After a long week of work in Abidjan with the West Africa media team we managed to wrap up the www.gowestafrica.org website and launch it before I left today.
I’m really excited to see the new site online because it was long overdue for a new look. The old design was put in place by the media team that was serving in 2002. In fact, the Wayback Machine will give you a look at the original design back in May 2003.
Another exciting thing for me is that all the photos that rotate across the top are ones I’ve taken on this trip. When they said they wanted happy faces across the top I thought “Hey! I’ve got a few of those. Is 150 enough?” It is really satisfying to see those images being used for the ministry.
I really encourage you to check the new site out (and let me know if you find any broken links!). There are lots of new features that really enhance it. Some of them are:
- A music section with great mp3s of songs sung & written by West African believers
- News stories about what God is doing in West Africa. A new story will be posted every couple weeks by the media team.
- A new video/photo gallery – this is another thing dear to me as we are using the Flash Media Viewer I built for the IMB this year
- Some new database programming that links the people group profiles, prayer requests, stories, job openings, and volunteer requests together.
- A languages section for volunteers who want to start learning before they head off on their mission trip
Do us a favor and tell others about the site. Email it to your friends. Use the resources in your church. You never know what a difference you may make. Someone you share it with might be called to missions in West Africa.
“…The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.” – Matthew 9:37b (NIV)