Images of Dakar

Today we remained in the city of Dakar and took some time to connect with local Christians - a pastor and some missionaries - to share the vision God has given us and to draw on their wisdom and experience concerning the customs and culture of this nation. This helps us to pray more intelligently for Senegal and also opens up possible partnerships for future outreach involvement together. Our videographer went out in the afternoon to snap some of the sights and sounds of this African city: the ladies carrying heavy loads on their heads, the donkeys and goats that wander in the sandy streets, the brightly coloured and overcrowded buses. One of our team members is in Africa for the first time in his life, and he confessed to being "shocked" at the sense of chaos and at the incredible amount of litter you see dumped everywhere: along the roadsides of the city, and piled up on Hann beach (near where we are staying.) It's true that if you've not been in Africa before, all the sights and sounds and smells can be rather overwhelming at first.
Some of the YWAM missionaries here are involved in medical ministry - at a clinic which they started many years ago when the mercy ship Anastasis came to Dakar. Today, a doctor came to treat some of the children that other Dakar YWAMers work with in a daily kids' club here in Hann Plage. Tomorrow we'll also visit another clinic, a little further inland, when we travel to meet people in another town.