Mar 11, 2015 | Field Churches, Jungle Riders
The Yacouba Tribe During the war starting in 2002, Ivory Coast was cut in half. Rebel troops controlled the northern half and loyalist the south. Pastor Joseph, our national director had a choice to make. Live among the rebels and continue to reach his people with the...
Oct 1, 2011 | Orphan Ministry
Atou was the first orphan taken in personally by Pst. Joseph. Atou’s mother and grandmother were members of our Guiri church. His mother died, and Joseph kept him until Atou’s father remarried and the stepmother took him home. About that time Joseph moved far away to...
Oct 1, 2011 | Field Churches
Pastor Joseph, national director of the Ivory Coast mission, successfully made the trip deep into the Bangolo region on the mission motorcycle to our first church in the village of Guiri. The trail was overgrown. Blockades were encountered all along the mountainous...
Mar 1, 2011 | Regional Updates
The Presidential Election did not go as expected and Ivory Coast is, once again, a divided nation. Two men have had themselves sworn in as president, each saying they won the election. Hundreds have died in the conflict and the economy has come to a standstill. The UN...
Dec 14, 2009 | From The Heart, Special Projects
This is a time when we take gifts to every orphan, where it is possible, under our care. Christians will be walking out of “bush” villages to Bangolo and Mahapleu to bring the orphans and celebrate Christmas together. Some walked as far as 38 miles last year to...
