Happy Mother’s Day!

 

Here’s a bouquet for all you moms out there!  Whether you are old enough to be my mom, or young enough to be my granddaughter, I picked these flowers thinking of you; thinking of the challenges and the joys …

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Ouch! and thank You!

This poor mango tree has suffered some very rough treatment, but it stands strong and provides shade from the blazing tropical sun, never mind all the fruit it still provides in spite of the scars it bears.  Just recently I …

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A friend shared this

May it be so with me.  Would you pray for me, who finds it so easy to judge?  Thank you.

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Thank you Lord for Fulani buddies

It’s always a delight to visit friends across the border; to just be with them and catch up on the family and town news.  Sometimes we hear of joys, like a new baby or marriage, sometimes we hear sad news, …

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to South Africa

Hooray!!!! Roy, Nadege (CEFA village co-op supervisor), and Benoit (CEFA director) are going to South Africa!!!  There will be a Covenant World Relief conference in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, May 21-27, and they are to be participants.  Nadege and Benoit travelled …

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De forestation!

The tree next to the carport was starting to lean, the soil around the base cracking as the roots were beginning to let go.  Roy decided to take it down before it took the carport roof and hood of our …

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Please pray for Timoté’s surgery

 

Timothé Turk, the youngest son of our Gamboula colleagues, Luke and Leanne, fell during a soccer game and royally messed up his shoulder.  The Turk family is now at our son’s home in South Africa, getting good medical treatment …

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Internet woes and joys

A Swedish friend recently sent us this card with a French caption. I’ll translate for you:

First, you click “Serengeti”, enter, then “satellite view”, enter, then “localize”, click on “gnu”, and then, on the menu, select “recently died”.

Hey, if …

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Hooray! Someone who knows their stuff is helping!

How thankful we are that CEFA again has a Fulani cowguy, I’ll call him I.H.  Because of the tense political situation up ‘til now we have had a couple of local villagers taking care of the cattle that knew absolutely …

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Ag conference at the CEFA farm

We came back to CAR on Sunday, and Monday Roy hit the ground running, being a key player in the ag conference that just finished today, Thursday, April 13th.  It was so very good to see the turnout …

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