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June 07, 2008

US Update

My time in the US has gone really well.

I have visited a number of different churches from different denominations, and been welcomed with warmth and hospitality. People have also been open and responsive to the challenges I was bringing.

I spoke of course about the work in Burkina, and our call to bring the love and kingdom of God to the world. But I also spoke of the challenge that the lives of pastors and Christians in Burkina brings to our own lives as they give themselves so wholeheartedly to serving Christ while having so little. We who have so much are so easily swept along in the world's pursuit of comfort, success, prosperity, pleasure, and security. Burkinabe pastors such as Pascal, Pierre, and others model the self-giving discipleship and obedience through which I believe God wants to speak to us.

Two churches I visited are already involved with us in Burkina, and couple more are praying about whether God wants them to get more involved. We have also had some significant gifts towards the school, the well-drilling, and the needs of the pastors and ministry in general. Please give thanks with me for all these things. Thank you.

I hope to write more on this soon. In the meantime, I am now on holiday with my brother, David, for a week. We are in Yosemite, having seen bears, and head to the coast tomorrow. More - including photos - soon.

Posted by Keith at June 7, 2008 04:54 AM