This month we were praying that God would open doors for us to get more involved and connected with our local church.  Well God certainly answered our prayers!  Doors have been opening up everywhere we looked. Joel got asked to give his first devotional at church in French and is starting to feel more comfortable […]

When we moved to our new home, we contacted the local church and asked them to identify a family who could help us learn and adapt to Senegalese culture.  We had no part in the decision of who this family would be, we just had to trust God to connect us with the best family. […]

How About Some Fun Info About our Life in Africa A donkey cart picks up our trash everyday.  Or as the boys would say, “The garbage Donkey is here!” On every “block” there is at least one uncompleted new construction which serves as a public bathroom and dump Tomato and cucumber seeds are for throwing […]

Life is busy as a missionary and I know that the business will only get worse the more we become connected and involved.  We often end our weekends feeling more tired than we did during the week.  There is always something we should be going to whether it be a wedding, ceremony, dedication, church meeting […]

When we first arrived to this country the only people who were patient enough to spend time with us were people we paid to spend time with us or people from the church who wanted to see us grow in culture and language.  This might sound really sad (and it is) but it is just […]

Adjusting to cooking here has been one of the big challenges for me.  The first time I went to the store here I came home and cried as I was missing one ingredient from each meal that I had planned to make.  I knew coming here that I would have to make everything from scratch, […]