FBC Missions

African Dew

Chacma Baboon on the lookout for arch enemy, the Leopard

Mother and baby

Baboons band together to defend the troop.

Prayer and thanksgiving for an adventurous day ahead.

Corinne served home made cinnamon rolls.

Warthog, eventually most of us tried the BBQ ribs.

Moz’s Team

Brooke and Ashley

Elephant - Loxodonta africana

Peek a boo!

Spotted Hyaena

Predominantly nocturnal scavengers, not morning animals.

Hippopotamus amphibius

We were told a story about the Hippo: He complained to God that his legs were so short and his girth so wide that the other animals made fun of him. So, he asked God if he could graze in the water all day to avoid being seen. God was concerned that Hippo would eat all the fish in the river. Hippo promised that he would not and he would open his mouth and show God his teeth so God could see that there were no fish bones.

See God…

Yellow billed Stork

Crocodile under the old railway bridge.

Croc on a rock

Cape Buffalo ~ one of the BIG 5 (Rhino, Leopard, Elephant, Lion)

Common Duiker (there’s two)

Cape Glossy Starling around the picnic area have a high pitched croak

Giraffe camelopardalis

Despite it’s height, Giraffe’s only have 7 neck vertebrae, the same as humans!

Helmeted Guineafowl congregate in large flocks and have an alarming call, “kek-kek-krrrr”

African Geese???

Beautiful Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

The Steenbok ~ a small graceful African antelope

The African KUDU, a male with the distinct long spiraling horns.

Corinne and Stephanie at the lookout.

One of the most beautiful things - the African Sky!
Kruger National Park was established in 1926. An area about the size of the Netherlands.

AIDS/HIV Meeting with Manisca Community in rural Maputo.

Discussion with the Pastors and Laypersons

Wes and Seth preparing Balloons for VBS kids.

Children in anticipation.

Emily and her friend.

Seth and the boys singing and dancing.

Seth’s balloon pet.

Big sister!

Taking a break~

The ladies prepare and serve a hearty meal of rice and chicken.

Please check out our new, updated information on our missionaries we support at home and abroad. On the right hand side of this page, simply click on the Full-Time Missionaries category which will take you to essentially our Missionary Prayer Booklet in electronic form. Complete with names, pictures, locations (if not restricted due to security concerns), and updated prayer requests, you can inform yourself about the work going on around the world and help pray for our workers. 

Regretfully, the internet is not as easy to get to as we had hoped.  But now that we have moved to an apartment in Ostia for our second two weeks, we have found a close-by Internet point.  Our mission time is over half over, and God has been beautifully blessing our time with deep conversations, close relationship building, and a ministry of beautiful music… more than we had even been hoping for!

 This photo was taken in the home of Grandma Iaia’s (the beautiful woman sitting to Mark’s right) apartment, which used to be an old monastery. We spent the entire day reconnecting with the Infusso family while they were vacationing in Tuscany, who are involved in the church in Ostia. Dave and I had a great time trying to speak Italian with the father of the family, Cologero, who is currently not a believer but has a very big heart. It is important that we keep Cologero in our prayers not only for the sake of the Infusso family, but also because if this man dedicated his life to Christ, it would be a great example to many other typical Italian father figures.  Additionally, complete families add greatly to the stability of small churches like the Ostia church, and so we pray that God would use Cologero as a leader and father figure in their church family.

 Us with Cologero.

Mark has had a continuing ministry with this entire family since last year.  He has become very involved in the lives of Matteo and Giovanni, the two oldest sons in this family.  In Italian culture, there is great social pressure to put on a tough front, and Mark is praying to be able to demonstrate how real men love Jesus.

Mark with Matteo.

The evangelical population in Italy is less than 1%, and we are seeing how great the need here is more and more each day.  “The greatest suffering is lost-ness and separation from God,” and we are seeing how that lost-ness affects a nation.  Please pray for us as we continue to be clear mirrors, reflecting God’s sustaining and glorious light to a dark country!