Gno farr!

I am in Senegal!!! This is my first time on the internet since before briefing which has been very nice! Dakar is amazing. All of the flights ran smoothly. We were at JFK for about 5 hours on and off the plane but eventually took off and made it here to Dakar. Our first couple of days consisted of getting over jet-lag and getting to know the city. There are five members of a STINT (short term internship) team here who have been here since October so they have been a lot of help to us. We met Pascal who is the campus director of Campus pour Christ (Campus Crusade for Christ) which was quite exciting. Last night was our first encounter with the students of the university. It was very interesting talking with them but very challenging. Most of the students are very strong in their beliefs as Muslims but at the same time, they LOVE talking about religion. None of my conversations have lasted shorter than 2 or 3 hours. They could talk forever if they had the chance which is a nice change. Today we actually went onto the university and just started meeting students in pairs. It was a lot easier starting conversations than I expected. You could seriously just say, "What do you think about Jesus?" and the conversation can go from there. I talked with two guys today who are very passionate about their Muslim beliefs. I shared the Gospel with them but they didn't budge at all. Neither party swayed one way or the other but I definitely learned a lot more about the Islamic faith and I grew so much more in my faith. I can't wait to see what God does here in Dakar this summer with the Senegalese and our team. PLEASEEEE pray for the students we talk to that they may find the truth in Christ and want to start that relationship with Him! We will be doing campus ministry for the next 4 weeks then we are going to go to a village nearby just for a time line for the rest of the trip. I won't be on a computer much so expect another update in a couple of days. God Bless!!