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Upon their return to Niger in July of 2007 Dave and Jennifer will be involved in a community based church planting ministry in the capital city of Niamey and will be working to establish the Free Methodist work in Niger. They hope to learn Djarma a local language as a means to better communicate with people in all walks of life.
During 2004-2006 Dave and Jenn worked in Niger in primarily in teaching roles. They were seconded to SIM (Serving in Mission) an interdenominational mission. Jennifer taught high school English at Sahel Academy which is an international mission school ( www.sahelacademy.com ) that is run by SIM and Dave studied French and taught at ESPriT, a bible school in Niamey. While there Dave and Jennifer also had the opportunity to be involved in a local church plant and saw the construction a couple of classrooms that were sponsored by the Free Methodist church in Canada in partnership with a local group of churches.
Dave is ordained with the Free Methodist Church and pastored the Caistor Centre Free Methodist Church for 5 years before going to Niger. Jennifer is a professional high school English teacher, but has recently been given ministerial candidacy with the FMCiC. Cole (1999) and Ben (2001) will be attending Sahel Academy where Jennifer was previously teaching. |
