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Mali Trip: God I Love Africa!!

 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, seeing two young men decide to follow Jesus,  an encounter with an African Attack Lizard, and getting to know five wonderful guys who have committed themselves to pray for me until I return. All in all; God I love Africa!

Here is my flight schedule coming back if you would like to pray:

Bamako to Paris - 10:55pm Sep. 10 to 6:20am Sep. 11

Paris to D.C. - 10:15am Sep. 11 to 12:30pm Sep. 11

Then about a 3 1/2 hour drive back to Lynchburg.

In regards to the African chicken pox... I don't have them now, but apparently they have a two week incubation time, so I'm not out of the clearing yet.

This has been an amazing, eye opening trip in which I have weeks and years of information to process along with Justin and Leah. I was able to develop relationships with some great Christian brothers here. All of this will come later, but in short, Mamado (or just Do for short) started out as the only Christian in this one village and prayed for a year for someone to come and give his people the Bible. Finally, as a result of a political coup in Cote D'Ivoire, the Requadts (missionaries with WorldVenture) moved into Do's village, which they started an instant friendship. Now the church is growing, people are coming to know the Lord, and the Bible is translated to Genesis 25 in Shempire (Do's language)! Do has an incredible story of God's faithfulness and His mighty hand that I will share with you in the up coming series.

Thank you for your prayers!

It is the churches money that keeps a missionary on the field, it is their prayers that make them effective. - Tom Requadt