Category Archives: Mission
Janet Varner, dear friend, has passed away
Janet Varner. Friend, missionary colleague, a woman whose heart beat for Central Africans, a person who could tell a story with a flair to make you laugh yourself silly, a follower of Jesus, and a warm, welcoming soul who was …
Keeping up with C.A.R.
We’ve been able to skype (a computer to computer free system or a computer to phone call for reasonable prices) pretty regularly with Benoit, the CEFA (ag farm) director, as well as touch base with friends at Gamboula and in …
Thank you Woodstock ECC, Connecticut
Oh my goodness! Again we were blessed and overwhelmed by the care of friends, old and new alike! Here are just a few of the hosts who took care of us so wonderfully. We stayed in Woodstock for 10 days …
“Replanning…”
When you hear bad news like this:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34398173?SThisFB
about the country you’ve been praying for and hoping to go back to, or when your GPS says you’re hovering over deep water and it needs to replan
or your car catches …
Sweet friends and a missions fair
What a whirlwind it is when we visit California! We get dental work done at a dear friend’s office, we get to hang out with family and friends, AND we schedule church visits for every Sunday in the months we …
Mission Springs PSW Covenant women’s retreat
I was blessed to once again be at Mission Springs for a women’s retreat. What better place to increase in the love and knowledge of our great God?? To be awestruck by the Lord’s creation and to connect with California …
Redeemer Cov, Tulsa, OK is a-okay!
Oh we had wonderful chats and times for catching up with friends last weekend in Tulsa. It is a bit overwhelming to have so many people come up to you to tell you they’ve been praying, to let you know …
We’re going to Kansas City, Kansas City here we come!
We were in Kansas City, not to see the Royals, but to attend Christian Veterinary Missions annual conference, called “Shortcourse”. CVM put us up at the retreat center and fed us royally AND gave us the opportunity to share with …
MCE 2015 – Missionary Connection Event
Basically, what MCE means, is a gathering of the Covenant missionaries who are just getting to the states for home assignment/furlough/itineration – whatever sounds right to you. It is a re-entry seminar designed to bring Covenant missionaries from all …
Covenant Annual Meeting – Gather 2015
We went to the Covenant Annual Meeting last week – it was an awesome celebration of what’s going on in the Covenant all over the world. We were delegates so we were involved in the business meetings, hearing about budgets …