6 days! Last Sunday! Geocaching! Senegal fact #12
Wow! Today was a crazy day! Wonderful and tiring! =) We went to all three services at church. It was fun sitting through the worship part of each service and singing the song set 3 times! We were able to share the very basics with each service about whats up with us. Then after church we had a luncheon where people could come eat, fellowship, ask questions and say good bye! It was so fun. We had a great turn out. I think we estimated around 70 people. My dad bought pizza, cookies, salad, dressings, and drinks… for all those people for only $130 bucks! What a deal! Thats is approximately 2 bucks a person for the entire meal! Praise God! It truly was a bittersweet time saying goodbye to such dear friends!
After lunch, Norm, Canaan, my dad and I headed off to do some last geocaching. Geocaching is not really possible in Africa. There are possibly 8 in Senegal… I know we will find them! But that is not very many to keep us going! We absolutely love geocaching! But that is just one of the things God has for us to give up! We will love doing more when we come home next. It was a nice afternoon of hiking and spending time together. We got home around 6pm and we are all whooped! We ate dinner and put the kids to bed. I think tonight we are hoping to just take it easy before the crazy hectic week begins!! So much to do this week. Â I will do my very best to keep you guys updated! But I will probably not do one post everyday. I will try… but it is more likely to be every other day.
Today’s Senegal Fact #12
We received a picture of our host family! We are so excited to be meeting them soon!
Jean-Lucien, Bana, Laleigh and Victorine
This is Jean-Lucien and Bana Diatta and their daughter Laleigh and also a lady that lives with them, Victorine. Â This picture was taken about a year ago. Their daughter is now 16 months old. Emmaus and Laleigh are almost excatly the same age! How awesome is that! Â We are so thrilled that they are so willing to sacrifice so much time for us to show us the ropes, help us settle in, feed us when we first arrive and so much more!
Having a host family is so important to our ministry. If we arrive in Senegal and are greeted by only missionaries, are oriented to the country by only white people, and the only people we go to when we have questions are missionaries, we will never integrate into the Senegalese culture and be effective missionaries in Senegal. We naturally as human beings gravitate towards our comfort zones. Obviously, English and American culture are comfortable to us. French and Senegalese culture are OUT of our comfort zones. So if we break the comfort zone as soon as we get to the airport in Dakar, our lives in Africa will be so much more valuable.
Praise God for providing Christian host families for us!!!!! They are truly invaluable to our ministry!
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So you’ve got me doing research. Ace’s 4O th B-Day is this summer and I’ve been trying to think of something fun to do with him. I think Geocaching is just the thing. I’ve just signed up @ Geocaching – The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site. I’ve also been hinting at him to purchase a new GPS since he has been complaining a little about the one he has. Now I just need to learn how to work the GPS he has so I can find a cache. I do like old fashioned maps.
Thats so cool Angela! If you need any tips or pointers, just let us know. Hope you have a blast geocaching!