Carolling on Easter?

What a wonderful idea! Our colleague, Leanne Turk, has a women’s bible study that meets every Monday afternoon, and they have started a tradition of walking through the neighborhood and the mission just after sunrise on Easter morning, singing songs …

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You need to replace your windshield wipers?


We not only needed a special kind of windshield wipers, we needed a new lightbulb for our little ceiling light inside the cab of the truck. Both were available, for a total of about $8! The store owner even came …

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What’s that chirping noise outside the bedroom window?


Sounds like a cricket, but it’s a cute little bat! He’s not very big, he could easily fit in your hand.

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Used tea bags and hiccups


During the Kerls (Covenant mission’s Africa regional coordinators) recent visit, we did our best to host them well, but, you know, the best laid plans of mice and men…
John came down with what we now think was the flu …

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Sam passed his 3 instrument rating tests

Thanks so much for your prayers, Sam passed the written, oral, and practical for his instrument ratings. He’s currently working on logging on hours of flying and still in his mechanic’s apprenticeship.

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Bridges!

 

 

 

Wait a minute! Three bridges and a photo of Fulani? I guess I just wanted to emphasize that the work that we do here with our Mxslim friends is all about bridge building. We are building bridges …

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The bigwigs together and a GREAT Berberati trip!


We had such a good trip yesterday to Berberati along with our regional coordinators, John & Letha Kerl, who are visiting from Lyon, France. You might remember their names as the ones who hosted Roy during his tooth crisis over …

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Please pray for Sam!


Our son Sam will be taking the qualifying tests for instrument rating on Monday, March 15th. He has already passed the written one and Monday’s for the practical and oral tests. Please pray for wisdom and peace for him as …

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“The plane is broken”

I don’t know about you, but those are not words that I like to hear. Our regional coordinators, John & Letha Kerl, were scheduled to fly to Gamboula today, Saturday, on the single prop 5 passenger SIL mission Cessna. Also …

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One stop shopping

So, you have eggs and tylenol on your shopping list? You can get them both at this booth in the town across the border, pharmacy and egg store combined. The eggs come from a chicken farm to the north, and …

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