God in the Grime
September 1, 2022
“Abdou is one example of the ‘gold’ of Mbeabus (Dakar’s main garbage dump that we visit weekly). We visited him shortly after his wife, who lived with him and was very ill, passed away....
“Abdou is one example of the ‘gold’ of Mbeabus (Dakar’s main garbage dump that we visit weekly). We visited him shortly after his wife, who lived with him and was very ill, passed away....
In Wolof, when someone says thank you, the typical response is: “Ñokabok”. Translated, it means, “We are together.” It’s a deeply rooted spirit of community. In contrast to our western exaltation of the individual, in Africa it is the community that reigns. The Senegalese people are always, literally, together, and always ready to lend a...
Of the many children that come through our doors daily, Abe is one that called my attention more quickly. A little rougher around the edges, he can be more violent than the usual rough-and-tumble way of most children here and has difficulty to listen or focus. After discussing in community what we could do to...
While on an outreach trip, I had the chance to meet with college students, young adults, priests, sisters, and seminarians and share about the beauty of Con-Solatio's mission, especially through my own experience of meeting Christ in His little ones in Ecuador and Thailand....
We call her Yaay, which means grandma, like we do with all the elderly women here as a form of respect, but with Yaay Khay, she really is our grandmother. She has known the missionaries for years. When we go to visit, we never have to worry about catching her at home - she’s been homebound for...
Thien leads me down our soi and we are followed by a rowdy bunch of kids who are eager to accompany us to where we’re going, even if they walk past our destination every day on their own. Reaching the end of our soi, we cross the wide drainage canal by a wooden plank and continue around...