"Just point us to where the Pulaar speakers are, and we’ll go there,” Samba urged the first villager he encountered in rural Northern Senegal.
He and his fellow ministry students had journeyed for days to share the Gospel in a common language- out in a region of their country where less than 1% had ever heard of Jesus. With their housing falling through, they had endured nights in bare buildings, facing exhaustion and hunger.
Instead of retreating to their training school in the capital, they prayed for God’s leading. The villager directed them to the local Muslim philosophy professor.
As their conversation unfolded, God opened the door for the students to share the Gospel. In a country where Christians often face persecution, they held their breath, anxious for the professor's response.
“From the time I was born, I have never heard anything as beautiful and seen such love… as what you read,” he said, his heart touched. The students were amazed, but the conversation continued as they unfolded the scriptures. “I never expected that Christians would have an understanding of God,” the professor admitted, moved by their ability to defend their faith and have intellectual theological discussions.
As they explored the village, Samba and his team discovered a community eager for the Gospel, rejoicing at the chance to share their faith with others from their own culture.
Mesa Workers at the Senegalese ministry training school equip local believers in theology, evangelism, and Christian leadership, fostering Christ-centered transformation and community for many first-generation Christians in an area hostile to the gospel.
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