Category: Prayer Requests

Update on Rachida – keep praying!

Update on Rachida – keep praying!

Look! I have a new picture of Rachida! Since the family isn’t ok with the surgery to remove her eyes, they’re taking her to another West African country to see the doctors there, hoping they’ll give a different answer. But that meant that on the way through she spent two days in my town, and […]
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One step forward and one step back

One step forward and one step back

How many of you remember songs that you learned in elementary school? I may be the exception and not the norm, but I remember quite a few. One about cows chewing their cud for the sesquicentennial of the state of Wisconsin, the Pennsylvania Polka, one about Christmas songs and candy canes from 1st grade, ‘She’s […]
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PGA

PGA

PGA – it’s not about golf. It stands for People Group Assessment, and that’s been on my mind a lot since 3 others came to My Country to join me for a whirlwind 3-week, 3-people group PGA trip around the country. The goal is to see if people groups that look unreached (or “least-reached,” since […]
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I’m leaving on a jet plane

I’m leaving on a jet plane

Four days until takeoff.  Just think – by Tuesday I’ll be experiencing the 90s and sunny.  And lots of French.  And different sights, sounds, and smells, that will likely become “normal” after a while.  I think that it’s such a big transition that I can’t even understand it from this side of the ocean.  That’s […]
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SHOTS

SHOTS

Often, in order to go overseas, you have to get a bunch of shots.  And moving to West Africa is no exception.  So tomorrow I am scheduled to go to the doctor to get at least the first of the shots I’ll need – yellow fever and a polio booster.  I may also get meningitis and […]
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How does a missionary get paid?

How does a missionary get paid?

I don’t ask this question as a *hint, hint* to try to get your money.  Instead I’m writing about this because my blog is a place to keep you up-to-date on my life and ministry, and how finances work for a missionary is what I’m thinking about a lot right now.  So it’s a window into my […]
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