A Fun Evening (by Thom)

Last night we had the privilege of serving dinner to 12 members of the BRIDGE - Senegal 2009 team. Amanda made a few chicken pot pies (including a special gluten-free one for me) and tossed some salads and a fruit salad. We had a great time listening to them talk about their day. The BRIDGE conference broke up into four teams yesterday morning with some going to a medical team, others working on a music ministry team, others yet were part of a pastoral training team, and the group we had was the prison team. As we ate, the team members reflected on their day. They had visited a boys' prison. Mercifully, the warden had given them access to spend time with the boys, play music for them, and give them gifts of soap and other sundries (this can be tough sometimes because wardens might keep the gifts for themselves).
The team has a couple more days in front of them as they minister in prisons before they regroup with the other teams and ultimately head back to the United States, hopefully touched with the needs here and a vision for future ministries in Senegal.