Fathers

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The father of a close friend of mine in California recently passed away.  She and her family are grieving, but mixed in with that sorrow is a peace and joy because they know that their dad is whole and with …

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Please pray for more

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As I consider the future, and think about our dear colleague, Pastor B, I realize what a great need there is for others to come alongside us in reaching out to our Fulani friends.  Pastor B is recently widowed and …

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Mothers and daughters

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Sometimes moms and their daughters look alike, and sometimes you wouldn’t guess that they’re related.  I often find myself grinning, thinking about how God justmixes and matches up our genes and comes up with each individual.  And we are that, …

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Teeter totter

Just a glimpse into how kids can make fun out of whatever is available.  We were driving along on Monday and saw these kids having a blast with their homemade teeter totter.  What a great reminder that joy is free.…

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Up a tree!

blog-up-a-treeWe haven’t been able to get online for 2 weeks now, even across the river where the connection is usually much better.  Thankfully most of the time we can send and receive email, but even that can be problematic if …

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Taste treats!

One of the perks of being married to a tropical fruit enthusiast is getting to eat strange and wonderful things.  This is the peach palm; when boiled and salted it is a treat, tasting something like corn and having the …

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Oops!

blog oopsIt’s the middle of rainy season and the road out to the farm is a work in progress.  They’re trying to make this very bad stretch into smooth road, and that means filling in the holes and crevasses; read – …

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Cyber cafe under the trees

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Most of the time in order to get online, read: have the Google page even load up, we have to go across the border in order to be right under the cell phone tower.  We can do email almost every …

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Thank you for the encouragement!

Century plant toppled over and dying, but sending out thousands of new plantsblog hurry up and reproduceI was overwhelmed by the responses I received after my “Overload” post, and I just want to say thank you!  Thank you for the encouragements, the prayers, …

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Overload

 

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It has been quite a week, with happenings that make me cry out to the Lord, “why, why, why?!?”. A Fulani friend of ours lost twins in premature labor before she could even get across the river to our …

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