The Spanish missions (being the typical missionaries they were) offered Catholicism to attract American Indians. They taught these Indians the ways, teachings, and beliefs of the Catholic Church and enticed them that if they get converted and believed they would be saved by God.
The Sahel, the vast semi-arid region of Africa separating the Sahara Desert to the north and tropical savannas to the south, is as much a land of opportunities as it is of challenges.
