Pastor’s Book Set St Louis report

We had a whirlwind couple of days at our first regional Pastor’s Book Set conference this weekend. We drove many hours safely up and back, praise God, and had a good time with church and mission leaders up north. Some of them were new to us, and others long-time friends and collaborators, so it was great to get to know the former and catch up with the latter.

I went over to our team leader’s house on Friday mid-morning, and we loaded up the book sets in our truck. Then we headed over to Thies to pick up two teammates, and drove the few hours up to St Louis. We spent the night at the Yoonu Njub ministry center, then held the conference the next day from 9:30-3:30, then drove back to Dakar, and got home at 8:30.

Checking out St Louis after arrival. From left to right are myself, Alex (UK), Andrew (UK), and Birhanu (Ethiopia), all SIM teammates here in Senegal

Each participant received 32 e-books, with half of those being accompanied by audiobook versions. They also received a box of eight physical books, including the African Study Bible from the Centre de Publications Évangéliques in Côte d’Ivoire.

After a five-hour dash back to Dakar after lunch, dropping off our teammates in Thies, I returned home safe and sound to find that Katie and the boys had had an uneventful couple of days with better behavior from the guys than we had expected.

We thank God for the ministry of each of the pastors and church and mission leaders that we were able to see this weekend – and grateful for the hours in the car having fun and talking with our SIM teammates! Thanks for praying us out and back and keep praying for the many leaders working in hard places in Senegal.