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We have had a visit from our language study consultant and he has spent several days with Charles and different language helpers from the village.  He has proven to be at a capable hight level and communicates well enough in this language that he can do other work.  So far, he has spent hours each […]

During our time in Georgia we have been helping Dad to get used to the idea of mom being gone.  We are also expecting our fourth child and were thinking of having her in Senegal.  However, doctors said that there may be some complications.  After much prayer, Charles and I decided to stay in the […]

We know that life on this earth is not eternal.  And praise God for that!  After 30 years of struggling with sickness, my mom has said goodbye to her temporary earthly home and been welcomed to eternal life in paradise with Jesus.  What a blessing to be able to celebrate this with her for over […]

A small group of believers gather at our place for worship regularly.  God is building His church here in this Joola village and we are blessed to be a part! Believers meet together in our garage and we have just built an extension to make more space.  It makes a great play room too! The […]

What do people believe here?  Well, consider the first chapter of the book Paul wrote to the Romans…”professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image…they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator…” The traditional […]

2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.  We now have a vehicle!  We were able to find, after a long search, a used but in good condition seven seater, 4 […]

We are getting settled into our new home in the south of Senegal.  Our main ministry for the moment is to learn this language! Charles is Joola but from a different group so he has to go through all the same steps as I do for language study.  Thankfully, we have help.  One of our […]

God has blessed us with a sweet baby girl!  Selah Alinejiminku is calm and soaking up love from her brothers and grandparents these days.  We are blessed to be in Georgia with mom and dad.  Mom has witnessed the birth of our three little ones…amazing!  We are enjoying time with her and family and friends […]

We have been invited to join a church planting work! Some friends of ours who work in the south of Senegal have asked us to consider joining them and we have said a loud, “YES”! This is a work among the Joola who are related to Charles’ people group.  They are also in the same […]