Multiple dynamics are at work in West Africa these days. Wars and efforts to quit warring interrupt and hinder the work in Sierra Leone and Liberia . Growth, often phenomenal growth, marks the work in Togo , Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , and Ghana . Persistent and consistent church planting efforts are the order of the day in Niger , Mali , and Guinea . Dismay, but not despair, is perhaps a good way to describe circumstances in Senegal .
Excitement is the best way to describe our early moments in The Gambia .
One country in our region must go unnamed. Nonetheless a deep work of God is underway under incredible difficulties. Through it all, however, there is an optimism in West Africa due to the hand of God at work in so many ways. He is undoubtedly at work, and unquestionably able to bring victory in every situation. His undeniable intention is to plant the Church deep, solid, and strong.