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Ghana

We have a nice little word-cloud on the sidebar here that shows which countries are mentioned the most.  This has a lot to do with how many bloggers there are in a country, how well they blog, how often they blog – things like that.

Once in a while I like to feature blogs from countries that are less often mentioned – so here are some posts from countries you haven’t heard from quite as much…

  • Back to Blogging (Albania):  It has been almost 9 months since I wrote on this blog! Yikes…. where did that time go? We have had a very busy several months which would take too long to catch you up on so I am going to settle for the highlights and get back to the story-telling of our ho-hum lives that we find fascinating!
  • Searching for a Good Drink of Water (Angola):  (VOA) A recent study from the Catholic University of Angola shows that well over 50% Angola’s population lacks access to safe water and sanitation. The study was carried out by experts from the Center for Studies and Scientific Research in Angola…
  • Alas… Camp is over! (Canada):  Well, we’ve come to the end of summer camps for 2011 – and a wonderful summer it was. It was a summer fraught with great challenges and great blessings… God is indeed Good! For those of you who have checked in…
  • Before and After! (El Salvador):  This past week we were all at the camp property for a three-day youth conference called Dinamica Jovenil. A professor from the bible institute in Argentina was our guest speaker and the topic was…
  • Things I love about Germany:  Krista has started putting observations about Germany that she has been having as we’ve returned to our small village after being in America for a year on Facebook. Here’s the…
  • Water Day (Ghana):  We are back at Yendi – finally home. We are also back in our Ghanaian rhythm – like the flow of water to our house…

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26 Missionary Blogs (from A to Z)

by Jim on 21 February 2011

in Special themes

So I was just sitting here and wondering if I could make my very own A-Z list of missionary blogs.

All right, so it’s just another fun way to discover new blogs!  I admit, I cheated a bit with X.  But the Rapp family has to get some kind of a prize for their creative use of that misunderstood letter.

I do believe I managed to have 26 different countries as well.

So enjoy this quick alphabetical tour of the world, and go leave a comment on a blog you’ve never commented on before!  ;)

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Travelling Around Africa

26 January 2011

So, I’ve been travelling all around Africa!  Well, not in real life – but via the blogs of our many missionary bloggers in Africa.  So I thought I’d stop and share with you some of the posts I found! Do we take for granted the simple things – like electricity?  In Senegal, getting basic steady [...]

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Dirt is all we have to eat.

15 February 2008

Feeding the hungry.  Helping the sick.  These posts – some almost unbelievable – scream out the question – how can we help? Click the links to read the whole post: The Bad With the Good – As I took the taxi home last night, I realized that I had just witnessed not a few of [...]

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Finally – the brand new blogs!

28 May 2007

We’re back to normality around here – last week I finally put the brand new missionary bloggers back online.  The list, that is – the blogs were never offline, of course.  Currently there are 65 blogs listed more or less all started in the last year.  So all our blog lists make 260 blogs, out [...]

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Culture and (wet) countryside

10 May 2007

Photo courtesy of jubilatewest It’s time for some tidbits of culture and views of the countryside around the world.  Today’s winner is Kenya!  First, some talk about waxing patterns onto fabric.  Next, the art of the bucket shower.  And finally, a couple of interesting posts about NOISY CHURCHES.  First, from Kenya (of course) and also [...]

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