"All Senegal for Christ!"

I was recently asked, “Why do you call your ministry ‘All Senegal for Christ’?” That’s a good question that really has

two answers. The first is that we desire all of Senegal to come to faith in Jesus Christ. We often ask ourselves, “What would Senegal be like if it were not 95% Muslim, but were instead 95% Christian?”

But the second reason we say, “All Senegal for Christ” is a bit more personal. In May of 2009 I baptized Abdoulaye Bodian who was the first Christian in the village of

Diouloulou; a village of around 7,000 people. After his baptism he sat on the bank of the river on an old dugout canoe and we made a video of him sharing his testimony of what Jesus had done in his life.

The only problem was that Abdoulaye was so excited he

could not make the video in English; he would only speak French. So he goes on in the video for a few minutes speaking very excitedly and we have no idea what he is saying. But as he comes to a close he begins to point in the direction of some of the surrounding villages and he calls out the village names. Then, with arms raised, he exclaims in English, "All Senegal for Christ!"

That phrase, spoken by a former Muslim who was now a new creation in Christ, truly captured our hearts. Pray for Abdoulaye and pray with us that all Senegal might come to know Jesus Christ!