Author name: Bob Gillespie

As we are in our final week of school here in Dakar, Lois is home in the states with family and friends. Final exams start on Friday; graduation is next Wednesday. Please continue to pray for the same requests mentioned last week, as well as some additional requests mentioned here:

• peace in West Africa so missions work can continue 
• adjustments for many seniors and other students who will be leaving their African homes and returning to America, a foreign country to them 
• choice of a language school 
• vehicle for transportation for this next year 
• need for additional support

Thank you for your prayers. You can reach Lois at her sister’s house in Brunswick, OH, 330-220-1393, if you would like to talk to her.

This week finds Lois at home in the states for Gina’s graduation while I’m still here in Senegal until June 9th. Lois will also be working on details for language school in the fall and arranging meetings for this summer. If you’ve followed the news in the Ivory Coast and West Africa, you’ll know that although things may be settling somewhat in the Ivory Coast, the entire region is experiencing multiple threats to peace. Rebel forces in neighboring Liberia have again taken territory in their move towards the capital, bringing thousands of refugees back into relatively-safe Ivory Coast. In the meantime, continued peace talks between the parties in the Ivory Coast have again been postponed for security reasons. Of urgent concern today is the Congo where two warring tribes are fighting for control.  Two UN peace-keeping forces were violently murdered last week. Please pray for: 

• stability of this region – what happens in one of these closely-connected countries affects the others 
• growth for the new Christians in the village where our students and staff erected a church this past month 
• adjustments for many seniors and other students who will be leaving their African homes and returning to America, a foreign country to them 
• need for additional support

Thank you for your prayers.

We want to thank you for praying for the outreach our school was involved with this past weekend. We again saw amazing results as the Word of God was preached in a village that God has been preparing in wondrous ways over the past year. Just like in the city of Ephesus, people burned their idols when they were confronted with the truth of the living God. We look forward to sharing more about this with you when we visit you in the states. God is also answering your prayers for our direction in choosing a language school. We’re close to deciding, so we ask you to continue to pray.