What is Ton Tenga?

A few people have asked, “What is Ton Tenga?”

As a part of our family’s overseas service, we lived in Upper Volta (Burkina Faso since August 1984) for 7½ years. In addition to speaking French we had to speak the language of the Mossi people called Moré. In that language “ton tenga” means “our land” or more loosely “our farm.” 

When we purchased land in northwest Georgia in 2006, we named it Ton Tenga. We built our new house on this land and for the past 12 years, Ton Tenga has been our home.