Merci Beaucoup
The day before we left we recorded this message from our host, Pastor Samuel that he wanted me to share with our support team back at home. That’s you!! Click to play
L’Église d’Enta-Fassa
During the last sunday at our Guinean church before we left I took some video of the service to show our friends and family. The video below contains little clips from the service that I’ve labelled incase it isn’t obvious what is going on. The service usually lasts 3 hours or so and most of [...]
October 2009 Newsletter
We finished this newsletter a few weeks ago but it was delayed because of all the recent activity. We’re really enjoying the time we have right now to catch up on things like this. Hope you enjoy! (Refresh your page if the newsletter image is from our May 2009 newsletter)
Let the Travelling Commence!
I thought that it’d be a long time before I was boarding another airplane, but here we are again. We have been here in Guinea for almost three months now. It’s difficult to leave after that amount of time because we feel like we are just getting started and at the same time enough time [...]
Important Announcement
Dear Friends and Family Greetings from Guinea! Many of you have probably heard about recent events that have taken place in Guinea. On September 28th, a march and rally organized by those in opposition to the current government were held in Conakry. Government security forces responded with force against the assembled crowd, resulting in a [...]
Guinean Wedding Crashers
Last Saturday we had the opportunity to visit no less than TWO Guinean weddings. The funniest part was that we didn’t know the bride and groom at either wedding. We went with our pastor, Samuel Kondano who knew the first couple though not the second. I enjoyed the second wedding much more than the first. [...]
Canaan’s Nasty Fall
Two days ago Canaan was pushing around a toy around the living room when suddenly the toy slipped out from infront of him and his face slammed into the tile floor. Blood was flowing and we were certain that he had lost a tooth or two. Thankfully, he still has all his teeth, albeit a [...]
Recent Unrest in Guinea
Many of you have probably heard of the recent in unrest in Guinea, below is the press release from New Tribes Mission: ————————— The situation is calm but tense after a march and rally this week in Conakry, Guinea. Monday’s demonstration was organized by those in opposition to the current government. Government security forces responded [...]
Learning Culture and Making Friends
While it may seem like we’ve been in Guinea for ages, we are only now reaching the end of our second week of classes. We were originally supposed to start two weeks before we did, but life (sickness) got in the way. In the midst of dealing with malaria, starting classes was NOT very appealing. [...]
Utilities
I hope our posts over the last few days haven’t been too depressing! We are very thankful that we have the ability to get the word out when we are struggling with health or anything else. Thank you SO much for all of your prayers! We have been completely overwhelmed by the messages and comments. [...]
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