Ivory Coast
Joel along with other members of our leadership team took a long road trip to visit some of our works that are farther out. They decided to do this by road as it would allow them all to go and allow for multiple stops. It was a three day drive through three different countries, but […]
Breaking the Silence
It has been a month since my last post and I think that is the longest I have gone while we have been overseas. It has not been that there has been nothing to write about or share, there has just not been the time to sit down and write about it or the mental […]
They May Be Small…
Half way through the trip we got the opportunity to share at the believers meeting. At the meeting there were 4 men and 2 women and the kids that came a long with them. It was such a small group compared to the size of the village. There were some ways that you could look […]
When the Boarder Closes….
We wake up at a quarter to 4 in the morning to hit the road. We are driving down to the southern part of Senegal. I bring the boys out to the car in their blankets so that they can continue to sleep. Being the morning person in our family I take the first round […]
What’s Going On With Us
New Arrivals We welcomed a new family to the field, which means getting their apartment ready. This begins with moving the family currently living in their apartment, the apartment that we use for our new arrivals usually for the first 6 months they are here. So we first had to find a host church and […]
Changing My Attitude
When we first started going to our church here, I started going up to Sunday School with my boys. I went with them because I wanted to help them integrate into our church and I knew they would be most comfortable with me around. It also provided that added advantage that the teaching was at […]
Moving On
This month we watched 1 family and 2 singles complete their time in Dakar and move on to their next location. The family moved to a location 3 countries away where they will work in a really remote village among a people who are in need of Gods truth. We were there 2 years ago […]
Ethan Turns 9
I can hardly believe that Ethan has turned 9. It was a big year for him. The 3 months in states that Ethan had at English speaking schools really helped build up his confidence in studying. Since there he has done much better at school here and is actually more at the top of his […]
Finding A Balance
Christmas has been one of the hardest seasons for me to balance between our two world. I don’t know why, but it has been the area where I found it hard to let go of my home world and embrace our host world. There were so many memories wrapped up in Christmas day that Christmas […]