June 2007

This is one of the largest and best-stocked Christian bookstores in the Cameroon capital city of Yaounde, according to local believers. It was one of several we visited during our first full day in Cameroon. On its shelves we found (in French) books by familiar authors such as Homer Kent, Jr., Jacques (“Jim”) Nesbitt, and […]

From this morning’s report about Operation Barnabas orientation at Lititz, Pa. To read more about the weekend’s activities, see the OB orientation blog here.Finally, the moment that solidifies each student as an Operation Barnabas team member. They get to put on their slightly wrinkled Sunday outfit and gather in mass to help lead worship on

Sunday’s South Bend Tribune told the story of Jon Page and his 12-year-old son, Tim (pictured at right at Comerica Park in Detroit), who marked Father’s Day and Tim’s passage from adolesence with a 2,000 mile road trip. While they both love sports, the trip was more than an opportunity to see four major league

From the Yakima Herald Republic is a report about the appointment of Peter Touhey, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Harrah, Wash. to the Harrah town council. Harrah town council members during a regular meeting earlier this week selected Peter Touhey, minister of the Harrah Grace Brethren Church, to fill the vacancy left by

In this morning’s Aiken (S.C.) Today is an interview with Steve Galegor, a Grace Brethren pastor who serves with CHIEF (pictured at right with his wife, Chris). He spoke on Sunday at the Grace Brethren Church in Aiken. Dr. Steve Galegor is on a mission to empower Native Americans everywhere by sharing with them the

After an overnight stay in Paris, I connected with Greg Burgess (left) on Thursday, May 31 for the flight to Yaounde, Cameroon. Greg, who is originally from our Columbus, Ohio, church, lives in Lyon, France and works with Editions Cle, the Christian French publisher which has been affiliated with the Grace Brethren churches. Greg is

Our affable hosts at the Silo guest house in Yaounde, Cameroon, were Alice (standing) and Jim Tucker, former Wycliffe missionaries to Mexico who now host visiting missionaries and teams in this lovely house. At left is Didier, our illustrator, and at right are Jean the photographer (rear) and Greg Burgess of Editions Cle (foreground). Greg

Dr. Augustin Hibale spoke at the Winona Lake (Ind.) Grace Brethren Church this evening about CIDEL (International Center for the Development of Ethical Leadership), his ministry in the Central African Republic. CIDEL is an ethics and leadership training program for government officials. He is in the middle of a speaking tour of the U.S. Dr.

Chuck Davis sends along this update about the Haitian Church Resource Center. (See blogpost of May 29, 2007.) Thanks for your help with the Haiti church resource center. Your generosity, involvement and concern has been a real blessing for me. We hope to ship all items by the end of June. We still need about

From CE National, the sponsor of Operation Barnabas (OB), the summer ministry training program for teens, comes a report from Day 3 of orientation. The Spirit of God has moved deeply as the 2007 OBer’s have now officially been in Lititz, Pa. only 55 hours. Today’s focus was two-fold: our own spiritual walks and outreach.