Delwyn and Arielle Griffith Seeking to Know Him and Make Him Known
The beginning of Market, "deep breath" start walking in to find some veggies! And then, start bartering.
Life here in Senegal is overwhelming with countless every day activities we can’t accomplish. Thus celebrating little victories becomes a necessity to stay positive. (more…)
Arielle and the boys on a refreshing outing we took to a nice mall yesterday for Mothers day
Arielle asks Ezra, “What did God create on the first day of creation?” a little pause and he replied enthusiastically, “LIGHT.” Arielle says, “Wow, you were listening yesterday!!!” How awesome it is to see Arielle making big foot prints on his little heart! (more…)
Ezra showing his car
Imagine with me for a minute: Walking up the dusty stairs to our apartment, I begin unlocking the door and I hear a little voice calling out “Daddy, Daddy is home, let’s go see.” (more…)
Language session: left to right, Sintia, Arielle, Del, Amanda, and Angie
New country
New city
New language(s!)
New Apartment
New roads
New people (That’s what Ezra calls Africans)
New water
New food (more…)
Typical day of learning French
6 month long French course shortened to only 3 months! Yup, sounds like we are in for a thriller roller coaster ride. Originally, our French course was scheduled to take 4-6 months. (more…)
Pizza and the full propane tank : )
Welcome to a small snapshot of our life in Senegal. Homemade pizza for lunch! Yum! Yes you heard right, pizza for lunch. Here in Senegal the big meal of the day is at lunch. The week leading up to “Friday night pizza” or here, lunch, we acquired all the ingredients and today was, “game day.” (more…)
Our first day in Senegal
We have finally arrived in Senegal! We were picked up at the airport by some fellow missionaries and then brought to our new apartment. It was still dark when we rolled up next to our new home. (more…)
Arielle, Silas, Del, Ezra, Craig, Mary, and Clara
The reality of leaving the states has really started to sink in as Maryland is our final stop before arriving in Senegal! (more…)
Ezra ready to blow the candles out on his motorcycle cake
2 years ago today, we welcomed Ezra into this world. Life through the eyes of a two year old brings joy, laughter, and lets be honest, some hard times too. (more…)
Arielle, Del, Ezra, Silas, and Dan at NTM headquarters
Yesterday we took an outing to the NTM USA headquarters for New Tribes Mission in Sanford Florida. While visiting with a leader from NTM West Africa, we walked over to a playground. After a while Ezra’s face started turning red from playing in the sun. Across the park was a water fountain area for kids to play in. He turned to me (Del), and pointed at the water park saying “water.” (more…)