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December 07, 2008

Well-drilling photos: Part 1

The first two weeks we were drilling mostly around Deou.
(As usual, you can click on the photos for larger versions.)

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Deou is increasingly dry, with the water table dropping, and half the town's wells are now redundant. We had great trouble finding water, but managed to drill one successful well at the church ground. The drilling in town and at Lila were sadly unsuccessful. However, we will also repair two other pumps where there is still water.
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Billy and Patrick from HICF in North Carolina came to join Friends in Action to help drill the wells. Seydou and Pierre also joined us.
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Local Fulani would come and watch the drilling with much interest.
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Posted by Keith at 12:24 PM

November 19, 2008

Good News

I have just heard that the new UK-based charity that I have been setting up, the Acacia Partnership Trust, has just been recognised by the Charity Commission (reg no. 1126683)!

Thank God with us for this, as it will enable us to serve and resource the vision for the ministry in Burkina Faso, build church partnerships, and reclaim tax on UK gifts given.

Please pray we can get bank accounts, website, etc sorted out. Thank you.

I have very poor internet access in Gorom at the moment (and am in any case out i the bush with the well-drillers most of the time), so apologies for lack of blogging and email contact. I will write more when I get to Ouaga.

Posted by Keith at 08:49 AM

September 17, 2008

Partenariats pour la mission au Burkina Faso

Pour mes visiteurs français, voici des liens concernant notre travail au Burkina Faso et les jumelages des eglises:

image_006.jpgHorizons-France a traduit quelques parties de mon site en français pour présenter la vision des partenariats avec les églises du Burkina Faso.

Pendant ces deux mois passés, j'ai reçu des visites de deux églises françaises, et les deux ont décidé de poursuivre un partenariat avec Jean et le village de Tasmakat:

Saint Étienne. Après la visite de Pierre et Jean-Marc, l'église de Saint Étienne a écrit "C'était un grand privilège pour nous de passer ce temps chez Pasteur Jean et sa famille. Leur engagement à servir Dieu dans des conditions matérielles et spirituelles plus que difficiles est un exemple pour nous tous,"
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Nantes. Le pasteur Didier Brousse de l'église de l'Estuaire de Nantes est venu avec toute sa famille. La présence des enfants était surtout une grande joie, et cela a donné une contacte entierement nouveau avec les enfants burkinabés.
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Un photo de pasteur Jean de Tasmakat, avec deux de ses enfants:
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Posted by Keith at 06:18 PM

May 02, 2008

Acacia Partnership Trust

I am in the process of setting up a charity called the Acacia Partnership Trust, to help facilitate the work in Burkina Faso, and the church partnerships.

The website just has a holding page for the moment, but we are working on it...

Posted by Keith at 02:47 PM