Yes, it is “Rainy Season” in The Gambia. We don’t really have Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. We have Rainy Season and Dry Season. Where I live in the rural village most people make their living growing peanuts, millet or corn. Everyday life revolves around these crops and the rain they need. There is noContinue reading “Rainy Season”
Category Archives: Ministry Updates
I’m Back
July is a month where much of our ministry work pauses. It is the beginning of the rains and the Gambians are busy planting and working their farms. This is a season that allows us to take a little break and some much needed vacation. After some time away from my blog and from ministryContinue reading “I’m Back”
God’s Intelligent Design
The first big rain has come and everything is already “greening up”. The dry, sandy, dirty soil is damp and all the plants are popping up. The farmers have been busy tilling and planting the peanut seeds. The morning after the first rain as I sat outside to pray and looked around me I wasContinue reading “God’s Intelligent Design”
Circuits
A circuit is defined as “the path which is always required to get electricity to flow and do something useful.” Over the last few weeks, many things have broken on our property and there has been a lot of attention paid to circuits. Praise God, we have a short-term visitor who is an Engineering studentContinue reading “Circuits”
Work is fun
Last week was busy, but in typical Gambian style we brought in some fun. A young engineering student is visiting us for several weeks and she is sharing some of what she is studying. As she does fun challenges with our Gambian workers and students we are observing to see who thinks differently. One ofContinue reading “Work is fun”
Exam time
Today starts a very busy few days for our workers and our literacy class students. Just like for many students in the US it is exam week! The new ministry vehicle will get some good use as class facilitators travel back and forth between different villages and our staff travel to each village to administerContinue reading “Exam time”
Signs of The Times
Living in a rural West African community where most people’s main source of income is farming you swiftly learn a lot about rain, seed, field preparation, fertilizer, and harvest. What makes farming even more challenging in this climate is that we have two seasons. Dry season lasts about 9 months out of the year withContinue reading “Signs of The Times”
Different lenses
Having visitors in The Gambia is a lot of fun and a lot of hard work. Watching new people experience the culture, the people, the language, the food, the weather, the hospitality, the daily life and the spiritual need is always interesting. Ushering visitors through these experiences can be challenging, exhausting and rewarding. We tryContinue reading “Different lenses”
Heating up
No one told me that the weather would be pleasant living in rural West Africa, but most of the time you can do things to help alleviate the uncomfortableness. This time of year tends to be the hottest temperatures with winds from the Sahara Desert and temperatures as high as 110’s or even up toContinue reading “Heating up”
White Washed
I chuckle each time I hear songs speaking of Jesus washing away our sins and making us “white as snow” or anytime I see the 4wd control in my car that gives me an option for “snow”. This week the weather has cooled down to high 80’s / low 90’s, but a week ago weContinue reading “White Washed”
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