Serving In Sahel

One of the hats I really enjoy wearing is that of student government (StuCo) advisor, I have a great team of student leaders to work with. Each year we put on a fair of some kind and this year the theme was all about spies. So welcome to Sahel's International Spy Academy... The students were able to play spy themed games while "travelling" to different countries. One of the travel destinations was Canada, where they got to throw a "snowball" at me! We even had a jail, that for a price you could have someone put in the slammer.... Yup, I was sent jail by my friend and co-worker, Mr. Mike Stonecypher for a time of "rest" he said......yeah, right! It was a great evening of fun, food and fellowship.

I love sharing about my work here at Sahel Academy when I am back on the other side of the ocean. And although I try my best to show pictures and give descriptions that depict life here in Niger until one smells the sandy, polluted air and sees both the harshness and beauty of this third world country, it is hard to get a real picture of what life is like here. So when visitors come, it is so exciting! They get to see and experience Niger! Pastor Randy Casey from Festus, Missouri came to speak at our staff retreat, but even before that was busy teaching Bible is various elementary and high school classes. I met Pastor Casey through my friend Carla and his church, Ketha Heights Baptist is one of my supporting churches. And it just so happened that my Stuart decided to tag along with Pastor Randy. It was so great to be able to share my life here in Niger with these two. We were so blessed by all the goodies they brought. Stuart helped out on some maintenance pro...