{"id":32400,"date":"2026-09-22T15:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=32400"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:05:33","slug":"missionaries-begin-work-in-senegal-wels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=32400","title":{"rendered":"Missionaries begin work in Senegal \u2013 WELS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>In late August, Daniel Kroll and Stephen Gerling and their families arrived in Dakar, Senegal. They are the first WELS missionaries to serve in this area.<\/p>\n<p>As WELS works to establish this new mission field, the first step for the Gerlings and Krolls is a six-month immersion experience designed to prepare them for life and ministry among the Wolof people.<\/p>\n<p>In six months, WELS World Missions leaders will meet with the Gerlings and Krolls to determine what makes sense for the mission as a next step after the missionaries have learned more about the Wolof people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask for prayers for wisdom, endurance, and patience,\u201d says Kroll. \u201cThis is so much in God\u2019s hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more and see what life is like for these new missionaries in Senegal, watch this video update.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about WELS\u2019 mission in Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>Read about Stephen Gerling\u2019s path to ministry.<\/p>\n<p>                    <span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In late August, Daniel Kroll and Stephen Gerling and their families arrived in Dakar, Senegal. They are the first WELS missionaries to serve in this area. As WELS works to establish this new mission field, the first step for the Gerlings and Krolls is a six-month immersion experience designed to prepare them for life and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1097,6259,290,560],"class_list":["post-32400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-daily-verse","tag-missionaries","tag-senegal","tag-wels","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}