The Toni church spent 8 years building their new building. Unable to get a loan in this context, they added more to the building as they got money to build. What a novel idea. They recently finished building it to roof level, at which point, we usually try to help find funding for the roof. The cost of the roof is often beyond what they are abe to collect in their situation.
As is often the case at the end of dry season, we can have some powerful, destructive winds that take off roofs and uproot trees. Not too unlike tornadoes, these winds are dreaded, when they come. In one such wind, the 4 walls of the Toni church came down. 8 years of hard work and frugal savings was brought to the ground.
We will see what happens. We hope that we can find some help for the Toni church to rebuild their building. This is not enough to destroy them, but it sure is discouraging. God is able!
We experienced those powerful wind storms during our years in Burkina and similar situations. We
ReplyDeleteALSO were witness to the childlike faith of the believers, trusting a faithful Father God through discouraging times such as this. We learned many lessons through the African believers about trust.