Saturday, April 9, 2016

The RENEWAL Conference

 N'Gaparou Atlantic Coastal Village - WorldVenture Mission Camp

Fishing village along the coast, waking up to this view every morning - priceless...
A wonderful place for West Africa Missionaries to come and reboot.

 Our view every evening - Sunset on the Atlantic

Great Place to hold a Renewal Conference
 Dining Hall & Hostel
Main Hall or chapel (left), and our Beach Bungalow (right) 

A Weekend of Firsts

Session 1 - First Impressions (Renewing a Preoccupation with God)
Session 2 - First Ascent (Worldview Documission)
 
Session 3 - First Things First (Spiritual Disciplines)
Session 4 - First to First (Glorious Maturation)
Session 5 - Last Impressions (First shall be Last...)
Representing a Number of different Missional endeavors, this team of WorldVenture veterans shared their stories and skill sets, encouraging one another, and renewing their efforts to press on in difficult fields of ministry.
 Direct link to their Ministries -
Serving as Bible Translators - the oral and written word (Wolof, French, & Arabic)
Serving as a Senegalese Camp Director, Serving as teachers at Dakar Academy, 
Serving with Senegalese Church Plants, Womens and Mens Mentors, 
Certifications of skills and bible study.  Serving as Master Mechanics, 
Directing a center (halfway house) for Talbe (beggar) boys,
Serving in fields of Agricultural Renewal, & hosting short & long term missions,
and the list goes on & on & on...


The Renewal Conference capped off the weekend with a visit & prayer time
over one of their long time Senegalese Employees who was building a home to move his family closer to N'Gaparou... The Foundation, Walls, and Structure is ready for the roof.
So the team swarmed around the building site 
to share in the excitement and bless the final project...


Molded Blocks for the roof are ready to go up...