Fabacari's Wedding in Harlem

The Happy Couple Dancing

Fabacari and his Spanish bride

A Huge Pot of Beef in Senegalese Tomato Sauce (Sauce Rouge)

Rice in Sauce

These pots are H-U-G-E!

Me with new friends from Harlem

Auwa with baby Kristina

Kristina and Sandarin

Tina with Marietou

Kristina brought me to a traditional Jola wedding in Harlem, our neighborhood.   One of the young men from an animist family married a young lady from Spain.  Jola weddings are a neighborhood affair.  The night before the wedding the male kin slaughtered a bull bought by the groom and all his female relatives spent all night preparing the food.  On the day of the wedding they cooked it in large cauldrons over wood fires.  There were so many people there and the crowd was dancing.  There was a DJ, a band of drummers and a saxophone player.

1st Week at the Missionary Training Center in Oussouye

On the Road from Ziguinchor to Oussouye

An Estuary of the Cassamance River on the way to Oussouye

After 3 days of traveling, Tina can't wait to get  home!

Me just outside of Oussouye

The Jam House

Boys playing ball on Wednesday at the Missionary Training Center

Elize & baby Paul

Lorna on top, Sandarin in the middle with kids from Oussouye

Our Kids at Wednesday afternoon kids club at the Center

Helping Ramani prepare bissop at my first cooking class

Fresh fish on the Grill (Poisson Grille)

Girls jumping rope near Marcel & Astou Diatta's house

Jerome, the Assistant Pastor, at our Friday night cell group

My Missionary Training in Senegal- Dakar

Dakar

Kristina on a side street near the Diatta's house

The House of Roger Diatta, our host in Dakar

Plenty of animals in Dakar- chickens, goats, sheep, and horses!

The boat to Ziguinchor

The port for our boat

Harbor in Dakar