Thank you for praying and being such a vital part of my ministry! Listen to what God is doing in response:
The month of April began with the great joy of being with over 180 Baptist women and 40 of their pre-schoolers for the national conference of the Ouvrières Baptistes du Christ (best translation is perhaps Baptist women co-laborers with Christ). Amazing!! In the midst of some recent unrest in this country, this group of women sang and danced their way through curfews and rumors of impending military uprisings with joy and peace. Not one person left early. Only Jesus can do that!
We listened to superb teaching from our Burkinabé leaders on reaching the unreached people groups of the world, being Godly wives and mothers, and being fervent and zealous disciples of Christ. Among the many highlights of the week for me was giving certificates to four ladies who had been trained in three different ways of sharing their faith with others, and who had then gone back to their own regions and trained over 400 others. Word has reached us from pastors all over the country of their encouragement as the women in their churches are now regularly sharing the love of Christ in their communities. May His Word continue to spread to those who have not heard in ways that they can understand!
Another great joy was teaching two or three women from each region how to play the game of musical chairs. The competition was great and I banned those with babies on their backs with what proved to be sound wisdom. It’s always a joy to have fun in the Lord, and both those participating and those who were onlookers laughed until we cried. In the midst of uncertain times, we certainly found the joy of the Lord to be our strength.
Finally, please be in prayer for Madeleine and Rob’s outreach through the WIRED youth group this weekend. They will be ministering in the village of Yagma, through medical clinics and puppet shows for children. As His name is lifted up, pray that men and women, boys and girls, will be drawn to Him.
Kathy
