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Category Archives: Mission
Ramadan is over!
What joy our friends express when the month of fasting is over. They welcome us with smiles and hot sugary tea and when we got to my friend H’s house, a hot meal was provided, accompanied by constant urgings – …
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Our visitors are here!
Dave, Eric, Mark, Roy, and Denise arrived safely in 2 taxis Monday afternoon. They are all good sports, taking bumpy, dusty roads with a bit of hassling from officials along the way in stride as well as being willing to …
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Good news from C.A.R.
We have continuing reports that our M friends are beginning to cross the border for medical help. This is such an encouragement to us, that there is hope. Please pray that the home villages of these, who were mercilessly chased …
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C.A.R.’s new President Touadera, sworn in
BBC reports: A former prime minister and maths professor in Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadera, has been sworn in as president at a ceremony held at the national stadium in the capital, Bangui.
He promised to promote peace and to …
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How was our trip to the northwest? Great!!
First stop, Olympia, WA, with Brian & Linda Wiele, at River Ridge Covenant Church, very fun and caring hosts
complete with walks through mossy forests and along the Puget Sound
As well as a whole group being willing to taste …
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We hear that our friends are starting to return!
We are hearing bits of good news from our colleagues in Gamboula! Some of our Muslixm friends have been able to cross the border to get good medical care at the mission hospital. Many of our friends are hoping to …
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The new president of CAR?
The vote on February 14th passed peaceably, but there has been some protest about the counting of the ballots. Click this to get the story.
Here are two missionary colleagues, visiting with Former Prime Minister Faustin Touadera. He asked John …
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Thankful for a new regional coordinator for Covenant Africa
We were able to get together with Pastor Josef Rasheed at our Covenant meetings in Chicago at the end of January. He is our newly appointed regional coordinator for Covenant missions in Africa. In the short time we had with …
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Treated like kings in California!
Nothing like being in California in January rather than icy cold Indiana, right? We have many supporting churches in California, so we have to schedule big blocks of time there.
In Hilmar, Tom & Pat Sparks treated us to waffles …
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Jan & Kim heading back to C.A.R.
Our friends, colleagues, and extended family (our daughter-in-law Kimia’s folks), Jan & Kim Cone, will be on their way to Gamboula as of January 8th. We are so thankful that Kim has made good enough progress with his broken but …
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