A Birthday Celebration

Ghana Field Journal — Missions With the Consfords

Monday, June 11, 2012

It is hard to believe that Bonnie is already almost four.  We had her party a few days early since Daddy will be in Israel on Bonnie’s birthday….

Missions With the Consfords

Ghana Field Journal — Serving the Lord for Over 25 Years

These daily journal entries document the Consfords’ missionary life across Ivory Coast and Ghana. Over 1,630 entries capture the church planting, the hard days, the answered prayers, and the everyday reality of following God wherever He leads. Browse the full archive or join the Consfords as a prayer partner.

It is hard to believe that Bonnie is already almost four.  We had her party a few days early since Daddy will be in Israel on Bonnie’s birthday.
An hour after Bonnie was born on June 12, 2008, she went into respiratory distress due to Wet Lung Syndrome.  It was a very scary time for us.  She was born in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, and the doctors were not telling us what the problem was.  After five days in an incubator on oxygen and antibiotics, we got to hold our baby girl.  She is a blessing to us.  She is very independent and is always trying to teach someone or something.  (She lines her toys up or the magnets on the refrigerator and teaches away.)  
Time to open presents!
Nana and Papa sent a horse in a package.  Bonnie loves it!
They also sent cowgirl clothes for her doll.  Betsy was all decked out in her cowgirl clothes and ready to ride.

Joe Consford

Baptist Missionary — Ghana, West Africa

Joe and Laura Consford are independent Baptist missionaries sent from Central Baptist Church in Center, Texas. They plant churches, train national pastors, and run a Bible institute in West Africa. Joe is also the author of That's My Goat and Missionary on Fire, and the host of two podcasts.

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