Together with Chantal, I’ll be developing relationships with believers from the Konyagi people group, looking for ways to be able to work together in church planting. I’ll also be able to continue improving my French and my cultural integration. Pray that I will be able to find good language helpers. I praise God for the progress I seem to be making.

Living in a different context will give me a broader perspective of Senegalese cultures. It’s neat seeing God’s hand in all this: Chantal is a French speaker so we’ll be speaking French together, He has provided a host family who is known and respected in the community, the local church I’ll be attending is barely 200 yards from my house, and I was actually able to see the context where I’ll be living for this time. Each one of these is a HUGE unexpected blessing from God!

After the 7 months, I’ll return to Dakar for a time and reconnect with my church there as well as receive an evaluation. I’m excited about this but know there are lots of changes coming. Pray for the move, goodbyes, good time management in these next two weeks and getting to know new people. It’s going to be really hard for me to leave my Senegalese family and especially Annie. She is a niece of my host dad who lives with us and we’ve become really close. Despite the differences in our cultures, it’s neat seeing how close I’ve been able to become with Annie and my host mom. Pray for Annie. I’m not sure where she is spiritually.

I thank God that my two sisters are able to be here with us for two weeks! It’s been nice having them here!

That’s my big news! Lots of changes! It’s exciting being a part of bringing the gospel to those with no hope! Thank you for praying for me and being a part of this exciting journey!

I’d LOVE to hear from you when you have a chance!

Wow! it’s hard to believe that I’ve already spent a year studying French in Quebec, Canada! It went by SO fast! It was a difficult year but also a good one. God taught me lots and I really came a long way in French! It’s neat seeing the progress! My teacher said I’m almost bilingual! I don’t feel even close to that! That was really encouraging to hear!

Now I’m back in PA, getting ready to leave for Senegal. I leave Feb 3 and am VERY excited! There’s just LOTS to be done this next month as well as saying goodbyes. Please be praying for me during this time of trnasition.

When I get to Senegal, I’ll be living with a Senegalese family for a time to learn the Senegalese culture and even French more! I’m REALLY excited about this! He’s the pastor of the church my parents go to and him and my dad are really good friends. I’ve been talking to them via skype and I think I’m really going to enjoy them!

Thanks for your prayers and support! be sure and check out the photo page as i’m going to post some resent photos!

Since being here in PA, I’ve had the chance to get together with people. Some friends from New Tribes were able to visit me. It was special because I don’t know when I’m going to see them next! I’ve also had some good times with family and other friends here in the area. I leave Labor Day to return to Quebec. Please pray for a good and safe trip up there and that I’d really learn French well during this last semester! Thanks for all your prayers and support! I couldn’t do any of this without you guys! It reminds me of the body of Christ in Corinthians. Thanks again!

After the camp, I was able to spend some time in FL with family and friends before I head to Senegal in early Feb. My dad returned for meetings there and it was really neat spending some time with him!

I worked at a French camp 10-12 hours north of where I was studying French in Sherbrooke, Quebec. I had never worked in a camp before so it was really neat having this experience. Most of it was in French and I was able to really use and practice my French! I had some opportunities to share the gospel in French too! It was a really neat experience! I’d do it all over again if I had the chance!

In Senegal, there’s a lebanese food we eat called a charwarma. It’s close to a wrap. I haven’t had one since I’ve been here in North America. It was really neat because I found a restaurant where they make them here in Sherbrooke! It was a really nice surprise from God!

As part of our French course, the whole language school goes on outings to experience some ot the Quebec culture and God’s creation. Friday, we went hiking. It was SO gorgeous! It was neat just to again marvel at the creativity of God. His creation is just one example of how much He loves us! He didn’t have to make earth a beautiful place but He did out of love for us! After the hike, we had a pique-nique lunch, then we went to get ice cream. Pure maple syrup is HUGE here and they do all kinds of things with it including putting it in ice cream! It’s amazingly good! Don’t forget to check out the photos!

I had the awesome privilege of going on a 2-week mission’s trip to northern Quebec with the Bible School students! I’m really glad I went! Yes, it was out of my comfort zone but it was worth it! We saw some people come to Christ and had the opportunity to present the gospel in public schools! How often does that happen! It was really neat seeing God work! Also it really helped my French too! It’s SOOOO pretty up there too! I’ve been realizing the HUGE need there is for mission’s right here in Quebec! It’s sad! Thanks for your prayers! I wouldn’t have been able to do it without them! Check out the photo page. I’m going to put some pics of the missions trip there! Oh, I recieved a neat surprise from God! I got to see a seal! it was awesome! I’d been wanting to see one but was told it was too late in the season but God showed me one!