La Lumiere

I don't know if Maliens are into logos, but we Americans are.
We named the study room La Lumiere for two reasons. One being the spiritual meaning of light. (Lumiere is light in French.) The second being more simple. The study room is a room with lights where a person can study at night. Students often study under lamp-posts in town. They're not very comfortable, and sometimes it is hard to find a spot because so many other students are there as well...



La Lumiere. This is a pic of the Study Room in action! Joannie is tutoring Michel. Many of our students want to have help in English, but some want help with French or other homework. We have 12 students signed up for tutoring now, and have had a lot of interest from others who would like to learn/practic English. We also have had interest from Bambara speaking women who would like to learn French. We're still working on how best to meet that need. Our goal for the study room is to make new contacts for evangelisation by meeting a need that students have, to study English or other subjects in a calm place. We're excited about this ministry.



This is a pic from Thanksgiving at the waterfall.
Ben & friend David Hochstetler. They're having fun digging a mud hole in cool water.