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There…
Good day to you all. My name is Jeffrey Thomas and Jason and Shannon have entrusted me with updating their blog with their travels/adventures/mishaps as they are in Africa. This is quite the step of faith on their part (I owe them an act of revenge because of a prank they pulled). Their trust…
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And we’re….off!
Finally! Just about on our way. We leave Monday afternoon- after a wonderful week with Jason’s family here in Ontario. Lots of late night games and chatting, walks, fellowship, and just having fun. We were just reflecting today on some of the awesome stuff that God has done in all this preparation to go overseas. We have…
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Did you know…
We wanted to update a bit about Burkina Faso to help inform those praying for the nation as well as just for your curiosity-sake! Some random facts you may not have known about Burkina Faso: -Burkina Faso’s high population density and limited natural resources result in poor economic prospects for the majority of its citizens…
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We’ve moved!
So it’s official- we’re really doing this whole “moving to Africa” thing! We finished packing up our place in Surrey and have put all our stuff in storage. Currently we are living in abbotsford in my dad’s basement until the 18th when we are flying out! Our move went really smoothly- cause we had lots…
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My refuge,my place of safety
SO I started to get a bit “worried” and anxious about our trip to Africa. What trials might we encounter? What diseases might we be infected with? What if…? What if….? But then God did something wonderful the other day. He reminded me of why I love Him so much. It’s my favourite thing about…
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Update Letter
We recently e-mailed out a 1-page update letter, about how preparations for our trip are going, and about Shannon’s knee surgery. I thought I’d post it online here for any of you would didn’t get the e-mail. So, here it is. If you’d like to get the e-mails, though, please let us know!
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Surgery
So my first surgery is over! (And I can’t sleep – hence the 5:40 entry). It was yesterday at 3 pm which meant a lot of waiting, killing time, and hunger! I had a major coffee withdrawal headache prior to the surgery! But the centre was super nice and the staff great….the waiting room had…
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“you know who that is don’t you?”
My mom said something very profound the other day- and it helped me re-focus my vision for this missions trip. I was reflecting on the difficulty of my job: caring (as a nurse) for people that are frankly not that easy to care for. There are the patients that don’t do anything for themselves and just ring…
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Some Pics from Mahadaga
After talking to Pastor Jim, our pastor at Home Church, about our missions trip to Burkina Faso, he decided to google the town we were going to – Mahadaga. He happened to come across a site from someone who had been on a missions trip to Mahadaga, probably with SIM. He posted a number of…
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Missions Checklist
Receive a ridiculous amount of immunizations (check) Get passports updated with current, (but still awkward looking) photos (check) Practice spelling Burkina Faso’s capital city (O-u-g-a-d-o-u-g-o-u) (check) Speak french while alone in the car (check) ………………………. Oh boy, there are a thousand of other things on our checklist that we still haven’t gotten to before…