Author Archives: danforth
Bat flower
Roy loves weird flowers, and this is one of the strangest. It’s called a white bat flower, and it’s not very common, so we were happy to see this photo that Anna sent from the Back 2 Eden nursery tunnel …
Grateful for family
It’s been a long and lovely ride, going from being a young couple starting out on a big adventure to being grandparents. I still pinch myself sometimes at the wonder and joy of how our boys have grown up and …
Life on the farm
Life’s never dull around here, that’s for sure. Beekeeping, gardening, weeding, building, living out a dream. Roy loves to work, as many of you know; he’s never happier than when his hands are in the dirt, seeing plants grow to …
School’s out
The 3 Danforth girls are done with school, at least for the moment. Maddie is in soccer practice for the high school team, and will be starting geometry in summer school on Monday, June 7th. She will be …
Beginnings and UCC invite
In less than 2 months’ time we will be retired. We have been so blessed over these past 43 years – yes, we left for Zaire from Davis, California in May of 1978! University Covenant Church, UCC, in Davis nurtured …
Josh’s accident
Some of you have heard this news, but here’s the story in a nutshell and the prayer requests. Josh was coaching 10 year old Maia’s soccer team and decided to have a parents vs. kids game at the last practice, …
Keeping busy in a lovely way
Our son, Josh, teaches AP history, and he asked Roy to be available as counsel for his students who are working on mock development projects. They had to choose and issue and a country, and work through all the possible …
Home sweet home
Kimia caught this beautiful sunrise over the barn one morning. Home sweet home and no end to God sightings every day that goes by! After a long trip to California and then a short trip to Tennessee for the retreat, …
Congo missionary retreat
What a treat, to be included with these dear Covenant missionaries to Congo, even though we’ve been out of that country for 22 years now! We had such sweet fellowship, sharing from our hearts, praying, laughing, playing, eating way too …
Four New Testaments published and dedicated in DR Congo
A quadruple New Testament Dedication happened in the city of Gemena, in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Sunday April 25. Those that now can read scripture in their mother tongues, those that did the …