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So Ben titled us when, during our drive south to the annual AIM conference, we all came down with malaria.  This doesn’t happen very often, since malaria is transmitted by mosquito bite and not by “catching” it from someone else.  Some very energetic mosquito must have bitten all of us (or perhaps there were severalContinue reading “The Malarians”

It was time for Fiel again in early June.  This is a theological conference put on by an organization from Brazil, which emphasizes education and theological training in the reformed tradition.  The teaching is always solid and well-presented, and we were glad that most of the  monitors were able to make the time to attendContinue reading “Fiel Conference!”

Further south, about 15 hours drive from here, there continue to be armed attacks against vehicles traveling on the main (only) north/south highway.  We are effectively cut off by road from the capital city.  Vehicles are traveling only in armed convoy, and there have been many military deaths and some civilian deaths.  Closer to us,Continue reading “Conflicts continue”

In March and April, both kids celebrated their birthdays.  Ben is now 8, and Toby 12.  We can’t believe they are getting so big!  Unfortunately, Toby broke his arm in February, and then had Malaria.  Then he broke his foot in April.  Pray for him, for a year of good health and no injuries.  BothContinue reading “Another year older”

I really need to get some new student photos to share.  It is always awkward taking photos of people, though, and we generally avoid carrying cameras around and snapping away.  Instead, here’s a photo of the TEE book cabinet.  Good news – a new shipment of books has arrived, along with a donation from UKContinue reading “Classes start again!”

Kevin recently took some time to meet with this man, a friend of one of the monitors, who is a follower of another religion.  He told Kevin that the ancestors had appeared to him after the death of his sister and pressed him to follow that faith, and that later the ancestors taught him theContinue reading “part of the job”

We have the privilege of seeing all kinds of interesting creatures over here, and this is one of them.  There are caterpillars that give you a terrible, itchy rash, but this isn’t one of them.  – C

Here’s a photo of our truck going through a puddle in front of our wall.  This isn’t even the deepest puddle on the street; that one washes up over the hood after a heavy rain.  The dirt roads are really horrible this time of year, and I prefer to either go around on the bikeContinue reading “It’s rainy season”

Recently, we received several packages from USA, and I just had to post this photo of Ben with the new Action Bible he got in one of them. We are always so excited when a package arrives!  The idea that people have bought us things to put in the package and then paid all thatContinue reading “Packages”