Nous avons un jour pour volant á Dakar!

It's true, we do have a date for flying to Dakar! October 25th marks the date of our departure, so 27 days and counting!

Today I read the story of how Solomon asked God for wisdom to govern Israel. (When I realized this was the same man who wrote Proverbs 1:7, "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge", it put that verse in a whole new light for me.)

As October 25th approaches, I ask that you pray something similar to the following prayer that spins off Solomon's prayer in 1 Kings 3.


Now, O LORD our God, You have given this team of Your servants this ministry, yet this team is young and new to these experiences, in many ways like little children, not yet knowing the ins and outs of this ministry or of life in Dakar. Your servants will be in the midst of Your Senegalese people whom You have chosen, a great and numerous people. So please give Your servants understanding minds to obey you and to discern between good and evil. But even more importantly, please give Your servants hearts to love Your people, for without such a gift, who is able to love adequately this (or any) great people of Yours? For it is only because You have first loved us in so mighty a way that we can have hope-- and indeed it is a great hope!-- to tackle this Your assignment for us. May you get much praise, Isa al-Masih, for Your indescribable gift of true life!