We enjoyed a fantastic day today. A morning journey to our newest water well. An afternoon voyage to a Bible School. An evening of worship and the word. And several surgeries observed by Byron, Rebecca, and Judy. Enjoy the photos.
Our newest annex church facility.
Joe and Howard investigating our newest water [...]
Filed under: Glocal on February 29th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Danee’s dream comes true. She wanted to get her ears pierced in Paris.
Celebrating with the cosmetologist.
She had to have her own, “Paris hat.”
Since we couldn’t leave the mission compound this evening, we had a Burkina Faso venue service. Byron decided to make it the first MCA Pedicure Venue when he treated his wife’s [...]
Filed under: Glocal, Uncategorized on February 28th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What type of experience is our team having? Read their own words.
Shanda —Bon Jour de Ouagadougou.
Judy ——Salut abiento.
Howard ——Peace out.
Joe ——–Learning a lot. God reigns here too.
Fred ——Having the time of our lives. Wish you could see the new school.
Karen —–Do I have to go back home?
Sher ——-I sure wish I took French lessons.
Rebecca ——God [...]
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Our team left the compound at 7:30 am for our morning of leadership development training. What a joy to serve approximately 20 pastors in this way. The sessions were fantastic.
When we boarded the van to head home, we were met with a surprise. Angry mobs of people had ransacked many of the main roads of [...]
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Look for the internet news about Ouagadougou. We are all safe, secure, and well.
Filed under: Glocal on February 28th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
To add to the excitement of the journey engineer Joe (The man standing in the school building photo in the earlier blog) decided to use his GPS to determine the whereabouts of this team.
We are:
2,651 miles from Kenya — 1,650 to Darfur — 520 miles to Lagos, Nigeria — 680 Sierra Leone— 90 miles to [...]
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Sorry, but I have to leave in a couple of minutes to another day of leadership development work. I wanted you to have a quick feel for the ministry here, so I am attempting to upload a few photos.
Serve the Lord today.
In appreciation for a water well, we were given six tasty chickens and [...]
Filed under: Glocal on February 27th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Greetings. I am sitting under a Mango tree in 100 degree Burkina Faso weather. It is Wednesday afternoon here. What a marvelous journey. The worship service on Sunday was spectacular followed by the dedication of our newest water well. Tuesday was dedicated to leadership development of our Zone One Church pastors. Our time together was [...]
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Saturday AM in Paris and the downtown business district is quiet as church mouse. Friday was a fantastic day for each team member to fall more in love with God’s world, not in a carnal sense, but in the knowledge that God so loved this world that His Son left everything on the Greatest [...]
Filed under: Glocal, Ministry Development, Uncategorized on February 22nd, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Guy has come through again. Following is the interview with Neale Sheneman that changed my life. I have wanted to see it again for many, many years. Guy found it hiding in the archives of his video stash.
Do me a favor. Do yourself a favor. Watch this short clip with [...]
Filed under: MCA Family, Message Response, Ministry Development, Musings on February 21st, 2008 | 4 Comments »