We are with preparations for our Thanksgiving outreach weekend. This is going to be a big group again this year -- about 140 of us, including a group of 15 students from Faith Christian Academy in Colorado. There will also be 10-15 Senegalese pastors and lay people who will join us in ministry when we arrive in the area. During the days, we will be busy with a number of ministries:
1) the drama team and children's ministry team will be traveling to a number of villages
2) a team will be painting a church in Bikol (the church of which we laid the foundation and made bricks by hand last Jan.)
3) a team will be painting a mural on the front wall of a church in Diofane (the church we built last Nov.)
4) our medical team which will include 3 nurses and a Dr. will minister in Diakhao
5) a team will be digging & laying a foundation and building bricks by hand in Diakhao
6) we will be staying at the YWAM center in Niakhar and a team will be setting up camp
7) a small team will be building 20 benches for the new church
In the evenings, we will be holding evangelism campaigns in the following villages:
Fri., Nov. 25: Diakhao, Gandiaye, Poukham Tok
Sat., Nov. 26: Mbelakadio, Ngouloul Peul, Mbouscene
We REALLY covet your prayers. We will be ministering in an area that is predominantly Muslim and we'll be ministering in villages that have just begun to hear about Jesus. Please pray for open doors and open hearts. Pray against spiritual resistance and that God will prepare the way for us. Pray for protection in travel, both Ron and I will be driving there and Chris will be working with the children's ministry where she will be driving all over the bush in and out of villages and at all the ministry sites.
Sun. morning, we plan to worship on our way home in the church that we helped build last Nov. in Diofane. We're looking forward to the blessing of worshiping with our African brothers and sisters and seeing the results of our labor there last year.
