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We had a holiday here a few days ago. We had no idea what it was for. We noticed different things happen during the day like boys pounding on little drums and little kids with wigs on and a lot of makeup. We didn’t think much of it except when our friend from school told […]

Overall, we think our visit with our neighbors for Tabaski went well. I will describe what went on but it hard to put into words the internal wrestling we had the whole day about what we should talk about with them, how should we act, etc. For instance, is it ok if we watched them […]

  We would like to share with you what a typical day here in Africa is like. We leave our house at 7:30am and walk to the bus stop. The bus stop is a stop under a tree with a broken bench under it. There is no other markings designating the stop. The bus comes […]

So how is life different here? I will start by describing cooking. I have to use filtered water to cook with and drink. We need to soak our vegetables and fruit in bleach water before eating them. I use a gas stove that the degrees are in Celsius vs Fahrenheit. My measuring cups have grams […]

I have sometimes stressed over the uncertainties of living overseas from safety to health to finances. But I have remembered that God is first of all a good God and secondly I can remember many times in my life where God has provided and protected. Let me tell you of two of them. As I […]

While in Burkina Faso, I got to see a few of the realities of missionary life some positive and some negative.  One aspect of missionary life is the unique scenery they get to see. Due to the pressures of work/ministry and stress of culture clashes, missionaries are in need of breaks from the daily life […]

Life here in Burkina Faso is great. There are some things I would need to get used to if we moved here. One of those things is the heat. We have had temperatures in the high 30s and low 40s Celsius here. For those of you who are not familiar with Celsius, the Fahrenheit equivalent […]

These are excerpts from Jacob’s journal of his time in Benin of the food that he is having there and what he noticed about goats on his way to Benin. Sorry for the choppiness of this.  I have copied and pasted the excerpts about the food from different days he journaled about. They have an […]

Another excerpt… “We went to Glasoue about 15 km away. It was a smaller city than Dassa, but with much bigger need among the Idatcha. We met with Pastor Philippe who is the only Idatcha pastor working with only Idatcha people. He pastors a church of over 200 and they have planted two others that […]

This excerpt is from a journal entry from Jacob on March 14th.  Prosper is the head translator for the Idatcha people. “We woke up around 9:00 the next morning. Prosper said he would send someone to meet us here and he could bring us back to his office. We went outside and waited. While we were […]