Do you remember the 30 Hour Famine from this year, 2012? I did not blog about it but I certainly talked about it on Facebook and in my update emails. For this particular fund raising event WIRED youth group raised nearly $20,000 and went to the village of Bouassa. WIRED drilled a well, helped build a classroom, gave out grain, dug holes for bathrooms and hung out with children. 11 Adults and around 40 kids have come to know Christ from this single event - and that was just the beginning.
Susan, my lovely roommate from my time in Burkina, just sent me this message:
Just talked to Jay briefly today and he gave an update on the church we did the project in. Apparently they did start school in the building and the church has about 40-70 people in it. The well is having an awesome ministry in the community with the pastor's wife heading that up. Compassion has started there as well, using both the school building and the hangar. They have a dedication service out there tomorrow.
When WIRED decided to help the Baptist church do a church plant in this area I went out to the land to see what it was like. There was absolutely nothing - just some brush. It was truly a blessing to see how God used WIRED with this piece of land. Now, its neat to see how he is continuing to use this land to help spread his name.
Here are some photos from that day last April that WIRED did their project:
Well Drilling
Using the newly found water to soak me!
Child Evangelism
WIRED :)
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