Roy and helpers are hard at work prepping the strip of land where the fence will go, which will protect the fruit orchards at the farm. It was not easy to leave CAR, but it is a gift to be …
When I think of the moms that I know, I’m blown away at the love that abounds, at all the differences in mothering styles, at the children who have grown up so well under the care of these nurturers. I …
We arrived to Loko, Zaire, on May 11, 1978, as green as any newbie could be. When we climbed out of that 5 seater prop airplane onto the dirt airstrip, we felt like we had stepped into the pages of …
We left our little house on the CEFA farm in CAR and returned to our kids’ home and our ministries in South Africa. The feelings are mixed. Peace remains the standard in Gamboula, so we, of course, try to second …
What a gift from God, an answer to long time prayer! We are thrilled and delighted to now have the Fulfulde bible in a script the Fulani can read; the whole bible, in one book, not the previous myriad of …
Where do I begin? CAR has been somewhat unstable, to put it mildly, since this ongoing conflict began in 2013. We have left and returned many times, sometimes because of unrest, but mostly because of our normal travel plans. We …
Yesterday I had to catch Roy between devotions and the orchards, to get his signature on my travel papers to go on my trip across the river to visit Fulani friends.
Funny thing about these twice weekly trips – we …
My dear friend, R, is suffering with cancer, and soon will be at Mbingo hospital in northwest Cameroon, the best place to be for cancer treatment. I’m posting a photo of what she looked like in 2005 when she was …
When you get a visit from Paul Noren, you better be prepared to be entertained by stories and little known facts and fun little ditties that come to his mind as you talk. He and Roy can talk hours about …
As we wrote about in our recent newsletter, we felt led to start up a Sunday morning worship service at the farm. There are many families that have joined us the last two Sundays, and we are excited to think …
