Missionary Blog Watch » Togo

Written in Chalk (and other posts)

Jim — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:09:12 +0000

Sometimes it’s the simple things that encourage you the most. That’s what I thought when I read this post entitled Sidewalk Chalk from Ukraine.

It’s always good to read about what a missionary is doing – and it’s always completely different! Here’s the latest from Peru in Back to Work!

Looking to solve a problem in Togo – I enjoyed this post entitled simply April update.

And we have to end with some more chalk – here’s a great post from Ecuador entitled The Faces – Tuesday Class.

Countries Less Mentioned – Part 1

Jim — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:52:11 +0000

Now that we have the nice tag cloud down on the left of the screen, we can see which countries get mentioned more often here. This mostly has to do with who blogs more often, and which countries have more bloggers, and so on.

But today we’re going to use that tag cloud to focus on the countries that aren’t there – the countries that are mentioned less here at Missionary Blog Watch. Here’s the first sample…

Power plant in Sofia, Bulgaria

Togo: "First of all, imagine that you take every single thing you own and you put it in a container. Then that container goes on a ship that might sink…" read May Update
Tanzania: "We’re out of water. We’ve been out of water for days…" read Perfect Laid Plans
South Africa: "Highland communions typically lasted over a period of five or more days. Informal fellowships and prayer meetings run by the elders might stretch this out to a week…." How does this Scottish tradition relate to South Africa? Read Easter Communion
Cambodia: "I thought you would like to read my email conversation with my dad where he asks some good questions about the new place we are living…"
Costa Rica: "I had really hoped that I would not feel right at one of the places, but that didn’t happen. Now I’m torn…" read My Heart is Torn
Bulgaria: "Since returning in March, I have been asked about training for teenager/youth over here. Besides the Love Bulgaria event there seems to be a big hunger for information on the training and equipping of students for service to Christ…" read Teenage Work – Once a Youth Pastor …
Columbia: "It’s been a bad time for the students. A week ago it was announced they would loose their free mid-morning coffee…" read No more Colombian coffee

Appliances and Moving to Togo

Jim — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:15:17 +0000

Jesse and Tiffany Shanks have had their frustrations trying to get appliances that they can use in Togo. After all, you’ve got to find them, get them where they’re going, and of course pay for them all!

After ordering their appliances, they got an unexpected surprise which they just called Training for Togo. Then, God gave them a little reminder that He still had things under control – read about it in Providing, again.

The Shanks would appreciate your prayers as they plan to board the plane for Togo on February 3rd. Those appliances still need to arrive! You can read more of their latest prayer requests right here.

Two Students in Togo

Photo courtesy of Paul-W