BCA's Mana Retreat

From Wednesday to Friday of this week, BCA's middle and high school students went on their annual retreat out at Mana, about an hour outside of Bamako. It is always a fun time where kids get to camp, explore, play games, and spend time in God's Word. This year, play practice for their end of the year program was thrown in as well. Josh was able to join Jonny on the trip this year, and I went along as the cook. We always return hot, tired, and glad we went!

Just one of the fun things the kids did on the retreat!

For a few more photos of the BCA Mana retreat, go to:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=163049&id=683027015&l=ba94a28ca1

One extra thing I got to do the last morning we were out at Mana was go along with Ev B., a "retired" missionary, as she distributed books to the students at Ouelessebougou Christian School. The overstock books had been given by a book company in Canada, and were certainly welcomed by all the students! I will soon be helping the school to put a small library together, so that the kids have access to many other books that they can take home and read. It is important to encourage literacy in a country where there are still so many who are unable to read. Literacy means education, and ultimately the ability to read God's Word for themselves.

Flag-raising at school first thing in the morning

A very large class!

Reading time