{"id":5183,"date":"2014-11-19T09:53:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T17:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5183"},"modified":"2014-11-19T09:53:07","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T17:53:07","slug":"burkina-faso-bible-teaching-for-the-mossi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5183","title":{"rendered":"BURKINA FASO: Bible Teaching for the Mossi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Global Recordings<\/a>, November 2014<\/p>\n

Frans Riphagen, of the ministry Guardian Angels in the Netherlands, writes:<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you enter a village and think \u2018How did I end up here?\u2019 This happened during our missionary journey to Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral times I had been invited by a local pastor from Soukola to visit his project. They had recently built a new school and he was very proud of it. Since the road did not go to his village and we needed to travel on sandy paths, I began to [wonder where it was].<\/p>\n

\u201cEventually I saw a small village in the distance: Soukola, a village with about 300 inhabitants, a new school, and a well. I was given a tour around the village and wanted to speak to the children about life in the village.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegretfully, the children only spoke Moore, the tribal language of the Mossi. How to share the Bible and the gospel with these children?<\/p>\n

\u201cI was glad to know Gospel Recordings in the Netherlands. This organization has materials that give an explanation of the gospel and Bible stories in over 6000 different languages and dialects.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Opwekking (a yearly Christian event in the Netherlands), I had ordered a\u00a0Saber<\/a> (hand-cranked mp3 player) with booklets at their stand. I often take these materials along to Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n

\u201cFortunately I had taken one with me with Moore on it! Coincidence? Once switched on, it played a song. All of the children recognized this and started to clap and sing along with it. Surprised they looked at the Saber and asked: \u2018How can this speak Moore?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were several booklets in the package, which explained the Bible by means of a series of simple pictures. I left these in the village. Now they use them for Bible lessons and even the Muslim children listened attentively!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00bb Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Also read Burkina Faso: A Sense of Hopefulness<\/a> (Christian and Missionary Alliance). Please pray for Burkina Faso<\/a> and its new interim president<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Global Recordings, November 2014 Frans Riphagen, of the ministry Guardian Angels in the Netherlands, writes: \u201cSometimes you enter a village and think \u2018How did I end up here?\u2019 This happened during our missionary journey to Burkina Faso. \u201cSeveral times I had been invited by a local pastor from Soukola to visit his project. They … Continue reading BURKINA FASO: Bible Teaching for the Mossi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5184,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183\/revisions\/5184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}