The Mongoose Chronicle
The view of the Namibian scenery through a fish eye lens.
Ben’s Haiku Corner
No country bumpkin
Francis is a city kid.
Learning the ropes can cause pain.
(See our Prayer page for the story.)
Big News! (Part One)
Thursday 29 October 2009
by Ben
Well, life has been very full the past few weeks and we have much we’d like to share with you. But before we talk about anything else...
Alicia and I are having a baby!
We are expecting a baby boy in April 2010 and are so excited. And, of course, we are feeling a healthy amount of
Overheard
Tuesday 08 September 2009
by Alicia
“No! I get to be Brother Ben!”
Sister Rebecca told me that she recently overheard some of the young children playing outside together, and they were fighting over which one of them got to be ‘Brother Ben.’ She said the main issue was that some of the girls wanted to play his part too,
The Young Adults of Good Shepherd
Monday 20 July 2009
by Alicia
Three weeks ago, Ben and I had our first meeting with the young adults from our church Good Shepherd, where Ben and I have recently been put in charge of leading the young adults ministry (ages 19-30) and training leaders for a new youth group (ages 13-18). As Ben wrote in his last
Good Shepherd
Tuesday 30 June 2009
When we were last able to be with all of you in the good ‘ole U.S of A, (by the way- happy birthday, America, you really are remarkably spry for a 233-year-old) one of the prayer major requests we shared with you was our hope that we would be able to partner with the local church that we are
The $10 Campaign
Monday 22 June 2009
by Alicia
Friends and family-
Ben and I humbly write to you this week to ask you to consider giving financially to support our work here in South Africa. We have been so grateful for the support that has sustained us in our first two years here, and sincerely thank those of you who have made it
welcome!!
We’ve moved! (again)
New Address:
12 Gourley Rd.
Penhill Estate, Eersteriver 7100
South Africa
...don’t ask us what a gourley is.
