My brother Don posted the following reflections about Dad on facebook. I decided to copy them here to share them with more people. They are a wonderful description of who he was. Thanks Don.
An example to follow:
On …
Dec 20
Web Ekstrand: Found Faithful
Steve Green wrote a song entitled “Find Us Faithful.” The refrain goes:
May all who come behind us find us faithful;
May the fire of our devotion light their way.
May the footprints that we leave, lead them to believe.…
Dec 06
“COURAGEOUS” impacts Congolese
“This movie has spoken to my heart,” said one pastor after watching the movie “COURAGEOUS” at our house Monday night. He went on to share that he has been estranged from one of his daughters and has not spoken to …
Nov 27
Helping Babies Breathe in Congo
Two days after Dr. Eddy received the training Helping Babies Breathe at Karawa he was able to put his newly acquired skills into practice. A woman gave birth by caesarean and the baby was not breathing. Dr. Eddy knew exactly …
Nov 26
Green peppers and sustainability
So what do green peppers and sustainability have to do with each other? The green house project at the Kitengela Covenant Church is truly a sustainable project as they have successfully moved from crop to crop and now they’re raising …
Nov 23
Thanksgiving in Congo
Thanksgiving is a special time everywhere and we make it so here. At 5pm yesterday we were 13 people to our house for a wonderful meal plus time of giving thanks and singing. We were not lacking for food as …
Nov 03
Educating Girls in Congo
The Lycce Vanette girls school opened in this September. The CEUM wants to empower girls to be future leaders in their community and in the church. Too often girls have not had the same opportunities to go to school as …
Oct 31
Training Pastors in Kenya
Pastors John Kiruga and Nahashon Ngoima of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Kenya (ECCK) are doing well in their seminary studies at the Africa International University (AIU) in Nairobi. We had a wonderful visit with them back in September. They …
Oct 28
When is a project sustainable?
The Paul Carlson Partnership (PCP) blog entry “What is a Sustainable Community?” got me thinking about what do we mean by sustainability? In the PCP blog, the question of sustainability is directed to the local community context. After …
Oct 12
Creative Chick Brooders
We saw a creative chick brooder when we visited JITOKEZE, a women’s empowerment initiative partially supported by Covenant World Relief. In order to provide the heat needed for a brooder for very young chicks, this model combines the women’s cook …
