Burkina Faso #5
Dearest Friends, The Straw House Today we did a show under a straw shelter. It was just poles and straw mats…very loosely attached. The wind was blowing and sometimes the dust madeRead More…
Dearest Friends, The Straw House Today we did a show under a straw shelter. It was just poles and straw mats…very loosely attached. The wind was blowing and sometimes the dust madeRead More…
Dearest Friends, Please forgive me for not giving you a detailed report on today, but the truth is we are just very tired. We find that the heat here takes our strength,Read More…
Dearest Friends, Big Faith We met a wonderful man and his wife today who have 80 children living with them. They rescued many of these children from the streets. It is aRead More…
Dearest Friends and Family, Our First Show The very first show we did is always full of problems, as we are trying to sort out a new set of equipment. It seemsRead More…
Dearest Friends, We are on our way today to Burkina Faso in West Africa. Please hold us in your prayers. This is a desperately poor country, ranked as the third poorest countryRead More…
Dearest Friends, The Biggest Sticks Our last show yesterday really illustrated how big the problem is in the public schools concerning the treatment of children. All of the schools are constructed prettyRead More…
Dearest Friends, You will love this report! We did four shows today and at each one, we saw God do something wonderful. Tomorrow, I will give you the last show’s report. ARead More…
Dearest Friends, Blessings 1. Again today, at a public school, I stepped between children and a teacher who was hitting them. The blessing is that as the teachers watched how the childrenRead More…
Dearest Friends, Hope To be honest, our discovery of the attitude of Nigerian churches toward children left all of us weeping and broken yesterday. Today, the Lord restored our hope. There isRead More…
Dearest Friends, You will find this email hard to read. The situation here for children is very bad in the church. Most Christians here do not believe that a child can comeRead More…
Dearest friends, Today we heard hundreds of children put their trust in Jesus! Along the way we met a Nigerian tribal queen. We traveled to a famous area, Idanre, where people comeRead More…
Dearest Friends, She Hit Him! Heather and I watched in shock as a teacher used her hand and hit a child twice in the face. Often, across Africa, I have seen teachersRead More…
Dearest Friends, Three Fantastic Shows I need to find a new way to say that we are blessed. Each day is so incredible. The children are amazing and the work is goingRead More…
Dearest Friends, God’s Gifts Each program we do for the children is a special blessing. At one program, many children gathered on the other side of the wall of the school toRead More…
Dearest Friends, Perserverance and Patience This is our first trip to Nigeria and so our first program was a great adventure. Our friends are so enthuiastic about this work and have plansRead More…
Dearest Friends, We are in Nigeria! All of the equipment arrived with us. That is always a praise report! Already we have had experiences that made us smile. A Nigerian man boardedRead More…
Dearest Friends, We are leaving today, May 19th for Nigeria. We beg you pray for us, asking the Father for traveling mercies, and grace as we deal with problems. There are alwaysRead More…
Dearest Friends, AMAZING GOD I’m sure that many of you have noticed that it has been quite a while since I have written. The truth is that I came home from IndiaRead More…
Dearest Friends, Photos fromt the India trip are online at: http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/21554509_vd9SmD#!i=1718654947&k=3tf7LGM In Jesus, Linda
Dearest Friends, What Did You Do Today? I do not know how you spent Monday, but I can tell you that Sam and I watched God pour out His Spirit today. WeRead More…