NOVEMBER 2022
FOOTBALL AND EVANGELISM
Evangelism Football Tournament: the Torchbearers, Beer Sheba's team, won their first game with a score of 7-4.
NOVEMBER 2022
VISIT OF BEER SHEBA MALI
Beer Sheba supports the launch of its sister project in Mali; this month 3 members of the team went on site to meet the committee of the association and the surrounding community.
The new land of the ABMA is a magnificent 52ha plot, already almost entirely planted with trees, which was entrusted to us for 45 years by the Coulibaly family, a large family from the commune of Bougoula, about 1h30 from Bamako.
A very positive assessment for this trip and great prospects for the future!
OCTOBER 2022
A NEW TEAM AT THE CLINIC
The arrival of Suja, a missionary general practitioner, is a relief for the clinic. She supports community patients with complex medical conditions. One of the boys, a young Muslim, begins to follow Jesus as a result of the love and care he received.
Our head nurse, Mansour, who worked at the clinic in Beer Sheba for 3 years, left at the end of August to become a full-time pastor at his Baptist church in Mbour. Pastor Pape Michel, also an experienced nurse who has helped the clinic for the past 2 years, is taking over the leadership.
SEPTEMBER 2022
EMBELLISHMENTS
Recently we said goodbye to Julianna, who stayed with us for six months as part of her Christian college course in the United States. With a visiting friend, Julianna devoted the last months of her internship to a wonderful beautification project in Beer Sheba, painting Bible verses in various locations to testify to visitors of our Christian identity.
JULY-SEPTEMBER 2022
SUMMER CAMP
Following the positive experience of last year, we organized a Bible and agricultural summer camp for young Christians, focusing particularly on Christian girls from churches in the surrounding villages. We welcomed 15 girls and 3 boys, aged 15 to 20, from July 18 to September 30. Supervised by our trainers Johannes, Samba and Aloïse, the students followed a mixed and intense program including Bible lessons, Bible reading times, gardening and moments of conviviality.
SEPTEMBER 2022
A GOOD RAINY SEASON
This year, we had a rainy season which fully deserved its name. With a total rainfall close to 800mm, the farming community around Beer Sheba was able to grow all kinds of cereals. Despite some difficulties caused by the floods, this is good news because it means that the times to come will be easier. Parents will be able to pay school fees, buy medicine when family members are sick, and generally be better off.
SEPTEMBER 2022
WINTER CROPS
In Beer Sheba, the new Farming God's Way team, led by our new team member, Tom, was able to plant maize, sorghum and beans. They went to the surrounding villages to give training on composting, mulching and the FGW philosophy: to standards - on time - without waste - with joy. We look forward to harvest time when we measure FGW yields compared to traditional farming methods.
SEPTEMBER 2022
PITAYA DAY
The Beer Sheba product stand during the August the 10th Pitaya day!
AUGUST 2022
PITAYA DAY
A few kilometers from the Beer Sheba centre, the Pitaya Senegal Cooperative is hosting an open doors day for visitors.
See you on Saturday September 10 to discover this exceptional fruit through sales and various activities!
AUGUST 2022
KEBEMER HOSPITAL PROJECT
The first stone of the new Kébémer hospital has been laid! MATTER, the NGO which carries out this project on behalf of the donors, wishes to entrust the agricultural part of this hospital to Beer Sheba. On the agenda: designing the farm, hiring and training staff, and launching food, medical and community education ventures that will sustain the farm in the long term, based on our experience in Beersheba.
AUGUST 2022
SIGNS AND MIRACLES FESTIVAL
Beer Sheba got involved in the first big evangelization festival organized by SOS Adventure in Dakar. Despite the flooding of the site by heavy rains for 2 days, God has intervened powerfully to heal and touch many lives!
JULY 2022
END OF YEAR PARTY
The end of the school year ceremony on July the 15th, to which all parents and village authorities were invited, was an eye-opening event for many. When the children performed drama, dances, Serer reading and a French vocabulary quiz, the parents realized the amount of knowledge and skills their children had acquired through the bilingual education program. We hope and pray that many more children will join The Torchbearers this new year, starting October 10th.
JULY 2022
VISIT OF THE BAOBAB ASSOCIATION
This month 7 students came from Lille with the Baobab association to contribute to the construction of a new classroom in our primary school. In addition to financing half of the building's cost, the students took part in the construction work and organized activities with the students.
JUNE 2022
A LIVING SOIL
Final photo after several days of training on the theme "A Living Soil" supervised by members of the Beer Sheba team.
JUNE 2022
THE TORCHBEARERS
Beer Sheba's Primary School moves into its new premises! The first classroom has just been completed, and an additional room is planned for next year.
MAY 2022
Spiritual Retreat
Beer Sheba members gathered at the Philadelphia Mission Center in Mbodienne for a week-long spiritual retreat to seek the face of God and be replenished as a team.
APRIL 2022
Women's Football Match
The ladies have taken to the football field built by Dakar Academy: an official match was played by the women of Beer Sheba, single vs married! A beautiful atmosphere was created by the supporters of the community gathered for the occasion.
MARCH 2022
Community Day - Dakar Academy
The students of the Dakar Academy school came to serve the community of Beer Sheba by building a football field at the entrance of the center which will also be accessible to the surrounding villages.
MARCH 2022
Food For Life 2022 - Graduation
The 2021-2022 promotion of the Food For Life program in partnership with Mercy Ships has just graduated! A closing ceremony was organized in the chapel of Beer Sheba to congratulate these young entrepreneurs who are now equipped to launch their own agricultural and product processing activity in Senegal and Mali.
MARCH 2022
A new school on its way
Launched in 2021, the project to build a French/Seereer bilingual school in Beer Sheba is now taking shape with the construction of the first classrooms and an administrative block.
MARCH
Moringa Day - Mercy Ships Open Doors
Beer Sheba organizes Moringa Day every year as well as the open doors of its partner Mercy Ships. The team and students invite you to attend various workshops and to try original home-made products created to highlight this super food (sorbets,cupcakes, juice, popcorn).
APRIL/DECEMBER
Dundal Market
Dundal is a farmer's and crafts market organized twice a year by Beer Sheba at the bilingual school in Ngaparou. Enjoy hand-made pastries and dishes under the mango trees of the courtyard. You will also find the center's products such as moringa in various forms, fruit trees from the nursery, barbecue and drinks.
OCTOBER
Food for Life
Mercy Ships has entered into a partnership with Beer Sheba to create a training program focusing on agroecology and the processing of raw products. For 2 years, the center has welcomed young entrepreneurs from several West African countries.
