http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/ Keith Smith, a missionary and photographer, working in church-based community development among the Fulani of Burkina Faso in West Africa. Stories and photos of his experiences there, and discussion about church, mission, and justice issues. en-us Copyright 2009 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:27:37 +0000 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:44:41 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.0D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This is the new website for the Acacia Partnership Trust (APT) at http://www.acaciapartnershiptrust.org.uk APT is the charity that Lynne and I have set up to facilitate all the work we are doing with the church in Burkina Faso, and at... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/11/apt_website_is.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/11/apt_website_is.html Acacia Partnership Trust Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:27:37 +0000 "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute." (Prov 31) "Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow."(Is 1) "Seek first the... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/11/pick_a_fight.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/11/pick_a_fight.html Faith Stuff Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:41:38 +0000 There is a new openness and responsiveness to Christ in Songhai villages in northern Burkina Faso, as Pierre, Pascal, and Seydou have been going out regularly teaching people the good news of Jesus. In the province of Oudalan where we... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/songhai_village.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/songhai_village.html Ministry Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:28:12 +0000 35 new students have been registered for the second intake for the Gorom-Gorom school, as it starts its second year. It is encouraging to see that the good report on the school's first year has encouraged a higher intake for... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/goromgorom_seco.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/goromgorom_seco.html Gorom-Gorom School Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:46:57 +0000 Hacking Timbuktu is the exciting new novel by my good friend and colleague Steve Davies. Written for teenage boys, it is a great story, which Lynne and I thoroughly enjoyed reading aloud to each other during our recent trip to... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/hacking_timbukt.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/hacking_timbukt.html General Postings Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:02:21 +0000 This is a short video of the Burkina Faso Soccer School, Gorom-Gorom 2009.... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/burkina_faso_so.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/burkina_faso_so.html Videos Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:03:58 +0000 Burkina Faso sealed their entry to the African Cup of Nations in Angola next year by defeating Guinea 2-1 this weekend. Over the last couple of months, Burkina Faso lost their chance to seize the group's World Cup place through... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/stallions.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/stallions.html Burkina Faso News Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:48:23 +0000 The new UN Human Development Index has come out, which the BBC has, with terrible inaccuracy described as a table of the "best" or "least desirable" place to live. Actually, the HDI, based upon statistics of Life Expectancy, Education, and... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/location_locati.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/location_locati.html Burkina Faso News Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:04:45 +0000 Yesterday, before church, Lynne and a few friends ran the Belhouston Park 5k Fun Run to raise money for the Acacia Partnership Trust. Together we estimate they raised about £1,000 towards helping us start a Mobile Dental Clinic for Burkina... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/fun_run_for_a_m.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/10/fun_run_for_a_m.html Acacia Partnership Trust Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:29:49 +0000 I have uploaded photos of our wedding in Gorom-Gorom to the wedding page of my website - click here to see the photos, or click here to view a slideshow. Here is a small selection:... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/09/keith_and_lynne_3.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/09/keith_and_lynne_3.html Keith and Lynne Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:01:10 +0000 One of our goals for the coming year is to begin planning and raising funds for a Mobile Dental Clinic for the north of Burkina Faso. Lynne has worked in Mozambique and Thailand, running this kind of mobile dental clinic... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/09/pulling_teeth_f.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/09/pulling_teeth_f.html Burkina Faso - Keith's Life Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:17:23 +0000 You probably heard on the news a few weeks back that we had major floods in Burkina Faso, while Lynne and I were out there. A few people - maybe remembering the floods we had in Gorom-Gorom in 20006 -... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/09/burkina_faso_fl.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/09/burkina_faso_fl.html Burkina Faso News Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:05:08 +0000 Here is the video of our wedding in Gorom-Gorom, Burkina Faso, Sep 12 2009. Following our original wedding in Scotland, we had another one in Gorom-Gorom, to celebrate with our family and friends there. Many of our close friends were... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/09/keith_and_lynne_2.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/09/keith_and_lynne_2.html Keith and Lynne Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:37:32 +0000 While in Burkina, Lynne and I were privileged to be invited to take part in a baptism ceremony for 9 local Christians in Gorom-Gorom. It was an inter-church baptism, out in a waterhole that had developed during the rainy season.... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/09/baptisms_goromg.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/09/baptisms_goromg.html Burkina Faso - Keith's Life Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:21:03 +0000 Here are a few photos of our family in Gorom-Gorom: Above: La Grande Famille. Lynne and I, squinting into the sun with our family, with whom we live in our shared yard in Gorom-Gorom. They have been such a blessing... http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/09/family_fotos.html http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2009/09/family_fotos.html Keith and Lynne Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:40:01 +0000