We are really into the swing of things here in Dakar now! Our hard summer of saying goodbye to so many friends and family in the USA, moving out of our place in the US, moving our stuff from Kaffrine to Dakar and settling in here – all that is now a distant memory, praise the Lord! I’ve gone from going to bed achy and tired to bounding out of bed ready to go in the mornings.
School started with a rush of activity in August and hasn’t slacked off since. The boys are loving Dakar Academy and doing well. Katie is absolutely loving teaching French to students in grades 1 through 12. She is always thinking of new lesson plan ideas and figuring out how to explain the grammatical concepts. She has had some sweet feedback from students and parents which is so encouraging! She was also invited to teach a Wolof class each week to the fourth grade, which is Jake and Will’s class. It is so gratifying to hear how these French and Wolof lessons enable her students to communicate with those in the surrounding community!
Homework help with dad – they’re not always this excited to do multiplication
I (Corey) have been working on different projects since our return:
- Wolof Calendar print layout and app redesign for 2024
- Layouts for Wolof Bible pages for testing
- App updates for Google Play Store requirements
- Digital strategies help for our SIM teammates worldwide
- Infrastructure setup for our SIM digital strategies resources
- Work on the Pastor’s Book Set (PBS) e-reader app
- As well as the normal errands: getting our immigration paperwork done, going to the printer for the Scripture calendar, etc.
Screenshots of two recent projects:
upcoming Pastor’s Book Set app
New calendar app redesign
We didn’t think that after our two-year absence, leaving our daughters in the US, moving to a new city and starting different jobs we would be as content as we are with where we are, but God has shepherded us into a peaceful time of good work and balance and contentment. Thank you, Lord.
Keep praying for these projects and for God’s hand at work in Senegal and our family.
We recently made a new ministry video – click the image above to watch
