Well the day here was a normal day for most people in our country.  We had class and everything in our city was as you would normally expect it to be. We took advantage of the opportunity to get together with the Americans in our mission (there is not many of us) and have a feast. […]

Last week in preparation for in for a meeting I was reading our language learning manual.  These words stuck out to me… “We understand CLA (culture and language learning) as a process of becoming someone who we currently are not in order to be useful servants of the Lord in a new context. This time […]

This week our language helper hurt her knee.  As a result we only had one day of class this week.  The break was really nice.  It wasn’t until we took the break that I realized what a toll language learning has had on my mind and body.  We were able to get caught up in […]

When we first arrived, the shock of our life change hit hard.  I wrestled many nights with the transitions and struggles that we had ahead.  It was a long hard first month.  This past month I have begun to see the vague outline of a home here.  It has been a blessing!  Ethan, on the […]

Tabaski is probably the biggest holiday here in Senegal, so you might compare it with the Christmas season in America.  Last week the traffic was terrible as everyone was out getting what they needed for the holiday.  All weekend there was music playing on the street as the celebrating began.  The the festivities ended on […]

We are the first ones going through the language course offered by New Tribes here in Africa.  Prior to our arrival, missionaries would go to Quebec or France first and do a year of French.  Upon arrival in Africa they would be connected with an African host family from the local church who would show […]

There is a lady at our church who comes up to me every Sunday and greets me (in French of course).  Then she asks about my French studys and reminds me that I will get it “little by little”.  I have found that the people here are really patient and know that we will be […]