Guinea Bissau Ministries

  • 2026 missions/Bissau

    A Trip to Catel

    The number one source of income for Guinea-Bissau is the cashew harvest. Guinea Bissau produces roughly 250,000 tons of cashew nuts annually. As such, when cashew season rolls around, we enter a time where even the kids in the villages will give 100 XOF, which, for context is a cup of street coffee or a […]

  • 2026 missions/Bissau

    Patterns

    I wanted to start this post with the word rythem, reythem, rymthem, rethym, but seeing as I need to go back to 5th grade and retake spelling, I went with the word patterns. I have settled nicely into life here, which is good news! My month started off with birthdays; a lot of people in […]

  • 2026 missions/Bissau

    Plans

    Our future plans were looking pretty set here: move to the restaurant and go from there, simple. As we began planning around that and continued doing market research, we came across a consultant who informed us that doing a restaurant in the area we are in would not, in fact, work. Many others had tried […]

  • 2026 missions/Bissau

    Life moves fast

    How true is that fact? Fortunately for me, it has slowed down somewhat. While time is moving fast, it has a different flow than in America. It’s hard to describe, but I think it feels slower, then goes faster than you think. My point is I had not thought it was time to write to […]