DRIMING IT UP

The month of May has been keeping us very busy here as we are preparing for the start of the Benin DRIME team! We have been attending 2 different churches each Sunday sharing about the DRIME ministry and inviting people to be part of it. We have also hosted 2 information meetings where we have had a great turn out of interested people. Our leaders are currently meeting with each potential member to get to know them and see if they would be a good fit for the DRIME team. There are currently about 50 people interested in joining DRIME! It’s such a big number that we are slightly overwhelmed and very overjoyed with the response from people!

One of my favourite parts of this whole process has been watching our leaders in action! I have loved watching them share at the churches we have been going to; I love seeing them share passionately about this ministry that has become their own. Once we were the ones sharing about DRIME to our leaders and to other people here in Benin. Now our leaders are the ones sharing! I have also loved watching them grow and be stretched in new ways. From performing new roles in a drama, to taking charge of the Duck, Duck, Goose game during village ministry or speaking Fong in front of people when they used to be too shy to do so. I find so much joy in watching God grow them!

We are in the process of planning the very first DRIME Benin Bootcamp! This is a weekend of drama and evangelism training and team building; it is the kick-off to the DRIME year! Bootcamp will be June 12-13th so I would love it if you could keep us in your prayers those days, and the ones leading up to it as we prepare for it!

Here we are at one of our information meetings. Abby was closing off the info meeting for us - so we had two translators for her - Jamie translated into French and Rachelle translated into Fong!