Monthly Archives: October 2017

Thom and Noranne are here!

Our good buddies from college days, Thom and Noranne Skaanland, are with us for about a week.  It is so fun to catch up with all that’s going on in our lives, and especially wonderful to see improvement in Noranne …

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CAR out of sight out of mind

Please keep praying for CAR

Central African Republic: Out of sight, out of mind   Oct 18 2017

One of the world’s forgotten stories, one of the planet’s invisible hidden corners, where people suffer in silence, far away from the media

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a little help here and there makes the heart glad

Yesterday morning in Kentzou was full of contacts and tasks alike.  One thing I do love about our trips across the border is being able to help in tangible ways.  Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy just “being” with friends, …

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Words of thanks from our colleague, Kim

Today, I did Luke 8 with a friend.  I say “did” in that I did not read it myself as before.  Instead, I used a radio that will accept SD cards.  The Fulfulde is so perfectly “clean

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Refugee aid

Wow, we finally saw firsthand what our friends go through when they go pick up their refugee allotments of beans, flour, and oil.  The UNHCR is still giving aid in Cameroon, 4 years out from the mass evacuation from CAR …

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Kids with wheels

Kids love motion and imitating big people.  No matter where they grow up, no matter what resources or lack thereof are in their surroundings, they find a way to play.  Would that we could enjoy our work as play, as …

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