So, our family is headed to Benin. If you want to know a bit more about the country of Benin, check out the "About" section of this blog.
This is a big adventure for our family! With only two weeks until our departure date, we're busy checking things off our list:
There are many more things to do to get ready! For Wendy this will be a work trip. For all of us, this will be a chance to immerse ourselves in a new language and culture. We are looking forward to some time in France before we fly south to Benin. Once in Benin, we will be spending a week with La Casa Grande, a children's home and school in the community of Allada. That will be followed by a week in Cotonou with the Benin Bible Institute (BBI). We are going as part of a partnership between St Jacobs Mennonite Church (SJMC) and BBI. This partnership began almost 20 years ago. A major piece of the partnership is building relationships with each other through exchange visits. Every few years SJMC sends a small delegation of folks to go visit, and in the intervening time, we sponsor a visit of representatives from BBI to visit Canada and the USA. Waterford Mennonite Church in Goshen, IN, also has a partnership with BBI and will be sending three people on this trip. It is our hope to offer some reflections, stories, and photos from our travels here on this blog.
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AuthorWe are a family of four from Kitchener, ON, headed on a short adventure to France and Benin (West Africa). We'd like to share some of our stories and reflections with you. ArchivesCategories |