What does Quebec, Canada have in common with Senegal, West Africa? (Hint: it’s not the weather!) It’s the fact that French is the official language of both! After several months of prayer, research, and inquiry we have decided to attend language school in Sherbrooke, Quebec at Parole de Vie Bethel’s French Language School. While Matt and Gayle are busy studying French, Ezra and Thea will be attending a Frenchspeaking Canadian school for their education. (Anyone want to guess who will learn the language first?) Learning French before arriving in Senegal will allow us to hit Senegal better equipped to communicate and minister to the people there. French will also serve as our “bridge” language to enable us to learn the Jola language once in Senegal.
We plan to leave Florida and drive to Canada at the end of December and stay there at least through June. Please pray for us as we prepare for this huge transition in our lives.
Our transition to Canada also means that all of our financial support needs to be in place in the next
three months. Currently 72% of our monthly support is committed and we are praying for new monthly partners to make an on-going commitment to support our ministry. Our family is deeply thankful for you being a part of what God has called us to do!
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