January 2010 Mali Team Update #1

The January Mali team all arrived safely in Dakar Senegal.  They left Dakar about 9:00 a.m. local time (six hours later than Texas time) and drove all day.  The cross-country road has improved greatly since this time last year, so they had a relatively smooth trip.  They have a good driver, but communication with him is somewhat of an issue since he speaks no English (just French and various African languages).  They reached Kedougou (in southeastern Senegal) at 8:30 p.m.  Their guest house hosts prepared a delicious dinner for them, and they were very grateful for that!  All of them are well and in good spirits, anxious for the final leg of the drive into Mali and then into the Yalunka villages on Friday.  Please pray that they are all able to rest well tonight and that they have two safe river crossings on Friday.  They will go first to Village “F,” the large village where the FBCK hut is located.  There are only a handful of believers there, so pray that they will find them and have a good time of fellowship with them to encourage them in their faith.  It would be great to find more new believers there since the last team served there in May of 2009.

 

Audio updates will be attached to these e-mails beginning tomorrow.  Thank you for praying!