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Friends Speak of Steve Jones at His Death Several of these statements below were read at the graveside service. From Jon Hutchins, Steve’s best friend: STEPHEN PAUL JONES. Stephen was the youngest of four brothers, eight years separated him from his nearest brother, John Jones. His father, Ted Jones, was a hard-working steel-worker. Ill health …
It was nearing sunset on River Gambia as the service began. Geri Phillips reading Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want, He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his names …
Funeral Day Description by Burris Devanney The burial of Steve Jones took place on Wednesday, November 7 at Bird Safari Camp between 5:00 and 7:00 PM as planned. The Nova Scotia – Gambia Association’s new Nissan Pick-up Truck served as the hearse, conveying Steve’s body from the mortuary of the Royal Victoria Hospital to Janjanbureh, …
Stephen Paul Jones, 1950–2001 Died 6:45 AM, Saturday, 3 November 2001 at MRC of Cerebral Malaria Buried 7 November 2001, Bird Safari Camp, Janjanbureh, The Gambia The pages linked below describe the most unusual and possibly most memorable funeral of my life at that point. It is certainly the most unique funeral I have ever …
Gambia Mission Trip Journal, November 2009 October 31, 2009 – At Home I’m starting the journal again. There seems to be a juncture of many things in my life happening right now. 1. I felt lead into this Jahanka-Gambia Partnership I am calling it. Things have started slow with few participants, making me a …
August 2-4, 2001, Charlie Doggett & Ismaila Bojang on Jola Prayer Walk A Daily Journal Thursday, 2 August 2001 – Kanoli – Ismaila Bojang, my only Christian watchman, traveled rough roads with me to our first village, Kanoli, the home village of our Gambian President Jammeh. We checked into the Sindola Safari Lodge and waited until …
Weekends as Tarzan in My Place of Escape (2000-2002) Being Business Facilitator for a little mission in West Africa at first sounded easy or possibly boring. The number of missionaries I served averaged around 24 with the children, and it was mostly their business matters I took care of: the budget, bills, home school materials, …
Here I sit with the men of Ballen, a Jola village along the south bank of the River Gambia near the Senegalese Casamance border. This is Ismaila Bojang’s home village and he made this photo. He was my favorite worker in Fajara and my interpreter on this prayer walking trip. See “The Miracle Leaf Story” …
I finally finished reading Oliver Twist and I must say that it is a very good book even if too long, with a whole lot more to it than the familiar story of Oliver from several movies. There are so many undercurrent stories of the adults involved in Oliver’s life that the movies barely touch …
Here are several biographies or stories of my life from little one-page accounts to a series of 4 photo books. So how much do you want to know? It seems that many life stories don’t hold a lot of interest until after a person is dead, so if that is the case, I’m prepared for …