Just married!

Many of you have known me as Heather Gordy, single missionary from Georgia, USA to Senegal, West Africa.  I left the states with this identity in February of 2009.

By the grace of God in His infinite love for us God has blessed me with a wonderful husband, Charles Salobo Badiane.  We were married in December in his home village in the south of Senegal.  What an awesome time.

My parents and brother came from the states for a week of celebrations.  A traditional family gathering to give a bride-price to my family, a civil wedding at the city hall, and then a wedding at the church.

It was nice to celebrate our wedding at the church where Charles became a believer.  It was a blessed time with family and friends.  I hope to put more pictures in the gallery for you to see.

Charles and I have been given the same vision by God to serve in unreached villages of West Africa to see churches established that glorify God. My new identity is Heather Elizabeth Badiane.  Most of my friends call me Elizabeth or by my Joola name, “Atoom”.

Living means changing.  Praise God that He is changing us to be more like Christ and I am enjoying becoming a bit more Senegalese and of course learning how to be a good wife.  I am truly blessed.