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We attempted drilling for water in the village of W. three times. The fourth time was the charm! This is one of the villages where BFO has three elementary classrooms; and they desperately needed water.
The most exciting part is the location. Before drilling, a survey team identified the most likely ...
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A young woman, Tounda, was living in a small village in the courtyard of her husband’s family, along with her husband, three children, and pregnant with a fourth. A neighbor and his brother asked if he could borrow the husband’s moto and he agreed; but they had an accident and ...
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Rainy season typically starts mid-June and ideally, continues through September. Unfortunately, the rains often begin late or not at all; and at times they come with a vengeance. Year to year, one never knows what kind of crop will be harvested in November. It's such a fine balance - obviously ...
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Did you see what I did to my mother's living room back in June 2015? Those supplies were eventually packed, inventoried, and loaded onto a container which was shipped to us in the village. I finally got up the courage to open the doors to see what awaited me.
Did you ...
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PARTY!! We had a team of college students and their professor visiting, and they helped us pull off a good time for the younger children. The students lead children in decorating their names as they talked about how each of them were created unique. There were a variety of fun ...
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Every quarter, we host a food distribution for our sponsored kids. It's a busy day! We distribute 200-lb. bags of corn to 120 of our sponsored children, along with soap and a local favorite drink "beesap". Our BFO teachers are fantastic at loving on these kids and always make it ...
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 In typical cases, she would then be thrown out of the village, abandoned by all to live on her own. However, Tounda’s husband packed up his mother, wife and children, left the village, found a house for them in Yako, and disappeared. He hasn’t been heard from since. Tounda suspects it was all just too much for him because the village had turned on him as well, cursed as the son of a witch!</p>
<p>A family destroyed by such ignorance! A woman still crying three years later from the heaviness of the sorrow and the incredible burden.</p>
<p>There is hope in this story! The mother-in-law visited a church near us. We had just invited the Pastor of this church to present us with names of those in his congregation who are struggling to get by during these difficult months before the harvest. Tounda’s mother-in-law was one of those names! She received 100 lbs of grain and heard about our sponsorship program. Tounda herself came to register for sponsorship. The BFO team and I now get to visit Tounda’s humble home; we get to pray with her; we get to share the Word with her; we get to feed her family; we get to pay for her children to attend school – and all of you are a part of that!</p>
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, and the mosquitoes feast.</p>
<p>Nothing compares to the advantage of food in the grain bins to sustain a family throughout the coming year so continue to pray with us each June for just the right amount of rain to produce a bountiful crop.</p>
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 soccer ball. We ended with the usual favorite meal of rice with fish (heads, bones, and all); and all went home with gifts of their very own soda, a red apple, candy, bracelets, and stickers. Remember – this is not the U.S. – the kids here truly love this stuff, but most of all, they just love a good party!</p>
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