October 18, 2004
Keith 2005
October 14, 2004
A missionary blog
My name is Keith Smith, and I have been working in Burkina Faso as a missionary since 1989.
Since 1992, I have been working among the Fulani.
I now spend about half of each year in northern Burkina Faso, working with churches there. The other half I spend in Europe and the States, trying to build partnerships between churches there and those in Burkina, and trying to bring insights from Africa to challenge the western church in its faith and discipleship.
The "Latest" page of my website, Under the Acacias is designed as an online journal, called a "weblog" - or missionary blog.
With this missionary blog, I hope to:
* Give regular updates on my life, the work in Burkina, and on other situations there for prayer.
* Post stories and photos of life in Burkina as windows into Fulani culture.
* Reflect on faith in Christ in daily life.
* Ponder the whole question of church and mission, and what contribution the missionary context, and the African perspective can have.
* Highlight and think from a Christian perspective about justice issues that we can get involved in, especially with regard to Africa.
Please add this site to your favourites, and come back to visit regularly!
At the Under the Acacias website, you can read more background on my story, on Burkina Faso and the Fulani, on our ministry among the Fulani, on issues of church and mission, and on Christian response to issues of justice. There are also stories and photos of life in Burkina.
Update: In February 2005, Under the Acacias won the award for "Best Evangelical Missionary Blog"
Contact me
You can email me at:
keith [at] undertheacacias [dot] org [dot] uk
October 02, 2004
Whatever Happened to Keith...? Sept 2004
As you know, I am back in Britain for an extended sabbatical, for a time primarily of rest and renewal after 15 years in Burkina. My thoughts at this point are to be in Britain until the end of 2005, and review progress at that time, but with the aim of returning to continue with the ongoing work among the Fulani of northern Burkina Faso.
