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A GRAIN OF HOPE

WIRED to share Christ's love

By Leanna Giesige

What do you think about trying our own version of a 30-hour famine with our lock-in?” It started as an innocent question. Little did I know what would result from the answer over the next three and a half years.

Locking in on Purpose

In the past, our youth group (called WIRED) lock-ins were simply times to have fun together while staying up all night. Most of the WIRED members are missionary kids (MKs), but we also have several non-MKs that attend the International School (or other schools in the city). My question was meant to challenge our English-speaking youth group to make the lock-in meaningful.

burkinabe womenSince we live in one of the poorest countries of the world, Burkina Faso, West Africa, raising money for a future food-distribution project among the poorest residents of our city, Ouagadougou, seemed like a natural choice. More

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