Last football game as a NCSU student
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Seriously sad game.... howl towel turned into a tear towel.
But I will always love the wolfpack.
Halloween Spooooktacular @ Jennifer's
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In these pics you should find all our friends from Saved by the bell... along with a pesky bee and aunt jemima- i mean jainaba from Senegal!
Ceeb Jin American
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Well Jainaba and I decided we wanted to practice being Senegalese... really we are just american. But it was FUN!!! we went to the Grand Asia market to get our fresh veggies. I had been there with Cristina and saw they had a little bit more authentic/ international market style foods than Food Lion. So, off we went. We got real short grain rice, casava( the woody looking thing), chinese eggplant bc the regular kind was the size of our head! and the smallest HUGE cabbage we could find. we got some kind of chinese potato, which i thought looked more like potatoes in senegal. and we got LIMES of course. we lacked Bee sap! sad -- so important to cebb jin!We got back and started to work. We started with the seasoning for the fish! yummmm it smelled so good and strong of course! we didnt have a fresh fish, so we substituted some good ole AB flounder. I learned why the senegalese use such a big "dubb" the size DOES matter, my miniature one just didnt cut it. Jainaba started cutting the veggies. That chinese potato was NOT anything we had ever seen before! IT WAS PURPLE. Bright purple. interesting. we carried on with the process....just as the senegalese taught me :) fish done, then veggies, then the rice. the rice is really what stumped up. we didnt have a steamer thing like they did... so we sufficed.
One glitch, those purple potatoes.... our rice turned purple. Result: Ceeb Jim American!
I love RALEIGH!!!
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After a late departure from Madrid, missing our Chicago flight, waiting for baggage in customs, another flight delay at O'hare we arrived at RDU.
Good ol' North Carolina :) friends and family :)
Unpacking....
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I knew that when I got home I would have a few friends that hitched a ride to America in my suitcases... lots of people wanted to come with us, but would not fit in the bags- the roaches on the other hand found room.... (and yes I am wearing a panya- it was the first thing i saw in my room and it just felt natural. haha)
Back in America
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It was such a blessing to serve the Lord along side Tim and Kate and the other missionaries in Dakar. Dakar is a spiritually dark place and physically tiring place to live. I gained so much respect for the missionaries there and received such encouragement for their passion to see the lost come to Christ. Seeing such need for light in such a dark place made leaving Senegal hard, but the hope that I found in leaving was the perspective I gained in how to pray for the Lebou people, the missionaries serving, and the work taking place in West Africa. God is working whether I am there or not, but I know that I can plea to him on behalf of the Lebou for his work to be done!
I ask you to join in praying for the glory of God to be known in Senegal.
- Pray for people who were given God's Word- that it will open their spiritually blind eyes to truth.
- Pray for the few believers- strength to follow Christ in Muslim society and understanding of God's Word and a thirst for it.
- Pray for the missionaries- wisdom and strength as they build relationships, disciple, and live in Dakar
Family dinner at Wolf Village
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Look familiar? well probably not, but this is me and my roomies eating Yassa Poulet out of the common bowl, or cookie sheet in this case. It was quite the emperiment but quite tasty... with a kick for sure! Tiff and I are getting ready for Senegal!!!
(in the pictures you will also see matzah, huge crackers... we also celebrated passover. it was quite the ethnic night at our house :) )
Spring Break
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Well, I guess I should take advantage of the World Wide Web and share some stuff! let me catch you up on my life, especially those in West Africa :) love yall!!
Angry Tiger in snowy Chicago zoo... weird? yes
CHICAGO! Ministry Site Kiddos
CHICAGO! Ministry Site Kiddos
This is me with some of my girls, whom I love from Bible study and such. (That canal is frozen over.) Some of the Chicago skyline is behind us. The trip was good... it was cold and tiring, but great. The ministry was kinda hard for me, bc it was very detached, in that you are at a site for an morning/afternoon and that is all. But I learned a good lesson from that-- ministry is never about me, while building relationships are great- the ministry should be solely about Christ. One of the leaders said, "When you leave a site we hope that they don't remember you, but that they Remember the Christ you left them with." That was humbling for me. Although I would never see the kids or people ever again, what was done for Christ could impact them for eternity. That was a good lesson for me. My very favorite part of the trip was sharing it with my Bible Study girls. Six girls from our Bible study went on the trip. I was so great hanging out with them and doing ministry with them! It was such a joy to see them experience ministry and how God can use them! There were quite a few other younger girls that I love, who were so anxious about the trip-- never done anything like it before! It was beautiful to watch them grow through it and really love it! That totally made my week! It was great to be there to encourage them in it, and hear how God changed their hearts that week! Praise the Lord :)
Feb 1st 2007
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Today is Daddy's Birthday!!!
Charissa Janelle Treece is born early in the AM!
what a great day :) God is good.
Home Sweet Home
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It was so great hangin out with all of you the past few weeks. I am so glad for the time we got to share, and for the amazing blessing that we have in our Savior. The Lord has daily reminded me of the rare treasure that we have as a family both in Him and in our bonds with one another through Him. Thanks for sharing your heart all of you. Love and Prayers!
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