Our Baptist co-laborers have been at it again! The weekend of Nov. 15, 16, and 17 was the
first edition of the “72 hours of UOBC” in Ouagadougou. What a tremendous weekend filled with
worship, fellowship, ministry, and fun!
We started on Friday night with the opening worship service, followed by
a medical outreach on Saturday morning.
38 Baptist women and some neighborhood friends who are not believers
came to our center on Saturday morning to experience a gynecological screening
for cancer at a greatly reduced rate.
For all but one of these women, this was a first time experience, and
many were terrified. Having faced the unknown
and found it to be not as scary as they anticipated, these brave women will now
be able to go and encourage their friends to participate in this very important
check-up.
Saturday evening we showed a film, followed by an
evangelistic service. There were several
young people who showed a keen interest in following Christ, and two of them came
for a follow-up interview the following Monday morning. Sunday morning saw each church’s Sunday
morning service being led by the women. On
Sunday afternoon we were blessed with a closing ceremony which included a
concert of our Ouagadougou Baptist women’s choirs! How I wish you could’ve been here to see the choreographed
presentations. We were also blessed to
hear a humble and pertinent message about our theme, “Love Your Neighbor,” from
a presidential cabinet minister who is an evangelical Christian. It was a remarkable weekend organized by some
remarkable Baptist women on mission with God.
Jay and I are incredibly blessed by our wonderful God. Serving Him here in Burkina is a joy in so
many ways. This joyful life that we have
is made possible by your participation in our ministry. Thank you for praying for us. For those of you who are our Southern Baptist
friends, thank you for your sacrificial giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas
Offering for international missions. It’s
your faithful generosity that allows us to live here in Burkina and do what we
love to do – helping Burkina Baptists to be on mission with God to reach the unreached
peoples of the world. It’s your
faithful generosity that allows our 4,854 colleagues and their 4,000 children
to reach out to peoples all around the world who have had little or no opportunity
to hear the truth of God’s love in ways that they can understand. Please give generously this year and in so
doing, know that He is being lifted up and will draw men, women, boys, and
girls to Himself.
So that ALL may know and worship Him, Kathy and Jay
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| Solange Ouedraogo, UOBC National Prayer Chairman |
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| Beatrice Zoma, National President UOBC |
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| Midwives in pink teaching about medical screening |
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| Neighborhood friend at medical outreach |
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