Africahttp://www.wadsworth.com/religion_d/special_features/popups/maps/matthews_world/content/map_01.html

Things you will learn about Africa:

• 1. The size of the continent and location• 2. The foods people enjoy eating• 3. What the schools are like• 4. What children do when they can’t attend school• 5. The animals that live in Africa• 6. The kind of houses in which children live• 7. Games children play• 8. Where our missionaries serve and what they do

How BIG is Africa? Africa is the 2nd largest continent in the world with nearly 12 million sq. miles. (The US is about 4 million sq. miles.)

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Africa is about 4,700 miles from

east to west.

Africa is

about 5,000 miles from north

to south.

Africa has more than 50

countries.

The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world.

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Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa and always has snow on its peak.

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4 of the 5 fastest

animals in the world

live in Africa

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Lionhttp://www.hdwallpapers.in/african_lion_king-wallpapers.html

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There is a thriving penguin colony on the west coast of Africa.

The African elephant is the world’s largest land

mammal and can actually

turn the pages of a

book with its trunk. http://www.elephanttag.org/General/general_african.html

A boy like Blessing

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A girl like Happiness

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Traditional

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Modern versus

Rural

versus

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Urban

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What we have learned: Africa is a diverse continent with many young people who have needs similar to

the young people here in the U.S.

What we will learn: Africa is a place where God’s plan of salvation is becoming light as Christians share

the gospel of hope through Jesus Christ.

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