Blog Detail
Light of Togo
http://www.lightoftogo.com
The family and ministry blog of Jesse, Tiffany, and Joshua Shanks, missionaries to Togo, West Africa.
- Added on: May 29th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Jesse Shanks
- Listed in: Christianity Family
- Tags: africa family christian ministry missionary togo
Recent Posts
Trip to Accra, part 2
Exactly one month after leaving for Accra the first time (November 18th), we’ll be leaving Kara to go there again. This time, however, the trip will be very rewarding since we are going to pick up my parents from the Accra airport! We are exc...
Joshua’s fufu
As I’ve mentioned a couple times before, Joshua has fit right in with the Togolese people and culture. Â He seems to handle change and new experiences very well. Â One of those new experiences is fufu. Â He tried it for the first time just a co...
November update
Click here to download a printable copy of this update on our letterhead. First of all, I must apologize for the lateness of this update. I had every intention of getting it out 10 days ago, but following our trip to Ghana I came down with a bad cas...
Headed to Accra
It’s been a very busy few weeks for us, so we’re really looking forward to leaving tomorrow morning (at 4 am!) for Accra, which is the capital of Ghana and the most developed city in West Africa. The primary reason for the trip is to bri...
Teaching the Word.
WIth the recent arrival of Jon & Heidi Huff, the Bible institute is undergoing some small changes which will hopefully lead to its growth and greater effectiveness. One of the adjustments recently made was to allow any church member who wants t...
Kabɩyɛ
Have you ever heard one of those “strange sounding” African languages that has all kinds of “strange sounds” that seem impossible for you to pronounce? Â Well, that pretty much describes Kabiye. Â When I first heard it I thoug...
