First Term Updates – Cote d’Ivoire/Senegal

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.

Sorry this is a little later than usual; we are without internet connectivity at the school, so I’m sending this from home. 

Thank you for praying for the building outreach that took place this past week-end. About 20 of our men and boys traveled to a village about 2 hours inland on Friday afternoon, sat up sound and projection equipment and showed a Christian video Friday night. Because of generator problems, the film didn’t start until 10:00, but they still had an audience, and 17 villagers prayed to receive the Lord as their Savior that night. Interestingly enough, although our men had done everything they could to start the generator, including praying, it wasn’t until an African pastor prayed that Satan would be bound and that his curses would be ineffective that the generator started and continued running without a hiccup. Saturday night, the generator again ran smoothly for another film night where 20 more villagers prayed for salvation. Satan wanted to prevent that, but God’s power prevailed. The group returned to campus after holding a service under the trees on Sunday morning. 

This weekend, another group goes back to the same village to finish the building the first group started. We’ve had more answers to prayer in that the roofing rafters are finished already when we weren’t sure they would be done in time. This is a special time for our campus fellowship as they reach out in faith, pray through obstacles, see God not only directly answer their prayers, but also see some of the villagers they spend time with ask Jesus into their hearts. Please pray for the continued ministry this weekend.

We ask that you also continue to pray about our choice of language school in Quebec for this next year. We’re collecting lots of information and need God’s wisdom to choose the school that will be best for us.

This last day of April finds us with only 5 weeks of school left. Seniors are beginning to realize that they will be returning to college in the states – some of them have never attended school in the US, so they are rather nervous! Most of them only know Africa as home; the US is a foreign country.

Please pray for their transition. Please pray about our choice of language school. There are 2 of them in Quebec that we are considering. Not only do we need to choose the school where we will get the best training, but we also need to consider our housing needs. We need wisdom for this important choice.

Tomorrow is Labor Day here in Dakar, so we won’t be in school. Some are looking forward to a day at the beach. Others will be working to plan 2 building outreaches that will take place this next month. Please pray now for those who will hear the gospel in their own language possibly for the first time.