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	Missions: Letter from Lee Kauffman Missionary to the Jola people of West Africa Subject: Subject: December 2007 Praise and Prayer Update for the Jola-fonyi people Date: Wed 12/5/2007 2:25 AM Thank you for praying for the team that came from NorthRidge Fellowship, Jerome, Idaho. Pastor Matt Boyd wrote; Jesus said, “Behold, a sower went out to sow” (Mark 4:3, KJV). Jesus’ words proved to be the theme of our time in Diouloulou. When we arrived in Senegal before dawn on Tuesday morning we found out that our Air Senegal flight was cancelled due to mechanical problems. So we had to make the long 9 hour drive from Dakar to Bougoutoub. We traveled to Diouloulou on Thanksgiving morning only to learn that the school teachers were on strike and that classes had been cancelled. While the strike kept us out of the high school for the first few days of the trip, it did not keep us away from the teachers. We were able to spend many hours in the teacher’s homes continuing to build relationships and to share the Gospel with them. We tried to coordinate and schedule the showing of the Jesus film in the village, but the Muslim teachers were reluctant to allow them to show it. God worked out all of the details and we showed the film to around 100 people. Classes resumed Monday morning and we spoke in several classes and were able to interact with the students. It was a joy to see familiar faces and to have some of the students say that they have done some reading in the Bibles that we gave them last spring. On Monday we were challenged to a debate with the Muslim teachers. We met in a classroom Monday evening to debate three points chosen by the Muslim teachers: 1) Is Mohammad the true successor of Jesus? 2) Is Jesus’ message universal? 3) Does original sin exist? The debate lasted two hours and provided many opportunities for the team to share the Gospel and to dispel the stereotypes they had about what a follower of Jesus Christ truly believes. Despite travel problems, a school strike, and trouble coordinating the Jesus film, God’s Word was sown throughout Diouloulou. Whether we were planting or watering, we look forward to God giving an increase as He uses His Word and the truth of the Gospel to change hearts and lives in Diouloulou (1 Corinthians 3:6). Please continue to pray for the people in Diouloulou who have heard the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Pray for Camille, a seeker, who is having tremendous stress in her household at this time. She is the third wife and does not live with her Muslim husband. She supports her 6 children without any help from her husband. Pray that she will trust Jesus as Savior and will follow Him with all of her heart. Pray that she will have wisdom to deal with the difficulties she is having with one of her children. Pray that God will reveal Himself in tangible ways to Camille and her children. Pray for those that are hearing the Way of Righteousness tapes to come to Jesus as Savior and Lord. Pray that they will seek Him with all of their heart so that He will be found by them. Pray that they will renounce their belief in a works based religion and proclaim themselves as followers of Jesus. Pray for those in Bougoutoub who say they believe in Jesus that they will have a desire to meet together to study God’s word and pray while the Kauffman’s are gone on stateside assignment. Archived Mission Articles: December 5, 2007 letter from the Kauffman's November 5, 2007 letter from the Kauffman's October 4, 2007 letter from the Kauffman's September 6, 2007 letter from the Kauffman's July 6, 2007 letter from the Kauffman's April 7, 2007 letter from the Kauffman's February 8, 2007 letter from the Kauffman's January 4, 2007 letter from the Kauffman's December 4, 2006 letter from the Kauffman's July 7, 2006 letter from the Kauffman's May 3, 2006 letter from the Kauffman's April 5, 2006 letter from the Kauffman's Dec 31, 2005 letter from the Kauffman's Pastor Matt and Gayle's Senegal trip

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