After our last visit to Tanghin for Easter
services, several of the men along with the Naba asked us for
three things; benches for the services, have a baptism service
and an opportunity for someone to teach them how to read and
write Mooré. Seeking a way to fulfill these needs brought us to
today's events.
With water being a scarcity in Tanghin, we felt it would be best
to have a special day in Boulwando where both churches could
come together for some fun, food, and fellowship. During these
festivities we could hold our baptismal services for Tanghin
with the facilities in Boulwando.
After loading up the car rack on Mike's truck with our benches
and our chalk board, we headed out to Boulwando for our
rendezvous.
Mary and our daughters also used this opportunity to bring some
needed clothing to the village. They attempted to help everyone
find something suitable for them and their children. Here
are a few pictures of them enjoying their labor.
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One of the drawing cards has always
been soccer matches. In a constant attempt to build camaraderie
between our sister churches we like to host friendly
soccer matches. This morning Tanghin made the seventeen
kilometer \trip by bicycle and by foot.
After a long, hard fought battle, Boulwando, prevailed with a
4-3 victory over the visiting team from Tanghin.
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Team Boulwando |
Team Tanghin |
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Mary and the girls
found some shade under a large tree, that was,
unfortunately, still in the playing field.
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After the soccer match
we trekked back to the church for our special
services.
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I used this morning's opportunity to
speak on "What makes a baptism Biblical?" We had an overflow
crowd as the two mission churches came together for the
very first time.
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Ferdinand led the congregational singing.
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Douninoma took up the offering.
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Dominike opened the services with Paul doing the translation for
the
services.
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Preaching on baptism
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After the services we again made our way back towards the school
for a
baptismal service. (I had thought we would be using the school's
water
basin, but we ended up using a pond shaped like a small, winding
river.
Please read the "L'Actualité du jour" page on this date to read
about this
unique baptism, at least it was for me.)
Dominike, as the pastor of the church in Boulwando baptized six
people from
his church and I had the opportunity to baptize six more from
the work in
Tanghin; including Denis' wife, Barthélemy, and the Naba's son.
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Dominike had the privilege to baptize his older brother.
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Barthélemy |
Denis' wife |
People were lined on both sides of the "river" with some
industrious
children climbing a tree out over the water.
After a brief stop in Meguet to bid farewell to the Naba there
we headed
back home to Ouaga, rejoicing in the Lord's blessings upon His
works here.
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