Thank you for joining our journey from Wisconsin to Senegal 2019! This blog will chronicle and update you on our trip.
Our team departs January 11th flying out of Chicago with a connecting flight in Washington D.C. and then on to Dakar. Team members include: Nancy Hermanson from Appleton First Church, Tony and Yvonnne Fuller from Neenah First Church, Bill Gibson, Gwen Gibson, and Ben Morris from Emmanuel (Appleton), and Mary Balson from Campbellsport First.
The work of the church in Senegal is based very much on Christ’s directives of mercy and justice. Feeding centers in rural areas provide well balanced meals to those in need. Skill centers are offered for to promote literacy and clothes making skills for young women. Missionary David Makobo N’Shikala is an agriculturalist teaching farmers how to grow food in poor soil. (Learn more about David here) https://www.umcmission.org/Explore-Our-Work/Missionaries-in-Service/Missionary-Profiles/n-shikala-makobo-david
The NorthEast District of Wisconsin Conference has been financially supportive towards the ministry in Senegal for several years. The churches in Circuit 10 in particular have shared in responsibility of a partnership with Senegal, and have gathered seven years in a row for a golf outing to raise funds and awareness
But the work that God calls us into together is much more than financial. The purpose of this 2019 VIM (Volunteer in Mission) trip is for relationship building and strengthening purposes. Our team will be visiting, listening, and traveling. We will be with the people of Senegal, walking together, eating together, and worshiping God together. The purpose of our trip is to build connections to see how God continues to call us into ministry together.
If you are reading our blog it means that you have a connection to our team, to one of our churches, or somehow to Senegal. We thank you for your support of our trip and all that God is doing through. Please be in prayer for our team as we prepare to embark!
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