Miscellaneous

Tremendous day on the streets for the Missions Mentoring Module Men

January 25, 2011

Wow! We put our men out on the street to start practicing what we have been learning from Scripture. What a great day. I was not expecting this quick of a response, but I am encouraged. All of the 8 men came back today with Bible studies set up. Some of them have multiple studies […]

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Cannibals or worms?

January 15, 2011

When John G Patton was young and announcing his intention of going to the mission field, most thought he was just a foolish young man for throwing his life away in the uncivilized islands of the South Pacific. One old man exclaimed, “The cannibals! You will be eaten by cannibals!” “Mr. Dixon,” replied the young […]

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Residence Permit- The Latest News

January 10, 2011

We ask you to pray with us! Our visas expire in 14 days. I have applied for the Residence Permit…all papers are finally submitted. But before they can grant that I must have a Long Term Work Waiver from the Labor Dept. That could be another 2 months or so. In the meantime, I was told […]

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Not by Might nor by Power

January 7, 2011

How true God’s Word is! Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts. I awoke rather ill today, but had an early appointment to meet with a contact in a village that I had been cultivating for several weeks. So although it was rainy and I was feeling […]

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Residence Permit- Still Waiting

December 25, 2010

Well we made our way back to deal with our Immigration papers again. The Labor office is now in charge of approving an exemption from a Work Permit since I will not be earning money in the country. They have told us that will take up to 2 or 3 months to finish on their […]

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A Different Sort of Plowing

December 16, 2010

On a recent visit to the village, Sam got to experience a different sort of plowing. 🙂

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On the Road again!

December 7, 2010

Well, we have been promised the last papers needed to submit to complete or Residence Permit Application. We will drive 4 1/2 hours to the office to see if it is really available. If that paper is available we will submit the final papers needed for our application today. Then it will be a matter […]

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Up for another trip to Immigration

November 29, 2010

Well, here goes…leaving bright and early tomorrow to visit Immigration again. I have the name of an agent that is hopefully going to have located our applications that have been misplaced. We are praying that we will get some real movement tomorrow or at least a definitive answer that we need to start the application […]

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Residence Permit Saga continues! :-)

November 18, 2010

Well, I hired a Twana agent today that works with Residence Permits. He was appalled that I have been waiting for almost 6 months now. He said it should have only taken 2 weeks. 🙂 So he called the lady I had the name and number for. It was classic…he was sent to several different […]

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The Continuing Saga of the Missionary Residence Permit

November 16, 2010

Well, we are home after just over 14 hours to Gaborone and back. We went to the immigration department again to see if we could get something happening with our 5 1/2 month old Residence Permit Application. I actually had the name of a lady I was to contact that might know something this time. […]

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