Friday, June 22, 2012

Ghana Field Journal — Missions With the Consfords

Friday, June 22, 2012

W'apow mu e,  Joe took the kids to school.  The school is a little under four miles away, but it has been taking almost an hour to get…

W'apow mu e, 

Joe took the kids to school.  The school is a little under four miles away, but it has been taking almost an hour to get there because of the road conditions.  

Joe helped me hang some of the wall hangings around the house today.  I got some laundry done too.

This afternoon, a couple of the kids who ride to and from school with us came back to the house to play for a while.  The kids had fun with them.

On the way home from school, Bonnie was telling Joe that they talked about foxes today at school.  She said, "There is a daddy fox, a mommy fox, and 'cabes.'"  Joe asked her if she meant "cubs."

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.

This evening, we went into town to go out to eat.  We stopped at the bank first.  While Joe went inside, Danny asked me, "Is this the good bank or the bad bank, Mom?"  I asked him what he meant.  He said, "Well, is it Catholic or what?"  I told him that banks do not have a religion.

Bonnie always wants to know where we are going.  She calls Planters Lodge "Pizza Planet" for some reason.  She asked if we were going to Pizza Planet or somewhere else.

Danny ate and ate and ate.  We ordered a cheeseburger and a pizza for the kids to share.  Danny ate most of both.

As we were getting ready to leave the restaurant, Bonnie was asking the same thing over and over.  Joe said, "How many times do I have to tell you?"  Bonnie looked him right in the eye and held up three fingers.  That girl is a mess!   

Nantsew yie!

Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie

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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