Thursday, September 23, 2010

Girls' Camp 2010

Since we only have one toilet and 20 people were coming for the camp,
Joe, Jerome, and Marcel made us a simple Senegalese toilet area behind the center
Our Living Room before the Camp





One of the Bedrooms
The Toilet Spot is Finished!
Hanging out on mats on the veranda and putting hair into tresses
Christine and Christine
Aline
Prayer and Worship
We're about to start a balloon stomp! Inside each balloon is the name of a girl at the camp and the small group she'll join. There were 3 small groups for the camp. Each was named after a lady in the bible who loved God and served His people: Deborah, Esther, and Priscilla

Small Group Bible Study and Discussion time
Small Group Prayer
Dina Djenkel Worshipping on the Djembe
Rebecca, yum, yum!
Bebe, our cook for the weekend, servin up Thieboutienne
Djilek
Patricia
Singing Worship Songs and Dancing
Astou and Alice's baby
Kristina dancin Jola style
Bebe made this awesome Cous Cous with beef sauce
We're eating Senegalese style. We sit around one big platter and eat off of it with spoons



Kristina and Jeanne
Top: Solange, Alice and Acso, Center: Agnohiso, Bottom:Aline
Christine, Kristina, and Christine
Christine, Marie Claude, and Kristina
Bebe, Christine, and Marie Claude

Kristina, Acso, and Patricia
Top row: Kristina, Bebe,Marie Claude, Alice,  Dina (holding Alice's baby), Jeanne, Christine, Raisa, Marie Claire, Henriette, and Christine. Bottom row: Acso, Djilek, Astou, Solange, Agnohiso, Aline, Aline, and Patricia

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Prayer Walk in Edioungough

 Last week we went to Edioungough for a prayer walk.  This village got attacked last year by Rebels and some people were killed. Our friend Ismael's father was killed.  We went to see Ismael's mother.  We were able to pray for her and encourage her. 
When these rows of baby rice plants get big enough, ladies will move them to the wet rice fields


A man preparing his rice field with his kangundo

Singing worship songs with Rebecca
Men coming from the rice fields with their kungundos
We saw these swans here

The youth use drums like this to dance together for the Cong Cong

An old Catholic church that's falling apart

Can you tell Tina likes hammocks? Here's a nice one at the Campemont

An estuary of the Casamance River from the Campemont

Rebecca, Marie Elizabeth (Ismael's mother) and me

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Alliance Francaise

This is a cool place in Ziguinchor with art exhibits, musical performances, and a nice restaurant with an outdoor cafe.  Tina brought me there for lunch on one of our shopping trips.

Elinkine

Ismael at his house in Elinkine
Vincent's Family
Elinkine, a fishing village
Vincent's Father, Tina, and Bamba
Myself, Vincent, Bamba and Tina