a day in the life... // chapter 3: women on mission

The Baptist women of Burkina Faso are so much fun to work with.  They love to laugh and are some of the most thoughtful friends one could have.  On my birthday in December, a delegation came by our house to have a short time of worship and prayer.  Isn’t that a wonderful tradition of celebrating birthdays with friends?  During the first week of January, I met with these “co-laborers with Christ” at our girls’ center (which is still renovation).  We prayed and planned for the year 2013.

 

What a tremendous blessing to hear them choose their theme for the year:  “Women on Mission: The Role of Women in the Advance of God’s Kingdom.”  We will be studying from God’s Word about what it means to be on mission with God.  We will hear testimonies from Nigerian Baptist women missionaries, Ivorian Baptist women missionaries, Brazilian Baptist women missionaries, American IMB women missionaries, and of course, Burkinabé Baptist women missionaries.  We will learn together about how to do missions work locally and how to be involved in missions work that goes to the ends of the earth. For this grown-up GA whose life owes so much to the legacy of WMU, this conference promises to be one of the most exciting of my missionary life.

• What happens next and how can you pray?  This very important conference takes place from March 25-29.  My dear friend, Brazilian Baptist missionary, Cristiane Oliveira, and I will be team teaching for the opening session on what the Bible teaches us about being on mission with God.  As the week unfolds there will be ample opportunity for the women to respond to the call to missions by giving, going and praying.  Please pray that God will raise up an army of Burkinabé Baptist women who will confidently and boldly respond to what is called in French the “supreme order.”  “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” I can’t wait!