Jon spent the first half of the day going over the new version of the reporting system with Pastor Severin, working through any issues he was having with reporting ect. and I did a bit with him on the finance reporting. Then we spent the rest of the day driving around the Abomey-Calvi area to see the area where Severin is planning to move (he's from up north in Parakou) to do church plants, since there are large areas in Abomey-Calvi which have no church presence as more and more people are moving into the area, and we visited a couple of churches that Severin and Jim had planted years ago. It wasn't really OneHope specific, but it was cool to see the fruit of past years' work and to see the area that God has called Severin to come and serve.
Sorry some of the photos are sideways... I don't know why they uploaded that way, I did turn the files, but I'm not going to go through and re-upload those ones so... just turn your head ;)
Our exciting work! On our computers.
One of the churches we stopped by.
The pastor then drove around the community with us and told us about it.
The pastor then drove around the community with us and told us about it.
Market day.
This area is sort of in the city of Abomey-Calavi, but it's still a developing area, and this particular community is still very much like a village.
The pastor of this church, and his cute little daughter.
Severin wanted to see how good the water was in their well.
---Yovo, yovo bonsoir! Sa va? Bien, merci! --- Whitey, whitey hello! how are you? Good, thank you! ---
haha I have a video, but even with the good internet we have at this hotel, a video is too much. It will have to wait till we're back in the U.S.
He was soooo cute! 7 months old.
A family on their moto. I've been trying to get a good picture of a larger family riding together, with a kid in front, and in between, AND a baby on mama's back.
This is a large, growing Assemblies of God church which they are expanding.
Love,
-J&L
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