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April 07, 2009

Djibo Djottings

Dear friends,

Thank you for your ongoing prayers for our life and work here in Burkina Faso. Here is a brief update on how things are going:

1. The Studio

Our recording studio is more than half built. The walls are all in place and the roof is going on this coming week. All that remain are the doors, windows and wiring. Plus two large panes of glass to separate the 'cabine' technique from the sound booth. It's a very solid building and is so far withstanding regular blasts from the Saharan harmattan wind.

2. The Programming

As you may know, we have already started broadcasting weekly bible studies on Djibo's new radio station (we don't run the station but we pay for airtime). The studies are very relevant to Muslims and feedback so far suggests that people are enjoying them. If you find yourself praying at 6.30 on a Tuesday evening, or at any other time, pray for switched-on radios and switched-on hearts.

3. The Charlie

Charlie's doing really well. You can read her news at
http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/charlie. She's very conscientious about posting a monthly blog.

4. The Fulfulde course

My second crash fulfulde course ended this week. It consisted of three Brazilian missionaries, two catholic priests, a nun, a security guard, a postman, a college student and the redoubtable Madame Nignan. They aren't yet entirely comfortable conversing in fulfulde but they can all greet, bless, make comments about the weather and tell the story of Choffal Bodeyal (Little Red Hen). Pray that they continue to make progress and begin to share God's love with Fulani people all over this town and region.

5. The Kids' Club

Children's Club has been going well these last few weeks. Their favourite game used to be Musuuji Mbaati (Dead Cats – somewhat similar to Sleeping Lions) until our friend Saff visited from London and brought with her TWO SPACE HOPPERS. The children have been watching the film 'Magdalena' (based on the 'Jesus' film) in several installments. We watched the resurrection this week and talked about Easter.

6. The Books

HACKING TIMBUKTU is aimed at 10+ boys and comes out in September.

SOPHIE AND THE PALOMINO PONY will be out in 2010, all being well. Available on Amazon or at local bookshops.

7. The Easter Holiday

As I write this, it's 45ºC in the shade. We're going to the UK today, to catch up with our families. Both looking forward very much to some cool April showers.

A very happy Easter to you all. Alla beydu jam.

Steve

Posted by sahelsteve at April 7, 2009 12:31 PM