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December 13, 2007

Update from Gorom-Gorom

“I hope you are going to preach to us as well…?”

It is not an invitation that we often expect, least of all perhaps from an Islamic religious teacher… Yet, it was the village imam who was talking. He had heard that we used to preach at the market in Gorom-Gorom, but had never heard us. So when pastors John, Adama, and myself were in his village, he gathered his friends and invited us to tell them about Jesus. We accepted the invitation!

Muslims and Christians in Burkina Faso get on well and generally live peaceably together. But even so, it is rare for such an open invitation.

After we had finished, and were about to leave, the imam sent some of the boys of his family to surreptitiously sneak a chicken into our truck as a gift.

Nomad of the Sahel
I am not managing to post much at the moment. Life has been very busy and I have been on the move a lot around the area without internet or phone access. During my first month back in Burkina, I managed to spend one whole day in Gorom-Gorom!

I had a great time visiting all the pastors in the province over the last week, and came across many encouraging and many difficult situations.

Other events of this week:
• One pastor has just been kicked out of his rented accommodation. Another had his watermelon crop destroyed by someone in the night a few weeks ago..
• Another pastor has been visited by someone from a nearby village who has had a dream of Jesus and wants to know more.
• A Fulani in another village has just given his life to Christ, and is regularly visiting the other Christians

Please pray for the pastors here in all they face, and for me as I seek to encourage and help them as we work together. Thank you.

Tomorrow I am off to be chauffeur at a friend’s wedding, and on my way back hope to begin helping Pastor Pierre move from his village to Gorom-Gorom, where he will live with Seydou and Monique and myself. Hopefully he and his family and camels will all be with us in time for us to celebrate Christmas together.

In the meantime, we now have electricity in our home, after 15 years of living without it! We were hoping to get a phone line as well this week, but are still waiting…

More soon…

Posted by Keith at December 13, 2007 08:35 PM