Wednesday, October 7, 2009

I'm Back!!!

I spent two weeks back in Kolda, and then spent 2 weeks with my father. I think it might have been one of the funniest months of my life. When planning for the team from Arkansas we thought that it would be a very difficult time because of Ramadan and a few other factors. But I am glad to say that I was wrong!!!! The 5 guys from Arkansas came and did a fantastic job. I spent a lot of my time just acting as a translator for the 5 or 6 trips to villages that we went on. We presented the gospel a good 2 or 3 times a day! There's nothing greater than the feeling of sharing the news of Jesus with someone who has never heard before!

The night the Arkansas team flew back to America, my father came here to Senegal!!! We spent the 2 weeks he was here just having a blast. We went to 2 different animal parks, a beautiful 300 ft waterfall, we went scuba diving, and went to Goree Island. That was also a blast and below you will see some of the great sights that we saw.

Now that I’m back in Kedougou, I’m looking at my maps and looking at my calendar. In the 2 months that I have left, I have 2 trips left to finish out the leg work of my research. Also in the country to the south, Guinea, there has been a lot of turmoil going on and there have been over 150 deaths. If you want to know more information I’m sure BBC or CNN will have plenty of info. Please pray for the country of Guinea.


2 comments:

The Doves said...

Erik, Daddy has told so many cool stories. You guys really had the time of your lives. I told Daddy that when you guys come next year to visit us in Guatemala, we'll have an extreme vacation like that, too...just toddler style. :) haha I can't wait to give you a hug.

Erik Pieniazek said...
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