Returning to West Africa

Welcome back to so many of you who were incredibly supportive last summer.  You were such an encouragement to us!  We are returning to The Gambia, to SOW - Students Of the Word - to the pastoral summer school, with our Sierra Leonean missionary friend David Musa. Here is the map, with Gambia on the left and all of Africa on the right for perspective

I never had realized how absolutely HUGE the continent of Africa actually is.  Here is the northern section of Africa with multiple countries shown inside of it to give you an idea: 

      Amazing, isn't it? The website is http://kai.sub.blue/en/africa.html , where you can read the story of this map from its creator, and view the rest of the map.

So, back to our trip. This year we leave August 10th and will teach with David at SOW for a month. Thanks to kind donations from friends, we are able to carry two newer, faster computers over to replace two older, slower ones in the computer lab. 

We go with all of your prayers before us, knowing that unless we are going in the power of God there is simply no point to going at all.  We are excited to hopefully see many of the students from last summer, and perhaps meet new ones. We are anxious to see Steven and his family again, and see the progress on the building at the Bible college land. Another time I will post  the pictures from last summer, and the developments since then. We look forward to sharing this adventure with you, since you all are partners with us for the kingdom of God.