Author: Dennis and Monika Farthing

How you can pray for us

How you can pray for us

Praise: For the facilities we can stay at and for the Lord’s help with getting settled in here.   Prayer: That the students would learn a lot that would help them in their future ministry.   Prayer: For unity and that we would deny ourselves and put each other first and enjoy each other until […]
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We did it!

We did it!

We did it!    We were able to surprise Dennis’s parents, Duane and Dora, with a fiftieth anniversary party.  They had no idea about it until we opened the door and everyone yelled “surprise!”.  There were friends and family from 6 states here for the party.  Duane und Dora are a great example to us […]
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How you can pray for us

How you can pray for us

Praise: We were able to get everything done for this semester.   Praise: We have a place for us and the students to stay while we are in Oklahoma. It will be the same camp we have stayed at in the fall and spring. We are excited that we are allowed to stay there in […]
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A bit overwhelmed

A bit overwhelmed

Our church challenged its members to read through the New Testament in 11 weeks over this summer. We are reading it together as a couple and sometimes with our kids and are being blessed and refreshed by the word of God. ▲ Froggy and Mr. Elephant can’t speak German, and Lukas is learning that he […]
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How you can pray for us

How you can pray for us

Prayer: For us to walk closely with the Lord and to glorify him with our attitudes and actions. For balance in our lives as we try to juggle many responsibilities.   Prayer: That we would be faithful and diligent in training and teaching our kids the way the Lord would want us to. For them […]
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An anniversary trip to be remembered

An anniversary trip to be remembered

▲ Monika’s parents (to the left) and Dennis’ parents and us at a playground in Germany Dennis and his siblings got together to purchase tickets for their parents, Duane and Dora, to fly to Germany for their 50th wedding anniversary. We were in Germany when they arrived at the end of April, but returned to […]
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Eating out for 7 weeks

Eating out for 7 weeks

How about eating out for 7 weeks for breakfast, lunch and dinner? Well, it’s not quite like that but there are some similarities as we (22 adults and 12 kids) share the Dining Hall and kitchen and cook for each other. As you might have guessed, we are back in Oklahoma. Our students analyze the […]
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