May 18, 2021
Dale Ogren has been a WEI teacher since 2014. She says, “I have truly enjoyed this work and feel I have grown. Only one student has requested baptism thus far: the former Muslim student Abu Bakarr of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Charles Mungu, a WEI graduate, baptized Abu. Abu and Charles bonded and became quite close.”
Recently, Charles went to Abu’s wedding in Makondoh Village outside Freetown, and he noticed that there was no church there except an empty Catholic church. Charles saw the need and started working with Abu to establish the church in the village. Dale says, “The first Sunday, 24 people met beneath a tree, but Charles bought corrugated roofing and started building on donated land.”
With the help of Dale’s small congregation in Hibbing, Michigan, construction began May 18, and funds have been collected for a bore hole to supply “well water as well as the water of life” for the village.
Dale says, “Charles continues to mentor Abu and visits Makondoh Village frequently to help with evangelization and preaching.”
