Our first team was AMAZING!

This is the team with 3 missionary families.

Our first team arrived back in March. They arrived on a Friday night coming in from Pennsylvania. This was a group of 11. The team was made up of mainly high school and college students and it was an amazing start for us! We wanted to shout out a big “THANK YOU” for the love, encouragement, and hard work they poured into their time here. There worked alongside local Africans as well as students from Black Forest Academy. They roofed 2 different churches and they also had the opportunity to invest in some of the local Africans. They worked hard and will probably never know how their time, money, service, and love has impacted the lives of these Burkina Bay People.

These children and their families have a finished church building and a place to hear the Word of God!

Waking up and getting ready to start working again!

Another really amazing part of this trip was that the father of the pastor that led this team had the opportunity to do some teaching. Charlie has his doctorate and is a professor at a college on top of also being a business owner with his wife. Throughout the week, Charlie invested in the lives of these leaders by giving them practical wisdom and help in leadership. The comment was made by one of the Africans, “Even when we ask questions, he answers as if he knows and understands the life here in Burkina and how to apply these principals.” God used him and he was a tremendous blessing.

Again, working hard!

Again, we want to send a huge thank you enclosed with many hugs. For each one of you, we pray that your lives were richly blessed and encouraged. We pray that as you have returned to the normalcy of life that you will forever be changed. Many blessings to all of you!