Another highlight of my trip to Côte d’Ivoire was a visit one afternoon to Bouaké where my family lived from 1986 to 1993. We met up with Pastor Dabilla who my dad discipled in the 1980s and then became pastor of my parents’ first church plant. Today he is not only leading that church but is a leader of the association of evangelical pastors in the area.
We drove around town to see how it had changed since my parents were last there nearly 15 years ago. We saw our old house (currently be renovated by a new owner), my old boarding school (now a government run medical school) and also met up with Madeleine who was my brother’s nanny in the late 80s.
It was a short trip that one afternoon but we were overwhelmed with years of wonderful memories!