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Literacy, really?

Literacy, really?

Imagine not having a Bible to read! The language that you speak at home with your family and in the community with your friends and neighbors has never been written down. There are no books to read in your language even though you speak it every day. Here in Senegal, there are many different languages […]
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One-Way tickets to Senegal!

One-Way tickets to Senegal!

Wow! Are you surviving this year? Are you feeling the spiritual battle as much as we are? We pray that God keep you in perfect peace as you keep your minds fixed on Him. Ever feel like time is running out? As the world gets crazier, many believers are talking about the rapture when all […]
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Anxious for the return!

Anxious for the return!

Well faithful teammates, we are packing our bags! Please pray with us as we prepare to return to Senegal. Packing, parenting kids who are full of energy and facing multiple transitions, preparing things in the states for our absence, and trying to get the word out to grow our support team. Please pray for an […]
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Bible Translation Training September 2017

Bible Translation Training September 2017

We have been in the capitol for a Bible translation training. Charles and several other local coworkers have just completed two weeks of learning general guidelines for Bible translation and attempting to put them into practice in Joola and other local languages. They translated passages from Acts 17. What an eye opening training! We never […]
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Developing a Literacy Program September 2017

Developing a Literacy Program September 2017

What a treasure to have the Word of God in your own language!  We do not yet have a Bible in Joola where we work.  We do hope to start translating soon, though.  One day, we pray that there is a Bible here but people will need to learn to read and write this language […]
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Ladies Bead project June 2017

Ladies Bead project June 2017

We were so blessed recently to have a family from our church in Georgia come visit us and start a bead project with the ladies!  They brought beads, glue, line, and lots of other things to make beads and necklaces.  They spent lots of time with the ladies from church showing us how to make […]
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Bible Lesson development training June 2017

Bible Lesson development training June 2017

Our team is doing a lesson development training in the capitol.  Three leaders from the church are participating with Charles and I.  The kids are enjoying playing with lots of MK’s from West Africa.  The training emphysizes teaching the Bible chronologically and making it clear that God has always existed and created all things, making […]
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An unwritten language

An unwritten language

We are planing for a literacy workshop.  We need 20,000 words typed in Joola.  Sounds simple, right? But this language has no books, no dictionary, and no Bible. We now have a keyboard and the guys are working on typing up some recorded texts to get to our goal.  We are grateful that our co-workers […]
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Children’s ministry

Children’s ministry

  Pray for the children’s ministry.  There are so many kids in here!  They love coming to kids club.  We also have a faithful group who comes on Sundays.  The church recently added a place for children’s worship outside because our living room was getting too crowded.  Pray for more believers to get involved and […]
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The blessing of having local coworkers. May 2016

The blessing of having local coworkers. May 2016

  Missionary: One sent. Charles and I have been sent out by our home churches to this village where there is no Bible and only a few believers.  But, we are not the only members of this church planting team. We are blessed that among the group of believers here, there are two men who […]
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