The eyes of a child......

This shot captured my attention this last week out in the village here in West Africa. Most of the kids had never seen a white person before - some were even quite afraid of us - other just really really curious.........

A Night Aglow!

This last week in the village can be best described by this picture. Based in the fairly remote region of Ziga, our base camp was a bright light on the horizon of a very dark land. Each day we were able to bring hope, joy, and an abundance of HUGE smiles to 1000's of kids. We saw lives touched time and again and were able to impact over a dozen villages for Christ!
Looking back - everything seems like a blur at this point; but as 2006 comes to a close I'm able to look back and thank God for everything that He has done through the lives of the missionaries here in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

A Week Full of Smiles!!!

Wow - this last week has been an amazing time of outreach and ministry here in Burkina Faso! The last week has really stood out, in that we did nearly 20 outreaches in just six days enabling us to reach over 2000 kids with the Gospel!!! We handed out 1000's of gifts and saw smiles just like this one again and again. It was such a blessing to see the joy on these kids faces - almost impossible to describe in words..........so enjoy the pics and keep an eye out for many more to come!

Litteraly Thousands of kids to reach!

This week has just marked the beginning of what looks to be a VERY promising holiday season filled with outreaches and Christmas joy for thousands of kids here in Burkina Faso! Stay posted for more pics and incredible stories each week this December!

Priceless exprestions!

Once the gifts are handed out (usually in a classroom setting to prevent complete chaos) we give the kids a good 1-2-3 count and watch in delight! This little guys expression says it all!

What it's all about.

After each drama presentation, all the kids are given a chance to actively respond to the Gospel message. During one outreach, some of the kids even went around back to talk to Joseph (one of the local actor/pastor/evangelist) about accepting Jesus into his heart while all the other kids were opening up their gifts!

Drama in Ouaga!

The conclusion to the drama presentation that we do here with each and every outreach here in Ouaga.

Who's that?!?!

It all begins with a drama! When we first arrive at a school here in Ouaga, we set up a small stage and kick things off with a drama depicting the birth, death, and ressurection of Jesus Christ (all done in the local language) Pictured above, the kids are frantically reacting to satan jumping out from behind the stage......

A mountain of gifts!

Seen here is just half of the gifts that were wrapped in preparation for the big distribution here in Burkina Faso!

The assembly line!

Nothing says Christmas like an assembly line! This holiday season, we had our wonderful fill of wearhouse type work - stuffing backpacks some days for some 4-6 hours at a time.