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Freeman is a changed man.
Football player and church musician plus trip to Africa equal a unique PC recipe for servant-leadership.
Matt Freeman, a senior music major and linebacker on the football team, recently visited the Tiefo people group in the west African nation of Burkina Faso. Freeman and members of Davidson Street Baptist Church, where he serves as Musical Director, are helping the group to establish a church. They currently share one with others in the village.
“We really wanted to spend time with the members of the church,” Freeman said, “teaching them how to disciple new believers, how to teach young believers how to grow up in the faith, how to read the Bible, and how to pray.”
During their visit, Freeman and others prepared the Tiefo for a medical mission trip that followed their own trip. They confirmed with the chief of the people group that the Americans were still welcome, and they visited the medical clinic to ensure that arrangements were prepared. They also worked in the fields, planting seeds and clearing land.
After spending nearly two weeks in Africa, Freeman returned a changed man, inspired by the simple lifestyle and the value placed on relationships. He realizes that Americans obviously enjoy technological advances that are part of our culture, but he has a greater appreciation for more simple ways of communication and living.
“Their approach to life is so much more simple,” he said. “And much more biblical than what we live here. They’re not worried about the little things. They don’t have the little things to worry about.”
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