Ok this time I really dont have much time.
So much has happened here since the last report. Good things and sad things.
Good news:
My relationship with Ma Mbay and the chief's sons --Mbay Ndiaye, and Ibu--- have grown exponentially. It has moved from me sharing the gospel with "them" to "them" becoming more like family, and now it is more of a "we". I love them. I will be very sad to go home next month.
I have been able to share the complete gospel with Ma Mbay now. It gives me great joy to spend time with him and talk about God and Jesus. I would say that he has been a better friend than a great deal of my friends in the states. I do believe that God is calling him by name.
Mbay told us that he wants to start reading the bible with us. Mark and I took him and Ibu to Snake Island in Dakar with the Charleston team. There we were able to begin reading the book of John.
That trip to dakar was quite expensive. Between the two of us we spent $150 for food and travel. But I would do it over and over again if each time was another chance to give them a bit of Jesus.
Babocar is leaving in a couple days. We have given him a bible, but have not had the oppoortunity to share the gospel with him in it so our prayers are that God would send him someone to continue the work that might have been started.
Sad news:
Fatou, the sick girl that we have been praying for died the day before yesterday. I was very sad and cried a great deal, and I am holding back my tears now. It was hard to swallow because the night before I prayed with a great deal of peace for her healing, but that whatever would bring God more glory in the end is what our desire was. He aswered quite quickly. I trust that God is making a way for us to show more of his love through this loss.
Yalla Bachna means --- God is good.---- We know that God loves us and that we are in his hands.
Keep praying for our team. Pray that Christ would be our fuel. Pray for Fatou's family, for the chief's son and for Mambay and babocar.
Keep posting. I am praying for SOP and CCP, and all the SC summer missionaries.
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- Christopher Thurmond
- I'm 21 years old and a rising senior at The Citadel. I'm excited to travel the world and be a part of God's plan. It is quite an adventure.
6 comments:
3 more weeks man. Keep doing the good work. Fight the good fight. Pray for me to be more desiring of Christ and satisfied in him. There's a lot of distractions with moving and soon to be getting married, etc. i love you bro.
-matt
Thanks for taking the time to post, Chris.
oops... I left off the rest. It is great to read your stories and feel like I am there with you. I am continuing to pray for you. Tanya
it is so amazing how God is using you. I am getting ready to head to my first day at my new church and your stories are great inspiration. Love ya man...
-jason
Hey Chris! Wow, God is truly working in the hearts of these people!! God is so good!! Thank you so much for sharing the stories. I will continue to pray for you and that God may give you the words to share the GREAT NEWS of Jesus. Thank you for accepting the call to be a servant of Christ in this area of the world!! I can't wait to hear ALL about it when you get back!! :)
- Dawn
Wow- - I'm really glad I checked this page. I've been trying to call ppl before I leave for training and I haven't gotten to you yet. It seems like you're almost done in Afirca or are already done, but either way, it sounds like God's hand is upon you and your team. Well, I hope u get this. llater.
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