UPDATE

We have been approved by the Trustees for appointment to the mission field. However, that is pending medical clearance. Please pray that I get the clearance I need.

We have also suffered quite a bit of damage both at church and at home from hurricane Ike. Pray for our recovery.

God bless,
Rob

It's been a long month

It has been a long month. Waiting for news from our potential future employers has made the days just crawl by. Added to the mix has been a myriad of medical tests for me in response to some odd test scores from my physical. So far, everything is normal with two tests still outstanding. Please be in prayer over this.

We have been told that our application will be presented on September 8th between 6:30 and 8:30pm.

God bless,

Rob

Waiting and Praying

The tone of this blog is about to change. Our church has been involved in mission work in Mbour, Senegal for almost two years. It is obvious that God is working there. My wife and I began to feel that we were being led to work full-time in Senegal. So, after much prayer and prodding by the Holy Spirit we began the process.

Our first contact with our potential employer was in November 2007. After many months of an application process we are nearly through. A decision will be made on September 9th. Will you join us in praying for God's will in this?

We have not slowed down in our work in Senegal. There has been a steady stream of mission teams at Keru Naan. Churches from all over the country, as well as mission sending organizations have been sending teams to minister in Mbour and the surrounding villages. Progress is being made on all fronts.

Some churches have even decided to help us with the cost of Keru Naan. That is GREATLY appreciated. The falling value of the dollar has caused our expenses to increase quite drastically.

We are always looking for others to partner with us in this work.

Please pray for the team from Hyde Park Baptist church who will be in Mbour beginning the 4th of August. This team is primarily a youth group who will focus on ministering to the youth in the area. Also, the next team from our church will be leaving at the end of October. This three person team of women will continue the ongoing work among the ladies in Mbour.

As for us...if we are accepted as career missionaries we will be leaving Seabrook in January 2009 for training. The initial training will be followed by several months of training in another country in West Africa and we will finally arrive in Mbour sometime in the late Spring of '09.

Keru Naan - The House of Prayer

The second team from our church arrived in Mbour in March of 2007. This team, five men, had the assignment of finding and furnishing a house to work from. God provided an absolutely perfect house. It has five bedrooms, a large living room, seperate kitchen and indoor and outdoor showers. Best of all, it has a wonderfully large courtyard for ministry. We have named the house "Keru Naan" which means "house of prayer." This picture is taken on the roof of the house.





Furniture shopping in Mbour is a bit different than at the Room Store!

"I will go before you....Isaiah 45:2

So much has happend since the first trip in November, 2006. Woven into the fabric of all that has transpired is this undeniable truth...He has gone before us! Our first day in the village of Yoff proved that. We found a wall with "Texas City" painted on it...Texas City is a town just down the road from us here in Seabrook!

Many have gone before us. Cal, Patty, David and Cheryl have been serving the Lebou for years, along with many others. Because of thier ongiong work, we were able to discern God's will for us;

To work in the village of Mbour!

In the Beginning....

In November 2006 a small church in Seabrook, Texas decided to join God where He is working. This blog is a chronicle of His activities among the Lebou of Senegal.