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So I have realized that nothing goes according to plan in life. This doesn’t mean that we just don’t plan, for planning is essential and gives people a focus to work toward, but I believe a true test of character is when the plan doesn’t work out and...
So a lot has happened since I came back from my vision trip to Mali in September of 2008, but I specifically want to tell you a love story. I started at Liberty University in my undergrad August of 2004. In my sophomore year, I went on an evangelism trip...
Listening to Mamado and Douda’s testimony was moving. Mamado was the first Christian in his dialect and came to Christ through a Christian radio station. He didn’t have the Bible, so he prayed for a solid year that God would send someone to teach him...
After the deadly viper was extinguished, Douda proclaimed (as if the snake didn’t even phase him), “We finish!” We then set out on a vocabulary hunt. We would stop randomly, walk into a field and Douda would point at an object (plant, cow, plow, creek...
This morning is an overcast "cooler" day, so Laura was able to use the oven and make walnut cinnamon muffins from scratch. Everything becomes harder here, like when you can use the oven and not be driven out of the kitchen by the overwhelming...
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...
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