Recap

Taken from my prayer letter:

I wanted to start off by thanking you so much for supporting me in my trip to Senegal, Africa this summer. This trip would not even be possible without your contribution and even though I had quite a difficult time trying to raise all the money, God provided it all and really demonstrated His love for me and the people of Senegal through that process. I really wanted to spend some time telling you what I experienced and learned from my time in Africa this summer. My team consisted of 26 college students and staff members of Campus Crusade for Christ from states such as North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Texas. Once we were in Dakar (the capital of Senegal), we walked from our hotel to the University of Cheikh Anta Diop every Monday through Friday where we met up with the students and built relationships with them. At first I was hesitant to the whole situation of walking up to random students who might not even speak English and talk about Christianity. Within the first day or two, that stubbornness was quickly thrown out the window. It was so amazing meeting up with the students and experiencing how genuine and hospitable the people of Senegal were. They loved talking about religion (Christianity or Islam) and they could sure have long conversations! For the first couple of days, we built contacts and met with new students. After the first week, we had enough contacts that we could continually meet with and share the gospel with. One of my main contacts was named Jamil. I had met him the second day we were on campus and we bonded greatly from that day on. Although he was Muslim, he was also very open to Christianity and really wanted to learn more about Jesus. So for about 5 weeks I met with Jamil as much as I could and we went over the Bible and the main differences between Islam and Christianity. During one of our last few meetings, he came to a decision. He was going to take what he had learned about Jesus and the Bible, as well as read more of the Koran, and pray that God would make the right way clear to him. Even though Jamil didn’t take that step into becoming a follower of Christ, I believe that God worked tremendously through me and the other members of my team to truly show the love of Christ to Jamil and all the other students we talked to. I know that even though I am not in Senegal now, my friends that I made over there are continuing to pursue God and trying to find out who He truly is. In total, we shared the gospel over 500 times with the people of Dakar and we saw 5 Senegalese students form a true relationship with Jesus. During this trip, I grew so much in my faith and can’t wait to use what I learned back on campus. I had the most amazing time in Africa and saw God do the most amazing things with the people of Senegal and all 26 members of my team. I just want to thank you again for making this all possible! If you want to know more about what happened in Senegal or have any questions, please call me or shoot me an e-mail. I would love to tell you more