It’s the time of year when “Back to School” is the rallying cry for parents, shoppers and perhaps reluctant students. Our children were quite ready to get back to school. Thankfully they like their classes and seem to have a …
Olympic Games in Yaounde
Ancient Greece is the theme of study for the Elementary age students at FES (Field Education System – home school cooperative for children of missionaries) where Ben is a 6th grader. Three times a year (Aug, Dec and April) families …
RFIS Prayer Chapel & Garden taking shape
This summer Ron and the crew have been busy getting the Prayer Chapel built. It has a very complicated design requiring a lot of planning before ever putting a shovel to the ground. But finally they got the foundation done …
RFIS Celebrates 20 Years!
August 19 was the big celebration! God’s faithfulness was the theme of the day as we heard from the Director of Wycliffe’s Cameroon Branch, the Director of RFIS, and worshipped together in song.
The RFIS school board chair handed out …
August 2011 Prayer Update
Thank you for prayer support during our first full year in Cameroon. We are seeing God open doors for Covenant ministry in amazing ways. We look forward to our second year of ministry here and eagerly anticipate seeing him do …
New Opportunities for Community Development in View
While on vacation in the NW Region of Cameroon, Ron and I met up with Sharon Davis, Covenant missionary here for Community Development. She is being invited by The Torchbearers Foundation (TBF) to serve in villages around Bamenda. So we …
Vacation “Up North” even in Africa!
Road Trip in Cameroon — culture shock!
We just had a great summer vacation trip to the Northwest Region of Cameroon. Ron and I experienced a bit of culture shock on this road trip. Not that it was so unlike
4th of July in Cameroon
We Americans living in Cameroon did celebrate our nation’s 235th birthday — but there were no fireworks or “bombs bursting in air.” We were invited to our US Embassy for a good ol’ American backyard barbeque. Hot dogs, burgers, chips, …
July 2011 Prayer Update
School is out and summer is here! July in Cameroon – is the coldest month of the year here, I believe. So enjoy your heat, sun, lakes and pools while we “freeze” (which means we need long sleeves and maybe …