Tag Archives: Africa

My friends son doesn’t suck any more!

Posted on 17. May, 2009 by .

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If you read my blog with any regularity, you’ve heard me mention my good friends Joel and Heidi Hayslip, missionaries to Burkina Faso. They’re awesome and they’ve got an incredible family. Well, their oldest son, Jakob, officially stopped sucking. Yes, you heard that right, he doesn’t suck any more.

You’re curious, aren’t you? Click here to read the story.

Really, this is a story of creative parenting. Celebrate the vicories, no matter how big or small and do it creatively to leave a lasting impact. Click here to see the certificate.

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Children’s ministry making an impact in the African bush!

Posted on 13. Apr, 2007 by .

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The Villages of Ziga

The tiny bike path we followed seemed to wind on forever, especially since the landscape didn’t vary. The rocky, sandy terrain, and especially the small knobby bushes were pretty hard on my little pickup’s tires and I worried since I had 400 presents in  the back weighing me down.  But we finally began to see kids pointing toward us calling out “nassara, nassara!” (white person) and we knew we were close. [...]

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