CSPS Clinic in Balembar, Burkina Faso, West Africa

On December 5, 2009 I was invited to visit this small CSPS Clinic in Balembar, Burkina Faso, West Africa. We drove about five hours by road and then about an hour off-road to this remote village. When we arrived we found a small moto drawn "ambulance", a "waiting room" with an expectant mother, four new born babies and a grungy "delivery room". I met with the person that oversees the facility and he explained how they have a single kerosine lamp to light the room while the women gives birth at night. I'm currently raising $949.00 to purchase a small solar powered lighting system for the clinic. If you would like to donate to this project, visit my website at: http://hesentme.org

Dagara People Praise and Worship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzZ3WxmfofA

These are my two favorite songs that the Dagara People sing in Kamkaniba, Burkina Faso, West Africa. I recorded this on December 6, 2009 with an H2 at the dedication ceremony for the church I helped build in August 2009. The photos were shot be Kristen Wheeler at KH Photographics.

After blowing our right engine

After blowing our right engine just before take off last night we arrived home safely just after midnight.

On our way to JFK!!

On our way to JFK!!

Just landed in Casablanca!

Just landed in Casablanca!

Guess we're not leaving Ouagadougou

Guess we're not leaving Ouagadougou on time....

I'm in West Africa ordering

I'm in West Africa ordering Chinese food from a menu printed in French. Weird...

Just had an incredible American

Just had an incredible American lunch with Steve Nehlsen's family. What an amazing family!! Can't wait to return the favor...

The President's animal preserve was

The President's animal preserve was amazing! Faso Parc is a very neglected theme park. Recape meetings tomorrow then dinner.

Off to bed early tonight,

Off to bed early tonight, meeting with the Mayor of Ougadougou at 7AM. Good night all...

The Minister of Energy in

The Minister of Energy in Ougadougou told my translator that he could not understand my english because of my strong accent...

It was a relaxing day

It was a relaxing day today, no meetings, just hanging out in the city with the locals and grocery shopping.

We have been invited to

We have been invited to tour the President's private animal preserve. This is a zoo that is not open to the public.

The university students in Ougadougou

The university students in Ougadougou will begin wind studies for us at our first installation in Kpakpara as soon as possible.

Today could not have been

Today could not have been better. We toured the renewable energy research facility at the university.

Tomorrow I have a 9AM

Tomorrow I have a 9AM meeting with the Minister of Higher Education. Good night all.

The village of Kamkaniba also

The village of Kamkaniba also presented me with a chicken. The Dagara people are amazing!

Spent the entire day in

Spent the entire day in Kamkaniba dedicating their new church and recording praise & worship music. It sounds incredible!

Off to bed now. Up

Off to bed now. Up at 6AM to spend the day in Kamkaniba for church and recording praise and worship music in the village.

It was a great honor

It was a great honor to recieve this rooster. This man gave what litte food he had for his family to me. I will never forget him.

The pastor of the church

The pastor of the church in Tchenjero was so happy to see me, he presented me with a live rooster.

In Tchenjero we visited a

In Tchenjero we visited a clinic and celebrated the birth of a brand new baby girl!

Very busy day today. We

Very busy day today. We visited Balembar, Kpakpara, Tchenjero & Navielgan.

Just arrived in Diebougou. Will

Just arrived in Diebougou. Will be spending the night here then visiting 3 villages in the morning. Thank you all for your prayer

Meeting with President Samual Yameogo

Meeting with President Samual Yameogo today was amazing! Also met with the Minister of Energy and he's excited about our mission!

Our first meeting today with

Our first meeting today with Karim Zongo was amazing!! God is with us.

On our way to Burkina

On our way to Burkina Faso

Its cold in Casablanca today.

Its cold in Casablanca today. Going into the city to shoot some pictures and do some Christmas shopping. I miss you Holly!

Just landed in Casablanca!

Just landed in Casablanca!

On our way to Casablanca!

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Quiet day at JFK

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Just landed in Atlanta and

Just landed in Atlanta and heard that the Prime Minister is personally setting up meetings for us!

Backside of water...

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The cabin in North Carolina where I am busy writing an $800,000 grant proposal for our work in Diebougou, Burkina Faso. Please pray for my creativity.

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HEsentme 1 Year Anniversary Party

HEsentme.org One Year Anniversary

October 17, 2009 marks the one year anniversary of HEsentme.org. God has accomplished so much in this first year and I want everyone to know that it was not me that did anything. It was God working through me and our team.

Recently, I've had so many people congratulate "me" on all of the accomplishments of this ministry but I just want it to be clear to everyone that I did not do anything. God is the hero of this story and no human could have ever done what we have done with the limited resources we had. Fortunately we have the most powerful resource of all... PRAYER. Here are just a few of the ways that our combined prayers have been answered.

God gave me the perfect wife to support me. God gave me the vision. He put a board of directors together that could work together and get this ministry organized. He put us in touch with Dr. Cheryl Decker and helped us become friends with Lynn Kennedy, the founder of Shattering Darkness. He put the perfect team of doctors and dentists together that gave medical care to 995 people in the small village of Kamkaniba, Burkina Faso, West Africa. He answered EVERY prayer without delay and provided protection from many forms of evil that was warring against us in West Africa. He opened doors at the Burkina government that gave us approval to bring electricity to the ministry center in Diebougou. He provided for the research wind turbine installation at the HEsentme headquarters in Florida. He has started many new relationships in the U.S. and in West Africa to strengthen our efforts in Africa and around the world. He gave us the support of First Baptist Church, Orlando to pray for us and help with our travel expenses.

Please take some time this month and join me in thanking Him for all He has accomplished for the people in West Africa.

First Wind Turbine Install In Central Florida

Channel 13 News Interview With Jim Dotson

This interview was aired on Channel 13 News on September 29, 2009

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/9/29/wind_helping_resident_knock_electric_rate_down.html

Wind turbine installation complete

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Wind turbine has arrived.

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Jesus' Health Care Plan

Jesus’ Health Care Plan

An editorial by George Barna
September 2009

You can’t turn on the TV, listen to radio or read a newspaper without confronting some information about the raging debate on health care. Surveys continue to show that Americans are not well-informed on the issue and are struggling to figure out who is telling the truth about existing needs, the financial implications of the policies under consideration, and how they will personally be affected.

Because so much of the debate relates to the needs of the poor and disadvantaged, Americans are playing this one a bit more cautiously than usual. Most adults define themselves as living a middle-class life, and believe their levels of comfort are a direct result of their own hard work and diligence. As politicians plead their case regarding health care provisions, citizens are conflicted, vacillating between a hard-line stance that expects others to work as hard as they have to get good health care and showing some compassion toward those who are less fortunate.

Views of Poverty

Our surveys underscore the fact that about three-quarters of all adults believe poverty is one of the most serious issues facing the nation. Even more significantly, most Americans also contend that when it comes to alleviating poverty, that’s mainly the government’s responsibility. Two-thirds of adults look to the government to solve issues related to poverty – including health care deficiencies. Just one out of every five adults believes that solving poverty is an individual duty, and a mere one out of 25 people assigns that task to non-profit organizations, and another one in 25 assigns it to churches.

As we assess how individuals deal with poverty on a personal level, we find that Americans do get involved, but in a kind of arms-length manner. For instance, the most common responses are for people to give money, food, and clothing to someone else to get the job done. In contrast, the most personal responses are the least common. Relatively few Americans talk directly with the needy, tutor them, build homes for them, visit them, befriend them, or engage in other types of personal activities to address the issue.

One might say, then, that we mean well but we’re too busy, too disinterested, or feel too inadequate to actually address poverty personally, head-on. Given that mind set, it’s no wonder that the current health care debate centers not on what every American can personally do to help alleviate human suffering, but on how we can get the government to provide a more efficient alternative that will neither break the bank nor hinder our lifestyle.

In essence, what Americans seem to want is increased government services, more efficient delivery of services, no increase in taxes, and no personal involvement in the process. In a nutshell, our argument is: it’s not my fault and it’s not my job, so let the paid professionals deal with it.

Jesus the Healer

Given the fact that devout Christians mirror these attitudes, it raises the question of what a Christian’s obligation to the poor is in the matter of health care. Should Christians feel comfortable accepting the “let the government handle it” philosophy?

If a Christian were to turn to the Bible for guidance in these matters, a simple read through the gospel according to Luke would provide some answers. Luke, the author of the third gospel account in the New Testament, was a physician and would have been especially sensitive to how Jesus dealt with people’s medical needs.

In fact, Luke’s narrative contains 26 different passages describing how Jesus responded to people’s physical and medical needs. The book shows that Jesus healed hundreds of people. But it also gives us some consistent patterns from Jesus’ ministry to the poor and suffering people He encountered that we might use as principles to guide our personal responses to today’s health care challenges.

There were at least seven noteworthy perspectives that underlie Jesus’ health care strategy.

1. Jesus healed people because He believed that good health matters. People with serious medical challenges lack hope – and people without hope have no reason to keep living. Since life is a precious gift from God, and He wants people to enjoy and celebrate life, as well as the God who gave it to them, restoring health was a viable means to an end. Whenever He had the opportunity to do so, He healed people and sent them on their way.

2. Jesus invested Himself in their healing because He loved and cared for people. In Luke 7:13 we read that “His heart overflowed with compassion” for those people. He did not heal them because it showed His power or grabbed attention as much as He healed them because He felt their pain and knew their desolation. Healing was a practical demonstration that God was not wrathful but graceful.

3. Jesus healed everyone who presented a medical need because He saw no reason to screen some out as unqualified. Whether He knew them or not, He helped them. Whether they supported Him or not, He helped them. Whether they were adherents of His faith or not, He helped them. He did not set up conditions and hoops in order for people to qualify. He just healed them because He could.

4. Jesus healed every kind of illness He encountered. No malady was too simple (such as a fever) or too complex (including paralysis, leprosy, and demonization). He even took on the impossible – death – and raised people from the dead on three separate occasions!

5. Jesus pursued them because He saw Himself as a servant. A servant does what he can to address the needs of those being served, whether the needy one comes to the servant or the servant must go to the needy. Jesus did not get caught up in the ego games of who should pursue who; when He saw a need He went out of His way to address it.

6. Jesus allowed them to disrupt His schedule because He realized that people’s pain and suffering was their top focus in life. Because the main value in His life was giving love, things like remaining on schedule, following His pre-determined agenda, maintaining orderliness and predictability all took a back seat to the chance to affect other people’s lives with genuine love.

7. Jesus expected His closest followers to heal others. The needs of the people were substantial and providing a healing touch grabbed people’s attention so they could see Him for who He was and what His message to them was. Consequently, Jesus included healing in the marching orders He gave to not only the 12 apostles, but to another group of 72 disciples that He had been mentoring in the ways of grace. (Luke 9:1; 10: 1, 9, 17)

Jesus Health Care Strategy

In short, Jesus Christ showed us that anyone who follows Him is expected to address the most pressing needs of others. You can describe Jesus’ health care strategy in four words: whoever, whatever, whenever, wherever. Whoever needed to be healed received His healing touch. Whatever affliction they suffered from, He addressed it. Whenever the opportunity to heal arose, He seized it. Wherever they happened to be, He took care of it.

Contrast the Jesus model with the preferred American model. The latter might be described as deciding to throw some money at the problem – but not too much – so that somebody else can do what needs to be done, for those who qualify, in a manner that does not inconvenience us. The former approach was the whoever, whatever, whenever, wherever strategy.

It’s quite a contrast, isn’t it?

The Underlying Foundation

Don’t overlook the fact that Jesus called on His followers to personally attend to the health care needs of the poor and disenfranchised. Not only did Jesus model healing for His followers, but He supported such outreach with ample philosophical underpinnings. You see Him teaching His followers before, during and after instances of healing. We are familiar with the principles, but perhaps not their application to health needs.

• Do to others what you would like them to do to you (Luke 7:31). Jesus asked His followers to see themselves in the people who yearned for a healing touch and to respond accordingly. Although He was mocked and opposed for His efforts to heal, such opposition never stopped Him from treating others as we would want to be treated.

• Produce results (or, in biblical language, bear fruit) (Luke 6:43-45). These days, we might think of His teaching as admonishing His followers to not pass the buck. He reminded them they had been given gifts and resources so that they could affect reality. He warned them against simply discussing solutions and instructed them to conceive and implement solutions.

• Do whatever it takes to love God and all people with your heart, mind, strength and soul (Luke 4:8, 6:27-36). Jesus used love as a verb, not an adjective. He exhorted His followers to prove their love by doing compassionate things for those in need. Jesus showed them what was important by focusing on the act of giving, rather than receiving. Often, those whom He healed did not thank Him, and He was never paid for his medical care – but He healed them regardless, because it enabled Him to love those who lacked hope.

• Always try to do the will of God (Luke 12:29-31). Your life is not about what you want; to be a follower of Jesus your desires should match God’s. The way we demonstrate that we understand this principle is by allowing God to change your heart, and by following His plan.

A Personal Challenge

So, if Jesus went to such lengths to put feet on His health care strategy, what is yours? He did not seem inclined to wait for the government to provide for the poor. His strategy called for people to help people, through the power and ability that He entrusted to His followers. One must wonder if the American preference for government programs is the best solution to the existing needs – and if a nation where 83% of adults label themselves “Christian” can blend that religious connection with a desire for state-based solutions.

Government clearly has a role in people’s lives; the Bible supports its existence and circumscribed functions. It is unfortunate that when God’s people, collectively known as the Church, fail to exhibit the compassion and service that He has called us to provide, we are comfortable with the government acting as a national safety net. In a society that has become increasingly self-centered and self-indulgent, we simply expand our reliance upon the government to provide solutions and services that are the responsibility of Christ followers. Some Christians have heeded the call, as evidenced by the medical clinics, pregnancy centers and even hospitals across the nation that were initiated and funded by small numbers of dedicated believers who grasped this responsibility. Imagine what an impact the Church would have on society if it truly reflected the model Jesus gave us of how to care for one another!

As we think about the elements embedded in the national debate, perhaps each of us should be asking ourselves a few simple questions. What kinds of people within your realm of influence need health care assistance – and how do you respond? How do you figure out who to help – and who to serve them in partnership with? How do you decide when and how often to invest yourself in helping poor people who have health needs? What limitations do you place on the kind of health care assistance you offer to the needy? What gifts, talents, and resources can you be more aggressive at applying to the health care needs of the poor?

I don’t know what God is asking or preparing you to do in relation to the needs of the poor and disadvantaged. All I know is that we have been told to imitate Christ, and His health care strategy is whoever, whatever, whenever, wherever.

AIDS in Africa

This beautiful 15 year old girl rode on the back of a bicycle to the clinic in Kamkaniba. We don't know how far. She arrived weak, dehydrated and was vomiting blood. The doctors tested her and found that she was in the final stages of AIDS. We were not equipped to treat an illness this severe, so the doctors prayed with her, gave her Tylenol and vitamins and let her rest. Then they helped her back on the bicycle and sent her back to her village. There was nothing more we could do for her. We all continue to pray for her and hope to see her in heaven one day.

CBS News to cover Wind turbine install

I just got off the phone with CBS News and they are going to cover our install of the first wind turbine in Central Florida. The bad news... it will not be delivered and installed until next week.

Orlando Sentinel to cover wind turbine installation

I just got off the phone with the Orlando Sentinel. They will be writing a story about HESENTME.ORG, INC. installing the first wind turbine in Central Florida on September 22. I will send out an update on the publication date as soon as possible.

Demon Possessed Woman

During one of our medical clinics, this woman was shaking uncontrollably and Pastor David (one of our translators) told me that she was demon possessed. My first thought was to go back to filming and then the Lord spoke to me "go back and help her". I placed my hand on her shoulder and He spoke again "don't let go of her until she stops shaking". I prayed for about 10 minutes with my hand burning as I touched her shoulder. I noticed that she stopped so I ended my prayer and looked up and found Michael on her other side praying with me. I looked up at him and he asked me if I was OK and noticed that she was not shaking any longer. He also told me that she had been burning his hand while I was praying. Later that night we were talking before bed and I was explaining to the others what had happened to us that afternoon. Morgan jumped into the conversation and added "it was NOT 10 minutes". Puzzeled by her statement I asked what she meant by that and she continued "you were praying with her nearly an hour". I'm not sure what happened to this woman after that day, but I pray that I will see her again in heaven one day.

Message From Lynn Kennedy

Thank you, thank you, thank you...no words can express our thanks for the eternal impact you made on the village of Kamkani and surrounding areas! You cleaned and dressed wounds, did malaria tests, treated the sick, dispensed meds, held children, played soccer with them, prayed with our folks, helped shatter darkness and liberate people from their idols and fetiches. You were submissive and respectful to all of our leaders. You were attentive at all services and danced like one of us!! Thank you for worshiping our Savior, Lord and King with us! Pastor Ben..thank you for all the efort in message prep. Thank you for leading us in the dedication of the worship building.

Some of you approached me and asked me to send what I spoke about sacrifice.

"When we are tempted to refer to our service of our King as sacrifice or suffering, we need to pause. We need to take a good, long look at the Cross of Calvary. It is there and only there that we look upon and thus experience suffering ans Sacrifice. From the moment you or I encounter the Christ of Calvary; each step we take forward is to be counted as PRIVILEGE!"

Hot? Wet? Wind tossed? Hungry? Tired? Frustrated? Thirsty? For the service of our King?????

Privilege my Beloved. Count it all privilege.

Thank you for your service, smiles, hugs, "nuggets" going with the flow..

Please continue to pray so that you guard only those things which are pure and holy and edifying in your memory bank. Do not let the thoughts of irritations and pressures and multitudes and unplanned occurrences rob you of the joy of our Lord and His good pleasure of your service in His Name.

I will keep you informed of services and attendance at the new church in Kamkani.

Love in Christ as I remain Hidden in Him,
Lynn ("Wafati")
PS 91

GHO Medical Mission Metrics-Kamkaniba, Burkina Faso 2009

GHO Medical Mission Metrics - Kamkaniba, Burkina Faso July 31- August 5, 2009

Type of clinic Patients Seen
Dental 161 ( the majority had dental extractions)
Adult 444 (the majority had musculoskeletal dx)
Child 393 (the majority had malaria dx)

Total 995

Some patients were seen in both dental and medical clinics for different reasons.
Some patients had more than one diagnosis.

Diagnosis Number of Patients
Adult malaria 75
Child (infant to 17 y.o.) 249

Total 324 (diagnosis made with lab test)

63% of children seen in child clinics tested positive for malaria
17% of adults seen in adult clinic tested positive for malaria

Pneumonia 17
Bronchitis 12
Gastritis 45
Diarrhea 14
Enteritis 6
Musculoskeletal 139
Eye irritation 31
Cataracts 19
Conjunctivitis 6
Impetigo 24
Scabies/nonsp. Dermatitis 25
Fungal skin 15
TB skin 3 (many chronic ulcers also appear to be
mycobacterium related but were counted in
Wounds)
Otitis Media 18
Otitis Externa 8
Mastitis 1
Headache 43 (this dx was made in non malarious patients )
Pregnant 3
Worms 24 (made by description of worms in stool)
Seizure 5
URI, viral 7
Pharyngitis 2
STD 7 (dx made by presumptive sxs)
HIV 1 (dx made by lab test)
Malaise/anorexia 3
Goiter 5
UTI 39 (dx made by presumptive symptoms)
Abscess/ulcer/wound 38
Well patient/normal exam 39

Interesting observations:
249 positive tests for malaria in children

90% of positive malaria tests were done because parent reported fever in last 5 days.

.08% of positive malaria tests were done because of only triage temp>100.4

10% of positive tests were done because of worrisome physical exam by physician (with neg fever in last 5 days and neg temp in triage)

No malaria or bacterial illness was found in the 2 children with triage fever and no reported fever in last five days

20 children had bacterial diagnoses with negative malaria tests after parent reported fever in last 5 days

Conclusion:
Based upon these findings it is safe to directly triage children with reported fever in the last 5 days to malaria testing and physician evaluation without obtaining a temperature. Obtaining a temperature is process slowing and adds nothing to making good diagnostic decisions.

100% of medical patients (837) received de-worming medication and vitamins.

All pregnant women received Folic Acid supplements.

The 837 number is less than the total of 995 patients because dental patients were counted in the total patients seen but they did not receive vitamins or de-wormers. Many of the dental patients were also seen in medical clinic and received these medications there.

Medications Prescribed

Children’s liquid Adult tablet
Antibiotic 93 patients 160 patients

Pain /fever med 111 patients 252 patients

Malaria 233 patients 91 patients
(includes 16 children
who took chews or adult tabs)
Eye drops for 6 patients 46 patients
infex or irritation

Ear drops for infex 8 patients 3 patients

Oral antihistamine 8 patients 8 patients

Topical fungal medication 10 patients 7 patients

Cheryl Durstein-Decker MD FACEP
August 27, 2009

Medical Mission Trip Update Reel

Wind Turbine Approval in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Many of you have asked me about the approval letter from the Burkina Faso government allowing HEsentme.org to provide electricity to villages in West Africa so I thought I would post a copy of the letter on my blob.

Wind Turbine site in Diebougou, West Africa

Shattering Darkness Headquarters in Deibougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa is the location of our first wind turbine installation in Africa.

Want to get to know one of the children in Kamkaniba?

Amy Liao (one of our dentists on the Burkina Faso trip) interviewed one of the children in the village of Kamkaniba. Please take a few minutes to get to know this special little girl.

Our First Domestic Wind Turbine Installation at the HESENTME.ORG, INC. Headquarters

Kamkaniba

A few of the children in Kamkaniba

Where is God in America?

I woke up this morning at 4AM missing God. I couldn't help remembering how close He was while we were in Africa. I thought about the time it takes for God to answer my prayers here in America and how EVERY prayer was answered instantly in Africa. We had no one to help us so we turned to Him for everything. Was that the answer? Think about it.... When we need advice about something, we call a friend. When we need work, we call a business associate. When we are bored, we turn on the television. When we were in Africa, we turned to God. No waiting! We needed help, we prayed, God answered, PERIOD! Everyday, all day long, all night long. We prayed for rain and it rained. We prayed for a cop on the street corner in Ougadougou to take back the ticket he wrote Lynn Kennedy and he did. We prayed for a rabies vaccine and He led us to the only one available in Burkina Faso. We prayed for safe passage for our truck on a washed out "road" during the pouring African rain (at night) and we made it back to Kamkaniba with no delays. I know that the same God is with me here in America and He will provide for my every need... If I just spend time with Him.

West Africa August 2009 Summary

I had planned on writing a summary of our trip to Burkina Faso but Lynn Kennedy wrote it so well I just "cut and pasted" hers into my blog.

Beloved and Coveted Pray-ers,

The last month has been a whirlwind with a total of 38 folks from the US. A team of 14 stayed here at my place and ministered in the villages of Navielgan and Kpakpara. They are the 2 closest villages to us but it had been many years with no med team, so it was good. More than 1000 were treated. The VBS team presented the gospel to more than 300 children. I estimate somewhere between 10-30 made first time prefessions of faith.

A team of 24 camped out in the village of Kamkaniba. We slept on cots in the former church building and some of us (me included) slept in tents. This team encountered incredible attacks the entire week...no let up at all! This includes one of the women in the church being bitten by a bat and us searching for the vaccine and HRIG (Rabies immuno globulin) for 2 solid days traveling from Kamkani to Diebougou to Gaoua and finally Ouaga! We had a man speak a curse as he walked around the church building, much opposition and distraction at the morning evangelistic meetings, a cell phone taken, lots and lots of sickness with team members....unbelivable storms and the final morning winds so strong our tents were lifted out of the ground as it was pouring down rain!

I asked Patrice if in his memory he could remember another team under such attack as this one and neither of us can recall another! Thank you for praying. Many were treated and many were saved. And many are already talking of returning! Please be praying for Holly DOtson, she was bitten by a bat. Please pray for Amanda and Jim, they both had the bat land on them. All are in process of following the rabies vaccinations.

The meeting concerning the wind turbine with Jim Dotson went extremely well and we received official permission to proceed while Jim was here. So he traveled stateside with a copy of official government approval in hand!

Mado had her baby with no complications! Celine is ready for her delivery! Maturins wife had her baby, no complications.

The joint team of 14 took an offering to send one of our children to the children's hospital in Ouaga for a consult to see what can be done for his ear/eye. John Mark and Sandrive are doing well and in the process of building a larger home.

The dediction of the new church in Kamkani was celebrated our last evening there and culminated by our celebrating the Lord's Supper together!

Please be praying for the next 3 teams: 2 in October: leadership formation; construction and evangelism; November with Jim Dotson for further work on the wind turbine.

Please pray for our health, I currently have laryngitis and bronchitis, Patrice has a bad cold as well. We spent a lot of time wet and cold in Kamkani..along with all the other team members. My ole body just does not withstand things like before. ( Nope...I ain't gonna tell my age!) I am in my 13th year here...and some things are taking its toll! But our Lord is my Strength and Healer and Hope!

All is well. Thank you for praying.

We head to Ouaga next week. Patrice will be working on leader training in Sept. I will be working on radio programs and new book " A FIERY PASSION".

Much love in Christ as I remain Hidden in Him,
Lynn
PS 91

"God's Skin"

Lynn Kennedy and I were talking about the Dagara people the first evening we were in the village of Kamkaniba. She commented that they have no books in the village so there is no word for The Bible. After hearing some of the stories in The Bible and learning about Jesus, the villagers decided to call the book "God's Skin". What an impact this story had on me. These people understand God's word better than we do. Calling it The Bible just isn't enough for me anymore, it's no longer a book to me. It will always be "God's Skin".

Last Leg of Journey Home

We're on our way to Orlando. I'll be blogging when I wake up.

Outside the Clinic

Daily Worship in Kamkaniba

View from our sleeping quarters in Kamkaniba

Holly at worship

My New Audio Shop in Diebougou

Featuring DJ Jim and MC Holly.

Casablanca

This small fern followed us back to our hotel room but its owner finally showed up and took it home.

Editor note: OK, I apologize for taking liberties with the blurb but this picture needed some serious help to liven it up a bit.

Hotel in Casablanca

I know where Santa spends his summers...