June 2007

After our initial sightseeing, we got down to the real business that brought us to Cameroon–the training and teaching of writers. We had about 25 students in the seminar, representing a wide variety of backgrounds and experience. Some were pastors. Others were students. Some worked for organizations such as Wycliffe, SIL, or CABTAL. I taught […]

Jean (blue shirt, center), was the photographer and photography instructor on the trip. He gathered around him those interested in photographic instruction and walked them through a syllabus on aperture, shutter speed, lighting, principles of composition, and other information, particularly on the use of digital cameras. Then his group fanned out across the mission house

Didier (seated, left) retired with his group to the library of the guesthouse, where they discussed illustration, scenarios, the making of graphic books, and Didier’s experience at creating and publishing graphic projects.

First Grace Brethren Church, 2624 Stonequarry Rd, Dayton, is hosting their first “Bikers’ Blessing” on Sunday, July 1. The day begins at 10 a.m. with a continental breakfast followed by a special message just for the bikers by fellow rider Vic Young. A picnic at noon, with plenty of brats and burgers, will precede a

From this morning’s report about Operation Barnabas orientation at Lititz, Pa. To read more, see the OB orientation blog here. Tonight the students really learned how to minister as a guy/girl. The girls on each team split up with their girl leaders and talked about what it means to serve Jesus as a young woman.

From the June 15, 2007, Simi Valley, Calif., Acorn More than 700 family members and friends gathered for Grace Brethren High School’s commencement exercise last Saturday evening. In the spacious church located on Sycamore Avenue, the audience stood as the private Christian school’s 47 graduates entered to the traditional “Pomp and Circumstance.” Principal John Hynes

A counselor prays with a camper at the Northeast Ohio District Camp as the sun sets over Lake Erie last week. By the time the campers left for home on Saturday morning, 49 first-time decisions to accept Christ had been made, according to Roland Maust, speaker for the week and pastor of the Grace Brethren

Here is an update on the recent colon cancer surgery on Cheryl Kaufman, former GBIM missionary and now staff member at the Worthington, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church. (See blogpost of May 8 and 18.) Rejoice again with me as I saw the oncologist June 1 and he confirmed that there is no further treatment for

For our first full day in Cameroon, we were hosted by Frank and Karin Puhl (pictured) and their family. After ministering for 15 years in Chad, the Puhls came to Cameroon to become assistant director of GBIM’s Africa ministry, helping to oversee all ministry in Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, and Nigeria. The Puhls graciously

At the OmniSport Grace Brethren Church in Yaounde (so named becuase it’s near a very prominent sports stadium), we met these leaders. At left is M’boum Antoine, who will assume the presidency of the Grace Brethren churches of Cameroon when the current president, Pastor Santos, leaves for Bible training in Bata, Central African Republic. Gabrielle