MALI MISSION MARCH09: Journeying onward toward villages

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TRANSCRIPT:  “This is Keith calling from K’ba about 2 PM Mali time.  *[K’ba is where they will pick up Pastor Barry and meet the IMB JourneyGirls and a translator.]

“We arrived through a different route, traveling southeast across Senegal on what were remarkably great roads. As we approached K’ba, the roads became rough, similar to what we will experience in the in the mountains of Mali as we approach the villages, and the driver became agitated. He was concerned that he might not be able to drive on such rough roads. So PRAY for the driver, that he will be calm and confident and that he will see this challenge as one of the ways that God grows him. He is Catholic, and we think that he’s a believer, but have yet to confirm that.

“This evening, about 7 PM Mali time (2 PM Texas time), we will be arriving in the compound of Phillip the Evangelist [Village X, where there are about 20 believers].  There we will spend the night before driving on into Village F [the largest of the villages], where we will greet and begin to teach.

“Tomorrow evening [still at Village F] we will show with the Jesus Film and give those people an opportunity to respond to the call of Christ. [PRAY that many will be given faith to believe and begin walking on the Jesus Road.] Thank you for your prayers that sustain us. God bless you all.”

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