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What a time of praise! In at least 3 if not 5 different languages! It is Sunday, so we made our way to the little church building with kids joining us along the way to hold our hands. At church, they had me pray for the offering, which this group gave...
This morning Tom, Mamado. Douda, and I loaded up in Tom's 4 wheel drive and headed for the villages. A 4 wheel drive vehicle is essential for Mali during rainy season. The "roads" become little lakes and are impassable sometimes even with...
"The heat (is) like a hot bandage clamped over one's mouth." - Segu by Maryse Conde The constant smell of my own sweat pierces my nostrils until Laura bakes zucchini bread or oatmeal raisin muffins or curry chicken or another fantastic meal;...
As I sat with Mamado, he told me a story about the French occupation. He said that the Bobos were a people who did not fear death. As a result, the french would throw a grenade among a group of attacking Bobos and the Bobos would pick it up, gather around...
This morning I was talking with Mamado and Tom about the Senoufo. We are going to take a few trips out to the villages on Saturday. The 2 villages that have nothing of the Bible or Gospel, from our conversation the other day, are inaccessible by car....
Today we left the guest house in Bamako and took the long, bumpy, wet day drive to the bush. Everything here has a thin veneer of red dust that when exposed to moisture, creates a sloppy red stain. They measure the roads here by what gear you are able...
The flight to Mali was uneventful, praise God! I still really can't sleep on planes. I felt as if I was caught in this purgatory between an active observing mind and exhausted sleepy eyes. I'm pretty sure I watched at least 7 full length movies...
So, I couldn't begin to describe in one post my time here. Therefore I will make it a Tuesday and Thursday series release starting September 16th. I have been living with solar panels for electricity, camp showers, sweating non stop; dancing at feasts...
I made it to Mali safe with all of my luggage! These are the cool months, so when I landed around 10:30pm the temperature was in the 90s. But the trip was uneventful, which is always a blessing. Tomorrow I will be going to the village for the rest of...
1. I received my visa for Mali, so the only thing left is for me to get on the plane. Praise God! 2. I am back at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA safe and sound, but please continue to pray for me as I fly out to Mali Aug. 24 – Sep. 11. Then I fly...
This past weekend I took a great road trip with my Dad. It was good quality time with Dad, even if he did have to stop every two hours, haha. Dad flew out to Denver on Friday and I took him up Mt. Evans, which is 14, 200ish feet tall. The Rockies are...
How can a person go from shutting off their heart one moment and exposing it the next, within the course of 24 hours? Yesterday part of the team and I went to an AIDS orphanage ran by catholic nuns in the same order as Mother Teresa. On the drive over...
Yesterday was a cultural experience never to forget. The team was heading to Manicha were WorldVenture has done a lot of work in helping to grow a local body of believers there who are concerned about the problems facing the community. This little church...
So… jetlag is setting in and the piercing sonar of the bat right out my window doesn’t help with the rest factor, but God is good to allow me to sleep well. Yesterday the team had a city wide scavenger hunt that took us to the 4 corners of Maputo. This...
So I made it to Mozambique! I flew out of Denver the 21 st of July and will be here till the 3 rd of August. It was an uneventful flight (as far as problems are concerned). We received all of our luggage and got settled into our Oasis, which is absolutely...
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