Here is the latest edition of my Power to Change newsletter – Fall 2013 Newsletter Inside, you’ll find: Resources for You – At Power to Change, our staff are constantly thinking of ways to help equip everyday Christians like you and I to engage in spiritual conversations with the people around us, and to help them…

The next edition of my Power to Change ministry newsletter is now available – download it now! Here’s what’s in it: “What exactly do you do?” – find out a bit about the massive, year-long project that I’ve been working on, and why I enjoy working on this computer stuff! Student Mission Trips – about 140 students…

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=81167&id=502659080&l=e25ea3bdcd Check it out.  Pictures from the Italy portion of our travels.  God is so creative!  We had a great time but are very glad to be staying in one place for more than 2 days!  We are currently in Ontario visiting with Jason’s family and then we’re off to Vancouver and hopefully will be…

Thank you to those of you who are continuing to keep us in your prayers and check up on how we are doing! After our time in Burkina Faso finished on April 26th, Shannon and I flew to Rome to travel through Europe for a few weeks before heading back to Canada. It didn’t cost…

  There is one road in Mahadaga.   It is name-less but everyone knows it well.  The Burkinabe live their lives on it, near it, around it, beside it.  They buy and sell and visit each other on it, work their fields beside it, and celebrate important events under the shade of the mango trees along it. …

  On our long bus ride to Ghana, Jason and I started reading a book that has started us reflecting on how we want to live differently when we get back to Canada.  It talks about making choices based on values: choosing contentment over consumerism, stop and play over fast forward, talking over technology, so…

Shannon put a bunch more pictures from our Ghana trip on Facebook – check out the photo album here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=66215&id=502659080&l=61d03.

So what DOES one do on a 30 hour bus trip anyways?  Jason and I just arrived back from a mini-Ghana excursion.  We had a bit of time to take a “break” and put on our adventurous travel backpacks and hit the road.  SO we started with a 16 hour bus ride from Ouagadougou to Kumasi…

We’re back in Ouagadougou right now, preparing for a little vacation down to Ghana. So, we’ve been able to upload some more pictures to the web. Check them out here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=64394&id=502659080&l=2860e.

  Funny how two words mean so much.  “Knock knock,” “Hi, I’ve stopped for a visit,”  “Give me a sticker,” “Would you like to buy some mangoes, bananas, cakes, chickens, papayas….” “Just in the area, thought I’d say hello,”  “Anybody there?”    In a culture devoid of front doors, this is the greeting one most…