Greetings from Sikasso!
We had a great trip to Sikasso including a picnic under a tree on the side of the road. There was a breeze but it was hot wind. Our families are emailing of snow in Texas AGAIN and we are experiencing quite a contrast--105 degree temps! We took pictures with the big Baobab trees-- the legendary tree all over Africa. It was fun and made the journey enjoyable! Thanks for praying us here!! Enjoy the snow and think of us!! Both times I've been in Mali this winter it has snowed!! At first I thought that was not fair, then I thought I do love Mali better than the snow! So... I am blessed to be in the place I love ing the people I love!
More to come...
Lori
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Rested and Ready
Greetings!
We have had a great time of rest and shopping. We enjoyed a sunset ride in a Bozo boat on the Niger River and a visit with a young missionary couple from Texas last night. We are headed out this morning to Sikasso to wash our clothes and repack to go live and love with the S@mogho Continue praying for us, for the P@n@, and the S@mogho. We all trusting Father for everything He has for us!
Lori
We have had a great time of rest and shopping. We enjoyed a sunset ride in a Bozo boat on the Niger River and a visit with a young missionary couple from Texas last night. We are headed out this morning to Sikasso to wash our clothes and repack to go live and love with the S@mogho Continue praying for us, for the P@n@, and the S@mogho. We all trusting Father for everything He has for us!
Lori
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Eyes Opened
"I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness...you will be a light to guide the nations. You will open the eyes of the blind. You will free the captives from prison, releasing them from dark dungeons. I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else nor share my praise with carved idols." Isaiah 42:6-8
On our last visit to the P@n@, Father
Demonstrated His righteousness mightily in the life of an old woman who was bound by demons. He answered our prayers and set her free from their presence and their power in her life. She is also blind and experiences terrible headaches. As we visited with her this time, she continues to struggle with the physical issues of headaches and blindness. Yet she has been released from the dark dungeon and her eyes have received spiritual sight. She declare with boldness and conviction in her voice "I believe in Jesus! I love Jesus! I want to follow Jesus!" She continues to call out to Him for help in the difficult moments and tontrust Him! She learned some new songs of praise during our time with her. It was precious and some of the sweetest sounds I have ever heard as she continued to sing after the group finished. Later during the trip, we asked her, "Why do you live Jesus so much?" She smiled and said, "He took away the demons and He has helped me! I love Him and believe in Him!"
Praise Iur Father today for the confession and belief if our sister!
Thank you for your support of her and us as we follow J.s.s.
lori
On our last visit to the P@n@, Father
Demonstrated His righteousness mightily in the life of an old woman who was bound by demons. He answered our prayers and set her free from their presence and their power in her life. She is also blind and experiences terrible headaches. As we visited with her this time, she continues to struggle with the physical issues of headaches and blindness. Yet she has been released from the dark dungeon and her eyes have received spiritual sight. She declare with boldness and conviction in her voice "I believe in Jesus! I love Jesus! I want to follow Jesus!" She continues to call out to Him for help in the difficult moments and tontrust Him! She learned some new songs of praise during our time with her. It was precious and some of the sweetest sounds I have ever heard as she continued to sing after the group finished. Later during the trip, we asked her, "Why do you live Jesus so much?" She smiled and said, "He took away the demons and He has helped me! I love Him and believe in Him!"
Praise Iur Father today for the confession and belief if our sister!
Thank you for your support of her and us as we follow J.s.s.
lori
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Moving on....
Hi everyone! We made it to Segou, visited the Women's co-op, and then saw a beautiful sunset on the Niger river. We traveled most of the day so we are looking forward to being in the same place for a couple of days!
Lori Price will be joining us in Segou tomorrow around lunch. Please pray for her as she travels 4 hours to meet us. Pray for Rita and Sou our translator as they travel back to Bamako! It will be tough saying good bye to Sou. We don't know when we will see her again. Pray for our closure with her as we have our final morning with her. Pray for us to boldly follow God in talking with her about J.s.s.
More to come!!!
lori
Lori Price will be joining us in Segou tomorrow around lunch. Please pray for her as she travels 4 hours to meet us. Pray for Rita and Sou our translator as they travel back to Bamako! It will be tough saying good bye to Sou. We don't know when we will see her again. Pray for our closure with her as we have our final morning with her. Pray for us to boldly follow God in talking with her about J.s.s.
More to come!!!
lori
Women's Initiative
Greetings partners!
We had a good nights rest and a great breakfast to start our day. Pray for us as we continue to travel today. We look forward to a couple of days in Segou to catch up on our journaling and communication with you. There is much to tell you about.
Pray also for us as we meet with a women's co-op to see options for the cottage industry work among the Pana. We had a great meeting with the Pana women challenging them to develop a women's association in the village that can help them get some things they need and want. Pray for them to take iniative in finding the things they need to find out. Pray for wisdom and discernment for us as we seek options for things to teach them to increase their ability to provide for themselves. Thanks for your partnership!
lori
We had a good nights rest and a great breakfast to start our day. Pray for us as we continue to travel today. We look forward to a couple of days in Segou to catch up on our journaling and communication with you. There is much to tell you about.
Pray also for us as we meet with a women's co-op to see options for the cottage industry work among the Pana. We had a great meeting with the Pana women challenging them to develop a women's association in the village that can help them get some things they need and want. Pray for them to take iniative in finding the things they need to find out. Pray for wisdom and discernment for us as we seek options for things to teach them to increase their ability to provide for themselves. Thanks for your partnership!
lori
Monday, February 22, 2010
Returning
Greetings from the Pana! Greetings from the team!
We are back from the bush enjoying the refreshment that only a shower and cold Fanta can bring after several days in the heat off Mali. We are processing all that God has shown us and all the ways we have seen Him work this weekend!!
We travelled through some of the most incredible displays of God's creation both going to the village and returning today from the village! You cannot pass through the Bandiagara cliffs without recognizing that our God is magnificent!
You cannot spend time serving Him and doing what He has asked you to do without gaining a new understanding of how intimately involved He longs to be with everyone! He has given new strength to Ann as she has served Him and met every challenge of life in the village! He gave her courage to share her personal life story as well as the story she prepared to tell the Pana.
Pray for us today as we rest and process everything we have seen God do! We look forward to sharing more details in the days to come. We will travel to Segou tomorrow where we will refresh our bodies, minds, and spirits before travelling on to the next part of this journey with God. During that time we will be sharing the details!
Praising God...
Lori & Ann
We are back from the bush enjoying the refreshment that only a shower and cold Fanta can bring after several days in the heat off Mali. We are processing all that God has shown us and all the ways we have seen Him work this weekend!!
We travelled through some of the most incredible displays of God's creation both going to the village and returning today from the village! You cannot pass through the Bandiagara cliffs without recognizing that our God is magnificent!
You cannot spend time serving Him and doing what He has asked you to do without gaining a new understanding of how intimately involved He longs to be with everyone! He has given new strength to Ann as she has served Him and met every challenge of life in the village! He gave her courage to share her personal life story as well as the story she prepared to tell the Pana.
Pray for us today as we rest and process everything we have seen God do! We look forward to sharing more details in the days to come. We will travel to Segou tomorrow where we will refresh our bodies, minds, and spirits before travelling on to the next part of this journey with God. During that time we will be sharing the details!
Praising God...
Lori & Ann
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Stories to Ponder
Greetings!
We had a great nights rest and a wonderful breakfast! We had a special time of Storying for our devotion. It was incredible because Sou shared her favorite story with us. I ask you to join us in looking at that story today and letting God speak to you. It is the story of King David and Bathsheba. Sou did a great job sharing with with us and God showed us a lot as we discussed it. After you read it ask yourself these questions: what do we learn about Man? What do we learn about God? What does this teach us we must obey?
We are off to P@n@ land and we will be storying all weekend. join us in looking at Cain & Abel, Noah and the flood, Abraham and Sarah. Thanks for journeying with us!! Be back to blog again soon!
We had a great nights rest and a wonderful breakfast! We had a special time of Storying for our devotion. It was incredible because Sou shared her favorite story with us. I ask you to join us in looking at that story today and letting God speak to you. It is the story of King David and Bathsheba. Sou did a great job sharing with with us and God showed us a lot as we discussed it. After you read it ask yourself these questions: what do we learn about Man? What do we learn about God? What does this teach us we must obey?
We are off to P@n@ land and we will be storying all weekend. join us in looking at Cain & Abel, Noah and the flood, Abraham and Sarah. Thanks for journeying with us!! Be back to blog again soon!
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