I want to go to the puu by Chris Laboube

Living in Ghana—or any foreign country outside your home country—requires some form of communication.  The most effective way of slowly bridging the vast communication gully between the words you use and the words the nationals use is for you—the foreigner—to learn...
Communication by Chris LaBoube

Communication by Chris LaBoube

We all communicate in some form or fashion.  Some use mobile phones, internet, and e-mail.  Some meet in person.  Some write letters and cards and drop them at the post office. As a missionary, I don’t think I communicate any more than you.  I just wanted to talk...

Training for Africa by Chris LaBoube

Preparing to serve as a career missionary in a foreign land takes a lot of time.  It also takes a tremendous amount of faith—stepping out into the unknown and going where God leads you—for most men and women this is an extremely daunting thought. “Whether [the pillar...

Random Outages by Chris LaBoube

On Tuesday, 16 October 2012, the power went out at 5:55 a.m.  I remember that exact time, because I had started waking up and had just looked at the clock.  Shortly thereafter, the fan in my bedroom stopped (and I had not got out of bed to turn it off).   Even though...