Times-Advocate, 1988-05-18, Page 6Page 6
Times -Advocate, May 18, 1988
Fraynes return to Senegal in July
By Yvonne Reynolds
After a year's furlough in Cana-
da, Exeter native Peter Frayne and
his wife Susan arc packing for an-
other four-year stint at a mission
base in Senegal. Tucked in with
their clothes will be cans of cran-
berry sauce, bags of brown sugar
and_ Wel:ages of Kraft dinner. These
items arc almost impossible to ob-
tai'n in the tribal village of Fanda,
and prohibitively expensive if
available in an arca where the an-
nual wage is $400, and a can of
peas `is` $6. Gas is almost $7 a
gal Ion,_ and. a pair of jeans is $50. -
The cranberries will be served at
Christmas with a turkcy,importcd
from France. Last year's bird cost
S22.50 per kilogram.
Every scrap of meat. on that ex-
:-'pensi. ..Christmas turkey was cat -
en. Even the bones were crushed
to gat=at'the marrow.
"The•pcoplc are desperately poor,
--so we try not to .waste anything.
Our African friends go around and
borrow -spoons From their neigh -
'hours in -order -►o have enough
when they invite _us for dinner",
Susan said. She related how she
recognized a place mat adorning the
wall of an African friend's home as
onc she had thrown in the garbage.
Imported western food is very ex-
pensive, but the Frayncs -rave
about the healthy and delicious
fruits and .vegetables and meats
available locally, accompanied al-
ways _by .the main culinary -staple,
rice. TheY happily -anticipate. more
sere n;,s: of hot palm oil sauce -on
boiled millet. • •
The Fraynes will return to a mis-
sion compound• in the heart of a
villae=00,000 situated on`a large
river supports commerce in
fish -and shrimp. Fanda's main
strect.runs through the base and- the
compound is surrounded -on three
sidesby the village.
Susan and Peter remember vivid-
ly the.tremendousculture shock on
arrival for the first time in 1983.
Twelve months of training at the
New Tribes Missions Canadian
base at. Durhanin Ont. under simu-
lated third world onditions andsix
months, of French language in-
struction had not prep�ired them for -
a country so different frond Canada.
The only familiar sights were tel-
eplIonc poles and Coca Cola'signs.
Everything else was alien and
strange. Even the smells were
sign. Peter wishes it wcrc possi-
ble to send home "scratch -and-
sniff" postcards.
"You go with a learner's attitude,
or you don't go", was Pctcrs ad-
vice.
"And don't expect anything to be
the same as at horns", Susan -add-
cd. -
Senegal, on the wcstcoast of Af-
rica, is fairly stable politically,
boasting the third-largest army on
the continent. Thcpopulation is
divided among 19 major tribal
groups speaking 27 dialects.
Eighty- five percent of the people
are Moslems, and less than 2,000
of the 6,700,000 Senegalese arc
Christians. Inter -tribal jealousies
and conflicts and certain centuries-
old customs hold the people back
economically.
Senegal is open to missionaries.
\However, becoming a Christian
means being rejected by one's Mus-
lim relatives and neighbours, and
being ostracized by one's own fami-
ly. Allprevious social and eco-
nomic tics arc severed.
During their first term, the
Fraynes acted as dormitory parents
for the teenage children of the other
missionaries working in the head-
quarters and the teachers in the mis•
•
sion school.
"There, we arc controlled by our
.environment, and people become
most important. We make our own
fun - water fights, cranking ice
cream, singing, talking, going for
walks, watching the pelicans fly in
tion of field treasurer, running the
local mission bank, and other paper
work.
Susan will resuinc her Bible stud-
ies with the Senegalese women who
work at the mission base.
"Their heart needs arc the same as
SOUVENIRS FROM SENEGAL- Missionaries Peter and Susan Frayne
display -some of the items they brought back from Senegal while on fur-
lough In Ontario. The stick with the quadruped base is spun between the
palms.as a manual mixmaster, and the wide piece of wood tipped with an-
gle -shaped metal is a hand-held plow.
at sunset", Peter said. For one spe-
cial outing, ho and three other adults
accompanied,20 teenage boys on a
seven -and -one-half hour pemguc (ca-
noe) trip to the. island of Caraban
for swimming and fishing.
Asked what they had learned in
their -.first four years, Susan said
they have learned to deal with them-
selves under`lpressure and to work
things through: to get along with
others. As for -what they had ac-
complished, the0rcply was "We be-
came part of the lives the Lord gave
Its to look: after, and part of their
families' lives, ,We learned how to
give and receive comfort and encour-
agement in a positive way. The ex-
perience brought us closer to the
Lord, and closer to onc another."
Thc Frayncs experienced culture
shock in reverse on returning to On-
tario.
"At first I couldn't handle the big
stores - so much choice, abundance
and cleanliness", Susan admitted.
During their 12 -month furlough,
the two have accepted many speak-
ing engagements, including Sunday
services at the Bible Community
Fellowship and, most recently, a
meeting of the Centralia UCW.
The Frayncs will have new re-
sponsibilities on their return to Se-
negal. Susan will be secretary to
the field committee, and Pctcr's ad-
ministrative duties include the posi-
•
ours. They need to feel they arc
loved, cared for, listened to", she
said. .
The Frayncs will be going back
to Fanda without their daughter Jen-
nifer. The lovely 15 -year-old was
killed in a car accident near Sarnia
last October. Though the Fraynes'
hearts arc aching, their faith in a
"God who doesn't make mistakes"
is stronger than ever.
The Fraynes are praying God will
use their loss to break down cultural
barriers when they resume their life
in Senegal.
"I don't think there is onc African
lady ov,:r 25 who hasn't -had a child
die in her arms or beside her in
bed", Susan explained, noting that
now when she and her husband talk
about the magnitude of God's love,
others will know they are speaking
from personal experience.
"We are grieving, but we know
our daughter is with God, and He is
powerful enough to comfort us",
Susan said.
The Fraynes treasure a poem writ-
ten by their daughter a year ago, and
published in a special memorial edi-
tion of the Fanda mission paper's
Student Spotlight.
Crushed
A snail!, dejected sea shell
Sat alone by the sea.
A dozen people had crushed it
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With either foot or knee.
The years had left their toll
On this particular one.
The shell had lost its shine
Been faded by the sun.
A small child walked with head
bent
Looking for some prizes.
Shells of brilliant pigment,
Shells of different sizes.
At last she found this shell,
More tattered than the rest.
She tossed away the others,
And made this shell her best.
What made this small child notice
This faded little shell,
And throw away the others
That she had liked so well?
Iler heart just couldn't bear
lb see this one alone.
!ler other shells forgotten,
She took this crushed one home.
There are mary broken people
Crushed by word or deed.
Do we, like this small child,
Ever see the need?
Or do we walk on past them,
Just picking up the best,
Taking all the bright ones,
Leaving alt the rest.
Oh, may we like this child,
See the need of those around!
There's more than one sad soul,
Just waiting to be found.
Oh, that our heart - like hers,
Would weep for those alone.
Oh, that we'd quench our fears,
And take these crushed ones
home.
Thc Fraynes often think back to
the circumstances that brought them
to Senegal, to reach out to some of
those "crushed ones".
Peter was botn and raised in Ex-
eter. He became a hairdresser, and
over a period of 20 years gradually
built up his busincss until he was a
partner in shops in Sarnia, Strat-
ford, Orangeville and Godcrich. The
Fraynes had everything onc equates
with the good life = an excellent in-
come, a lovely home, two cars, a
boat...but empty sou ls•
One night in 1977, when Peter
was 36, he and Susan knelt by the
side of their bed and turned their
lives over to God. A few years later
the new Christians attended a mis-
sionary conference, and felt p defi-
nite call.
It took a year of prayer and soul-
searching before the Frayncs decided
to sell thcir home and their busincss
and become missionaries. It is a de-
cision they have never regretted.
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