Transitions – they are part of life

We just came back from spending four days with our students on our school retreat.  It was a great time of fun and talking with colleagues and students. 

We built memories as we shared meals, games and worship together.

 

 

  As …

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Retreat Time 2012

Once each year Rain Forest International School goes on retreat.  This is a time for students to learn things not normally taught in their classrooms, worship together and have lots of fun.  The school is broken into two groups – …

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Tile Repair – A Messy Business

As you may remember from one of my previous blog postings, Christmas night and the following day, was an “uplifting experience” at our house.  That is, the tile in our living room lifted right off the floor in an explosive …

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Goodbye 2011 – A look back at the year

 

 

2011 was a full year and we saw God’s presence with us in many ways.

 

We began the year in California visiting family.

 

Early February is retreat time at RFIS and the retreats in 2011 were life changing experiences for

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New UBAC Hostel Construction Begins

As 2011 comes to a close, work on the new UBAC hostel, and an apartment for Jeff and I is moving ahead at full speed.  Moving more slowly but progressing is the construction of a duplex for other Covenant and 

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Twelfth Night … RFIS Style

 

 

A highlight of each year at RFIS is the drama production.  Typically it occurs during the second semester but this year, due to staffing issues, it took place last week. The students had to balance the demands of rehearsals, sports,

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Going, going, please be gone

This is the van that Jeff and I drove from 1998 when we came to Cameroon until 18 months ago(July 2010).  At that time the Ziegelbaurs started driving it and continue to do so.

It has been a workhorse – …

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Christmas Preparations

Advent has come – Preparations begin

 

 

 

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Thankful Hearts

 As you know Cameroon is a bilingual country – speaking both French and English.  Our church is also bilingual and this allows us to occasionally get additional insights by looking at things from a second point of view.

In French …

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Expanding Ministry

During the summer months ago I said that I would devote a newsletter or blog post to Jeff’s activities and now the time has come. 

For a number of years Jeff has had a number of responsibilities in Yaounde, these …

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