Wow thankyou all so much for your prayers. This week was jammed packed with action. For starters on Monday we began Fulfullde with our teacher Hamani, and I also took my first trip to Gawoy. Gawoy is across the river, and I was trying to find some Fulani. Well the first day I kind of got dropped off in the middle of nowhere. All of the Africans found it quite humorous that I did not know where I wanted to go in Gawoy. Well when I got out I just began prayer walking and asked the Lord to guide me to some Fulani, or the main road so I could catch a taxi. About four miles later, I came to an intersection with a big mosque. I stood at the mosque for a while and prayed that God would unveil the eyes of all the people that came to the mosques. I prayed that they would realize who the one true God was, and except Jesus as their saviour. Shortly after that I found my way back to the main road and headed home.
The next day I made another trip out to Gawoy, and the Africans in my cab were just as puzzled that I did not know where I wanted to go in Gawoy. Luckily that day one of my team-mates taught a pullo non? which is where are the Fulani, so I said that. Well one of the men in my taxi spoke English and I told him who I was trying to find. Then they drove around and found this security guard. This is where it gets really exciting. The security guard spoke English and said that he would help me find fulani. He spoke great English and he took me to his village to introduce me to his family and I was able to practice my fulfulde. He said, the first thing he asked me when I met him was if I was going to start a church in his village? I said I sure hope so. Well he also said that when he found out I was a missionary he had to helped me, because when he was young missionaries helped him. Guess where the Fulani village was? The day before when I had stopped to pray over the mosque at the intersection, I went to left to get to the main road, well the Fulani village was on the right. Well I have returned one time and plan to go back.
Another exciting thing that happened this week is we had our first team meeting and I finally know what town me and Jessica my partner are going to be moving to. We are going to Tesua which is about 10 hours outside of Niamey. I am really excited. I also had my first driving lesson. I am learning to drive a stick and get this the first time I started I did not stall. Yes! Thankyou drum-set for giving coordination of all four of my limbs. I did however get stuck in the sand. Driving in Africa is quite exhilarating. Non only did I have to worry about when to change gears and how to do the clutch, but I also had to worry about hitting people, sheeps, goats, sand, and some outrageous bumps.
Well that's all for now. Please pray for me as I continue with language school. Thus fulfulde has not been a very easy language. Pray that God would make my mind quickly understand all of this new information. Also pray for my team-mates. Two of them are taking their first trip out to the bush. I will be going next week, and also pray for the Fulani, and all the people of Niger. As we know Easter is tomorrow, and almost all of the people here have no concept about the miracle that took place on Easter. I hope you all have a happy Easter, as we remember the awesomeness of our Lord who rose from the grave.