tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11880395022394699672012-01-04T14:26:17.511ZThe Bowers have lived in Kayes in the Republic of MALI for 25 years. We have a ministry of reconciliation to help the Bambaras, Fulanis, and Moors hear and understand the gospel of Jesus Christ. God has used us in Bible teaching, helping prisoners, famine and refugee relief. Danielle, our oldest, returned to Africa to teach, Ruthanne is at Bluffton U, Ben at U Hartford n Sus continues in HS in Senegal. Jim hails from Broomall PA n Jenn from Parkville MD. I know my Redeemer lives Job 19The MALI Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691901323074081933noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188039502239469967.post-27953656786060777532011-04-22T20:55:00.000Z2011-04-22T20:55:49.992Z

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1: woman of the Soninké tribe discipled through weekly Bible studies and baptism preparation. (Jennifer) 1: Christian FM-radio station launched by a Malian Christian NGO with help from UWM (we have provided facilities and electricity, and helped them to find equipment); they currently broadcast about 18 hrs/day. 1: semester served on board of Dakar Academy. (Jennifer) 1: graduate

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Yesterday, Nov 19th, was the 2nd day of the Muslim feast memorializing Abraham's sacrifice known as Tabaski here in West Africa.  So in an effort of fraternity and witness several of us went to a number of different mosques to visit the imams in their homes.  We focused on the Kayes Ndi (small Kayes) side of the river where there is one Bambara speaking church and where I focus my visits to the

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We are encouraged that the UN is again making this return of Fulani refugees happen, see below link to an IRIN report in Oct 2010.  The UWM in MALI helped this situation extensively from 1990 to 1995 when 18,000 of these Fulanis landed in areas north of Kayes.  Over 100,000 also flooded into northern Senegal, and while most have returned 'home' over 20,000 refugees remain in the border areas of

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This article about Fulani children appeared in an IRIN report this week.  Many efforts are made to help these 'Talibé' Islamic religious disciples.  This reporter speaks of a homegrown effort by families in a neighborhood of Dakar.  Reports say there are well over 10,000 of these begging & oft mistreated, students in the city!  Similar situations exist in other large cities of west Africa

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United World Mission  released a new mission statement in Oct 2010.  It delights and surprises me!  May God enable us to carry it out in each of the more than 30 countries where we work. Mission: Serve with Christian leaders globally to plant, nourish, and reproduce churches that delight God and surprise the world. Tag-line: God-delighting, world-surprising churches everywhere. Core

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Adela removing splinter from foot The two teams of ministry in February to the Moors went well.  The medical team from Canada was here for seven days and we were able to provide services in four Moor villages and also give the Chinese church a good view of life in Africa and missions.  We trust the Lord will use their reports and enthusiasm to enable missions in their Toronto and Hong Kong 

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About half of these have died since the pix was taken in 2000.

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This story and court case is from my hometown!  I've been in this elementary school building many a time!  I was quite shocked to know that this such challenges to God's Word happens in my alma mater Marple-Newtown.  May God return America to its Judeo-christian heritage. Principal bans Bible, suggests book about witches Shared via AddThis

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Just been playing around this evening with blogging.  Google has created a pretty good one here on blogger/blogspot and there's a lot of things I can add or modify to make it my own.  I even added the countdown clock for our anniversary next month!  I'll add some more posts from my journal and even from my devotional notes.  Danielle's has some cute things like favorites .... or what if ... or

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What a trip! It's not the mud, nor the rain, nor the African roads, but the ferry crossing of the river at Kayes. Sekou and I were all loaded up to visit the Fulani village of Duduya to see progress on the well and to bring in some supplies, fuel, and tools. On a good day I've made it from my house to the village, only 20 kms (15 miles) over the dirt road in less than 40 minutes. Monday it

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After church I rode my moto over to Kayes Ndi using the pirogues to cross the river. The bridge is still under repair, and the old bridge is now under water from rainy season, so we have to go by ferry or pirogue. I first headed to see Modibo & Sanusy Diop who were sitting under a tree outside their yard. We chatted a bit about the ferries, my recent trip to Budapest, Houseni's eye operation,

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We had a good visit with the COMINAD group last weekend in Silver Spring, MD at a huge African American church (see www.TPCBC.org ). At least seven of those who have made the pilgrimage to Kayes were there so it was a mini reunion, too. we attended the annual conference of COMINAD and tried to find ways to redynmize the organization so as to help the African American Christian community in

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hereEven tho it July '08 I'm new to blogging and new to this company's blog and procedure, so I feel I'm wasting a lot of time as I type and try to understand how it works and what it does. I don't even know the address yet so I tell my friends! I made my first post a few hours ago as a copy from a letter I emailed earlier this day to a pastor. Actually I posted some blogs on my web site a few

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letter to Rev. Mark Vaughn, VAI just got confirmation this am that the three men will definitely be going to the teacher training program next week. The letter, attached, in French, is a thanks for providing the cash for their travel and class fees and housing. Luc Kodjo, who wrote and signed it, is the high school psychology teacher who will be going along with David Sogoba of Campus Crusade,

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Last evening I put in ten hours of ministry! And that was after a morning of email, money, visitors, computer maintenance, and typing a bit! We held a further meeting about the radio possibility in the Kanyaga area, and so Klaus, Siggi, Levi, and I understand better what is possible and what is available in equipment and money. We might meet with Oumar and Mamadou Traoré this afternoon

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I feel I’m sitting in the house of the devil! Idi’s Moor friend whom we are visiting is a renowned marabou healer, Mohammad Siby, in Yelimané where his son, Bassirou, has been staying for several months: he’s transformed and sane and calm! Idi says he was terribly violent last year, insulting, angry, suicidal, depressive, and for the first months here he was attached by chain to a log!

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I’ve had some great contact this summer with several African-American pastors and churches. This is in regards to getting the Beninois pastors to come to MALI as missionaries. We stayed in Detroit with the director of COMINAD, Rev Brian Johnson and his wife Ruth. This is the partnership of churches that is seeking to effect reconciliation in Africa and to wake up the black

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The Brazilians and I have been trying to visit all the surrounding Fulani villages so they can know what sort of ministry they can do near Kayes. On Tuesday this week we drove out to Pomiel, about 8 kms. I had hardly ever been there on my own so I missed it by a few kms and had to be directed back by a passing shepherd. We only spent less than a couple hours, not enuf for attaya even.

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We had a great day yesterday marching for Jesus! Well over 100 marched in the heat on Easter Monday singing and dancing and preaching from Diabougou thru Kayes Ndi. We got started about 8:30 am, crossed the bridge about 9:30, paused at the Evangelical Sahel Church around 10:30 and finished near the Deeper Life Church by noon.Our Toyota was the lead car with the speaker system and

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