Fourth of July in the USA

It has been great to be back with family in the States the past few weeks.

We had fun celebrating the 4th of July and introducing A-G to bubbles!

Our African-born daughter did not seem to have any problem transitioning to life in the USA and celebrating this patriotic day!

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Poulet Yassa

Our last week in Senegal was spent packing up our house and saying goodbye to friends. The prison ministry team decided to come over to our house and cook us a traditional Senegalese meal before we left. Below is the platter of Poulet Yassa, a delicious chicken dish, we enjoyed together.

It took the ladies over four hours to prepare the meal-- they chopped up 4 pounds of onions and 5 entire garlics, as well as pounding and grinding the spices by hand.

We had a blast playing games and laughing during the afternoon together.

In this game a person is blindfolded and told there are glass bottles all over the floor that they must not knock over. In reality there are no bottles on the floor so the poor blindfolded person is really just hopping around a bare floor while everyone shouts instructions at them. The ladies thought this was so funny that they actually collapsed on the floor laughing.

Our team enjoying the wonderful meal together

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Rufisque

One of the fastest growing areas in Senegal is the town of Rufisque. We are partnering with a local church as they hope to build a community center and school.

The second hand clothes market is always busy

This woman is carrying her baby on her back and a propane gas bottle on her head as she shops in the market.

Horse cart is a popular form of public transportation in Rufisque

Helping out at the church by clearing the ground

Children are always around and it is easy to gain an audience. These are some local Rufisque kids who ended up helping out in the work day.