January 22: update on outreach

Here's an update from the D.A. Chaplain about the outreach-- we're so thankful for all that God is doing!

Dear Parents:

We know you guys were praying for us on this last outreach weekend so we wanted to send you this little update. It seems like each time, these outreach weekends get better and better. God blew us away on this one. We were able to minister to over 3500 people in 10 different villages through the ministry teams involved: medical, Bible clubs, drama, and evangelism campaigns. We are thrilled to report that over 100 people responded to the message of salvation! Please pray for the national church leaders now as they follow-up with these people. Some of our ministry teams were the first ones to ever present the Gospel in some of these villages! We praise the Lord for His safety and protection as we traveled in 10 different vehicles, chalking up a combined 4000 kilometers in all! We were able to complete 3 other projects in 3 different villages:

We roofed a church in one village.
We laid a foundation, dug the hole for a septic tank, and made 690 bricks for a church in another village.
We painted a mural on the front wall of a church in a third village.

Our medical team broke a new record and was able to minister to 280 people. The highlight was when we were able to worship on Sun. morning in a church that we built last year with Evangelical Christian Academy in Spain. It thrilled our hearts to hear the national church president testify that there were over 200 people attending that church now, and 50 believers had been baptized since we built that church last year and evangelized in that area. He went on to say that through the efforts of the students from Dakar Academy, there has been a spirit of revival that has enveloped the entire region. In fact, one of the reasons we laid the foundation in one village was a direct result of the response to an evangelism campaign we held in that village last year.

None of these things could have been possible without the prayers of God's people so thank you, thank you, thank you for your prayer support!