In the midst of our French studies here in France, we had the opportunity to visit the Glaro people in Ivory Coast, among whom we will work as church planters.
We had a busy schedule visiting different villages and people where we were offered traditional food and drinks. As you can imagine, we experienced much more than we ever could express in words.
It is about a 12 hour drive from the main city to where the Glaro people live. It is not necessarily a long distance, but rather the roads are in "rough" shape, making this trip a test of patience and endurance. However, most of the roads we took did look much better than the one in the little picture above.
The Glaro people gave us a very warm welcome and were glad to hear that the work which had begun before the evacuation in 2002 would resume soon. Lesley Wolfe, one of the missionaries who started the work there, was with us during that trip. She has just recently returned to the village where she will be working on translating the Bible while awaiting our arrival in Ivory Coast.
We were surprised to see that there is a big diversity of ethnic groups living in those villages in the middle of nowhere. Often, they can only communicate between themselves in French. This made it quite evident that it is indeed important to have a very good grasp on the French language. Therefore, we will continue our study of French in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast after our arrival there in the fall of 2008.
To see pictures from our trip, go the the photos tab and look under the Glaro people.
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