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God’s Sufficiency through Dry Season
As in North America where winter’s cold and shorter daylight hours can be discouraging and depressing, the same can be said for dry season’s lack of moisture, poor air quality, and dust EVERYWHERE.
Continue ReadingNot Easy, but Worth It
Sometimes I still find it difficult to accept that anxiety has become a companion of mine and a reality that must be acknowledged at times.
Continue ReadingHappy Harmattan!
This February finds us here in Cameroon. I don’t think we’ve been here for the whole month of February for probably 9–10 years.
Continue ReadingThe Work of God
God’s work in me personally and in the world around us can often be slow, much slower than we would like it to be. The more days I spend walking this earth with Jesus, the more I have learned that I often walk too fast to notice God at work.
Continue ReadingSend-Off
Send-off (noun) – an occasion to show appreciation and give good wishes to someone setting off on a new career or journey. Doesn’t a send-off sound a lot nicer and more fun than a retirement or good-bye party?
Continue ReadingJourney Continues
We have returned to the field safely and completed all quarantine requirements successfully. We celebrated Chr*stmas with friends and brothers and sisters of the fellowship.
Continue ReadingThe Joy of Hospitality
This past Christmas season, I was able to experience the joy of hospitality. A friend I hadn’t seen in 20 years unexpectedly came from overseas to visit.
Continue ReadingIn with the New
When we wrote our last newsletter, we were anxiously waiting to confirm some meetings with Walter Grob and the new accountant for our LRPG in Nigeria.
Continue ReadingDiscernment
Transition. Change. Unknown. Every time we return home for home assignment, it is a time of transition, a time of the unknown.
Continue ReadingA Special Visit in Spring
It was great to have Doctor Carol Potratz with us in Brazil for a month. She has been my long-term mentor since I started in ministry, so what a joy it was to share all that is happening in Brazil.
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