We experience the grace and love of God daily as He continues to join us together, a Georgia girl from America and a Joola man from Senegal! We were married in 2009 and are blessed to serve on a church planting team among the Joola people in Senegal.
God is also joining our hearts together with our Joola brothers and sisters in Christ here and we are privilaged to serve with them. They are the experts in this language that has yet to have the written Word of God. They are experts in this culture that is centered around worship of spirits that are enemies to our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
With the resources that Ethnos360 provides, we are growing in our knowledge of language and culture and working on translating the Bible into the local language. We pray daily that we can show Jesus to our community here in a way that makes sense to them. Sometimes that means changing our very identity, praying that God makes us relevant and impactful leaders here. That means loving them, spending time with them, offering basic medical care, working in the rice fields, and just doing life together. God has blessed us to have closer relationships with a few believers who are helping us with language, literacy and translation work. One man is even joining our team as an official member of our mission! Bible translation is currently a major part of our work but discipleship and evangelism through relationships is our passion as well. Ethnos360 continues to provide training for Bible translation and guidance in developing impactful lessons of the Bible that teach God’s Word in a chronological format from creation to eternity. The ultimate goal is to have a mature church led by local believers that love the Lord, love His Word and have a passion to teach the Truth effectively within their own community. We hope to provide training and assistance that will assure that all the Joola people here will hear of God’s great love for them in their own language, and be able to read the Bible, study it and teach it to others.
We serve together here with our four beautiful children. Some of our responsibilities include, language and culture study for Heather and for Charles, teaching and discipleship. We are both serving with our team in Bible translation.
Please pray that we would daily be a witness of God’s glory. Thank you for your partnership in ministry! Your financial support, encouragment, and prayers are an essential part of reaching the unreached!
This task surely takes a body of believers with different gifts and resources and we look forward to working together with you to reach the unreached in Senegal.