These two lovely ladies came to my door today. They knew Cindy Ekstrand, Covenant missionary who used to live where we do now. They brought a couple of big cooking pots to sell (I bought them), and said they also …
Creative Parking Lines
How do you paint lines in a dirt parking lot?
You “paint” lines with straw! Wonder how long that’ll last before it gets strewn about?
Meet the Andersons: Covenanters in World Mission
David and DeAnna Anderson arrived in Yaounde, Cameroon this past summer – shortly after we Zs arrived here. They are missionaries with Wycliffe Bible Translators serving in computer services and education of missionary children. DeAnna and I share the job …
December 2010 Prayer Update
The first of December! We move from a season of Thanksgiving to a season of Advent. As we celebrate Christ’s first arrival and look forward to His second coming, let us prepare our hearts to receive Him daily.
Praises from …
The Saga of the Septic Tank
A few weeks ago our next door neighbors came knocking on our door. There has been water leaking from our yard into theirs under the wall — and it smells bad! A call to the landlady, and a few days …
Thanksgiving in Cameroon — the Z’s first
Thanksgiving started out like a norman Thursday for 3/5 of the Z family. Ron, Michelle and Nathan got dressed in their “chapel day” clothes, and headed out the door, albiet a few minutes early so they can stop and get …
What Ron’s up to Lately
The tree that fell on the wall at RFIS is now all cut up and the hole in the wall is repaired. Pictured are some of the guys Ron works with everyday keeping the buildings and grounds kept up at …
What’s For Supper?
It was nearly 6 pm and I still didn’t know what to make for supper! How about fast food? So I put a pot of rice on to cook and headed next door to the local fish grill. I sat …
The People That we Meet – and why we ask for discernment
Our latest prayer update included a request to pray for daily discernment regarding people who come to the door or meet us on the street with various needs. To give you an idea what that looks like, let me illustrate …
Big Shoes to Fill
- Karl Noren leaves big shoes to fill as a teacher at RFIS
Ruthie demonstrates how her daddy is leaving big shoes to fill next semester. Pray for Samantha Barron, short term missionary who will be taking over his classes when …