Coup Email – Jan. 17, 2000

#02.5 Coup D’e-tat Email – Jan 17, 2000 17 January 2000 (My Journal Entry) The sunset last night was nice but not best for a photo because of the clouds. I will try again on a clearer day. I drove out on the beach and turned around and came back because it was high tide and …

Gambia Newsletters

Newsletters Menu Menu, Introduction & Title Page – YOU ARE HERE! #00 – Announcement Letter Summer 1999 #01 – Nov. 21, 1999 #02 – Dec. 30, 1999 Coup Email – Jan. 17, 2000 #03 – Jan 30, 2000 #04 – Feb 15, 2000 #05 – March 2000 #06-A – 10 April 2000 Student Riot Email #06-B …

Friend’s Tributes

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 …

Funeral Message

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 …

Colorful Description

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, …

Funeral of Steve Jones

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 Return November 2009

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 …

Miracle Leaf Story

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 …