We visited an Alliance Church where they minister to Compassion International children every Thursday year round. They get breakfast and lunch. They learn songs about Christ, memorize and recite a Bible verse, and receive a Bible lesson. It is a great program. We played with the kids. They mobbed us. They are soooo cute and precious! Our group in total adopted 6 of the children (60 of the 200 who come have not yet been adopted). Some got to meet their child. I adopted one for the youth group, but didn't get to meet her b/c she went home sick. Her name is Bereniece. We gave them a soccer ball and left for lunch.
Trying (fairly unsucessfully) to teach the kids "over/under."
Trying to leave as Compassion kids mob the van.
We had lunch at the Schaeffers'. Andrew & Esther Schaeffer teach at Maranatha, a pastors' school in Bobo. They are so gracious and hospitable and such a great family. We loved visiting with them.
The Schaeffer Family
We then went to the Bobo market. It was crazy. The people are all over you there. Everyone sees white skin and instantly dollar signs register in their heads. It made my skin crawl to have so many people poking you, rubbing up against you and trying to get your attention. I just wanted to get out of there, but the kids loved it. We bought some stuff, but we ready to get out of there because of the pushy people. They followed us all the way to the van and were reaching in to try to sell us stuff. It was quite the experience.
Leaving the Bobo market
We went to visit a group of believers who meet for discipleship on Thursday nights in Sakabi here near Bobo. 11 men came to faith just two weeks ago. They sang a bunch and we were welcomed by the former village chief Timothy (He had to give it up b/c of his faith). We met in his courtyard (Toby Hull wrote an article about him in the April aLife). There were about 40 people there as we sang and prayed together and Toby showed a "storying" video (tells the story of the Bible in 80 minutes). It is amazing to feel the connection between believers who live in such a different world and speak a different language. God is using Timothy and the new believers in Sakabi.
This is how our team liked to ride around town. They were pointed at a
lot and heard a lot of "too baboo," which means, "white person" in Jula.
Trying (fairly unsucessfully) to teach the kids "over/under."
The Schaeffer Family
Leaving the Bobo market
This is how our team liked to ride around town. They were pointed at a
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