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Making egg rolls

Making egg rolls

The beginning of October was also the beginning of a new group at church – International Fellowship Group. For our first meeting we prayed, sang hymns, got to know each other and made egg rolls. The egg rolls were a big hit! There were approximately 20 ladies altogether so it was encouraging to see a […]
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International dinner

International dinner

In September Dean and I participated in an international dinner at our church. We really enjoyed this. It is a joy to be a part of our local church. Dean has volunteered to be part of the stewardship committee and visitor follow up. I, Tuti am volunteering in the missions committee, the international fellowship group, […]
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International dinner

International dinner

In September Dean and I participated in an international dinner at our church. We really enjoyed this. It is a joy to be a part of our local church. Dean has volunteered to be part of the stewardship committee and visitor follow up. I, Tuti am volunteering in the missions committee, the international fellowship group, […]
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July Journeys

July Journeys

At the beginning of our summer partnership development trip we stayed overnight at the Jaars facility in North Carolina. We arrived there at night in the middle of a bad storm (that was interesting). We highly recommend Jaars as a place to stay. We continued on to Kentucky the next day and arrived at our […]
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The Life Cycle of a Mealworm

The Life Cycle of a Mealworm

“There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven – A time to give birth, and a time to die;” Ecclesiastes 3: 1 & 2 As part of our Bible Adventure Time with the kids we purchased “The Origin of Life Series” from the Institute of Creation […]
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Badyranke Bible lessons

Badyranke Bible lessons

To create clear Bible lessons and Scripture translation, it’s not enough to know the words people use in another language. Even knowing how they string those words together in a sentence won’t get you there. You need to know how words and sentences work together in stories and conversation. You need to find out if […]
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Killers of men?

Killers of men?

In the Mwinika language the common term for fisherman literally means “killer of fish” Jesus said to Peter and Andrew, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” The idea in Mwinika is that Jesus told Simon and Andrew “Whatever you did with the fish, now you will change and do that with […]
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Positive Parenting

Positive Parenting

Beginning in February Dean and I started attending a class “Positive Parenting for children on the Autism spectrum“. Altogether there were about 8 or 9 sessions. The class was specifically designed for parents of Autistic children but they say the general principles are beneficial for all children. It was astonishing to realize just how much […]
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