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Our National Bible Bee-hive is buzzing with activity!  We want our countrymen to memorize Scripture, so we’re offering handsome academic scholarships for the winners of the first […]

In a culture where closeness between dads and daughters is eschewed, the father-daughter banquets our family hosted in 2022 and 2023 for 100 participants from 40 families broke new, exciting, ground.  […]

Twenty-five years ago, I met Aaron W. Baker at a Christian music training program we attended together.  He later married Laura, with whom I’d crossed paths […]

One of the challenges to driving in Africa is the condition of the roads.  Paved streets develop huge potholes, while dirt roads suffer erosion creating deep, […]

Welcome to season seven of Do It Yourself, African Style.  This episode features the harrowing adventure of firefighting in a country without 9-1-1.  We’ll explore the […]

Since I’ve already described my annual popcorn party to you three times — in 2020, 2021, and 2022 — I thought this year you might enjoy the backstage version.  So […]

I don’t know any of their names.  I’ve never told them mine.  But since we’re been friends for years, I decided to give them all Christmas […]

A month ago, Boniface and Stephanie journeyed to their native province to join her family in placing a headstone on Stephanie’s father’s grave.  They spent a […]