Why Senegal?

Alot of people have been asking Lucas and I, why did you guys choose to go to Senegal? Well Lucas and I "officially" started our life long journey together last summer June 16, 2012. While we were dating, we had talked about possibly going overseas together at some point to do missions. After we got married we quickly came to the realization by ourselves and talking with other couples how easy it can be to get sucked into the "American Dream" style of living. Not only by buying the perfect little house, having kids, and keeping up with current technology and the latest styles, but also how after living together for very long and living in the same place, people have the natural human tendency to become comfortable where we are at in our lives and find it even more difficult to leave. We both were determined that we didn't want that to happen to us and started really seeking out and praying about where God would have us. But going overseas actually started to become a reality this past fall in about October. Both Lucas and I have a strong passion to further the kingdom of God and to honor and glorify him in everything we do. Anyone who knows us also knows that we both also love sports. So why not do the best of both worlds?!? Play sports while also being able to build the relationships with people and share Christ!

 

So this past fall, we began the process of starting to look into opportunities to go serve. We were looking at different opportunties in West Africa to see where God was leading us. He led us to Thies, Senegal where we will be serving and living for a year. As we live in Thies, we will be serving and working with the local Senegalese people, primarily children. We will be working with some of the local churches to build relationships with the Senegalese people. While we are there, we will be trying to set up and run sports camps, tournaments, and possibly coach teams.   We are excited to see what God has in store for us, and to see how he will use our talents and abilities in Senegal to honor and glorify Him!