Cape Verde is a Portuguese speaking island nation 240 miles off the west Coast of Africa; Praia is its capital. It appears to have only one Baptist Church and one congregation. I was quite surprised. The opportunities for ministry here, in other cities and on other islands is amazing.
Don Callan traveled with us to help give a board perspective to the survey. Izaias, beside him, is sent with the new MMM mission from Fortaleza, Brazil and has made many contacts in his first three months in the country. ABWE plans to send missionary couples to partner with the Brazilians in Cape Verde in church planting and pastoral training.
The people in the country are some of the friendliest and most helpful I have been around. They also appear open to the gospel. The Caboverdians also are both a jumping off point for much of the rest of Africa and a mobile people themselves.
Carlos Heron, a Brazilian dentist, also went with us, but added more time in Senegal and the Gambia, as his focus is to join ABWE missionaries there in reaching the Wolof people.
We were able to have a day of wrap up together with the whole survey team, which included Ron Washer, ABWE administrator for Africa, and Jenuan Lira, president of MMM.
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