The bags are packed, passport ready, and I hope I have everything I will need. Our plane takes over at 4:30 tomorrow for the all night flight to Paris. We have a 4.5 hour layover and then on to Abidjan in Cote d' Ivoire with a 6:45 scheduled arrival on Saturday. FYI, Cote d' Ivoire is 6 hours ahead of Beaumont time.
As we travel, I covet your prayers for a smooth trip. My prayer are that each of the 35 on this trip would maintain that servant's heart that one needs for long mission trips in with all the unknowns and new experiences. I also ask that your pray for our families. It's not easy to be gone from loved ones, especially the kids. I also ask that you pray for God to bless our work to impact the lives we will encounter with the love and grace of Christ.
It will be a while for the next post. So until then au revior.
The Faces
These are some of the faces of celebration at our arrivals that I will never forget.
Governor Bunch
That is me up there in the perch where the colonial governor of Basaam would make his proclaimations to the people below. You have to really duck going up the circular staircase.
Hanging a net
We had to help some people hang their nets using strips of cloth ripped from a larger piece.
A Net Hung Correctly
This mother had her net hung correctly and promissed to tell her neighbors about how to hang their nets.
The Interview
This is what the interview scene looked like. The woman and child, the videographer, the reporter, and 2 translators.
A net in a hut
This is one of the nets we saw hanging in Samo.
Hook `em Horns!
I couldn't help myself and had to teach a lesson to some kids. Especially since Bill Webb was having Aggie yell practice at Bonoua.
Fresh cocunut
I had the chance to have some fresh cocunet. Fresh meaning, cut from the tree, opened with a machette, and handed to me. It was delicious. Too bad I can't bring some home to Erin.
On the beach
I had to add a picture from the beach.
A home in Mondouko
This is a typical home in the village of Mondouko
At Mondouko
The line from the Pavilion with the beach in the backgroud
The Demonstation Net
Here is what a net looks like. Inside is Pascal from the church and a boy from Mondouko
Hugging Life
These are school children at Basaam holding on to their nets.
Hands on the Nets
The first stack of nets with Marilyn from the Methodist Church in Basaam
About Me
- Mark Bunch
- Mark serves as the Associate Pastor at Wesley United Methodist Church in Beaumont, Texas. One of his main areas and passions in ministry is missions. Mark has been married to Erin for 13 years and is the father of a 5 year old son and 2 year old daughter.
Nothing But Nets
Click to find out more
1 comment:
Heard you got there. Praying for you.
Post a Comment