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Category Archives: Mission
Captive audience
Before work starts out at the CEFA farm, everyone gathers for devotions at 6:30. Roy recently asked that anyone who catches a ride out to the farm on CEFA’s trucks sit close enough to hear the devotional time. Yup, forced, …
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Pastor B
Our dear friend and colleague, Pastor B, has long had the Fulani people on his heart. He was commissioned by the local Baptist church as a missionary pastor to the Fulani and other Muslixm people. Because of the recent ethnic …
Posted in Family & Friends, Fulani/M friends, Mission
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Refugee camp at Lolo
We were able to visit the refugee camp just north of our Cameroon border town when on our way to Yaounde last week. It is a huge place, and I didn’t have much hope of running into anyone that I …
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Be still and know that I am God
I have just read Holding On Loosely by Giacopelli, and my goodness it was appropriate for what is going on in my heart just now. Giacopelli says that the Hebrew for “be still” in Ps. 46 is harpu, which translated …
An ocean freight container from Sweden !
We had a busy afternoon last week unloading a container full of much needed hospital beds and supplies. Even a bit of rain didn’t stop the process. God has continually blessed this place with needed equipment and …
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A week of ag seminar for our Bayaka(Pygmy) friends
This week has been an overall ag/development seminar for a group of Pygmies, who actually prefer to be called Bayaka. There are 4 women in the group of 18, which is great. They have been learning about how to farm …
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Still more friends trying to cross the river
We have a new group of Fulani women and children, staying in downtown Gamboula at the Catholic church there. We are so thankful for their open hearts and welcome for these refugees. In this group, there is one man among …
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Another good visit across the river
Jan & Kim Cone, Past. Boniface and I went and had some lovely times with our friends making do away from home just across the border. We are seeing a few Fulani men in the town of Gamboula, which is …
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French peacekeeping forces visit
Though peace continues in our little region, we have had some very interesting visitors this past week. There have been visits from a couple of different groups of the anti-balaxka, who came and went from our town without a problem. …
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Life and death go on
A dear and respected mama of our community passed away on Friday. I first met her in ’98, when we arrived to Gamboula as newbies in CAR. She was just retiring from working at the nutrition center at our mission …
Posted in Ceremonies & church happenings, Mission
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