures …
December prayer requests
Dear family and friends,
Thank you so much for taking the time to read these over and pray with us and for us. November was a wonderful month for us:
Praises
A fresh water well has been drilled at CEFA…
Visitors from Shanghai?
We hadn’t on planned on our weekly visit across the border this week, because we had been told last week that the aid groups were going to show up on Thursday to do their handouts and free clinics for the …
Your intestinal parasites say what?!?!?

While visiting some Fulani friends in the TB ward of the hospital, a Fulani friend who was also visiting told me about her tummy troubles! She said that she was experiencing distress and wanted medicine. I told her that sometimes …
A well at the CEFA land

We are so excited and blessed and thankful!!!! There is a well being dug at CEFA, as I write this! Thank you, Lord! and thank you ICDI!
Relaxing read in the shade

Nothing better to while away the long hours and days and weeks while you’re under the first two months’ treatment for TB than to sit under a tree and read God’s word. This Fulani man is reading I and II …
Celebration of Abraham’s faith
Jan & I went visiting last Wednesday to many Fulani friends’ homes to celebrate the holiday commemorating Abraham’s faith, when he went up the mountain, willing to sacrifice his beloved son. We went bearing gifts of tea, sugar, and banana …
A good day across the border
Well, we had 34 women at our meeting across the border Thursday morning. It was great! AND, they were there waiting for us, instead of us coming and waiting for them all to show up! We were blessed, to say …
Kids playing in the rain!

What fun to watch, kids squooshing in the mud, enjoying the feel of the rain rushing down out of the rainspout onto their heads or their tummies. Oh the giggles and the chatter!
