Charles and I have found an apartment and are slowly establishing our home. We now have living room furniture and drapes for the windows. We also have drapes for the doors as does most every home here in Senegal. In fact, some homes have drapes for all the walls of the living room! But, I didn’t go that far. We don’t have everything we would like for our home but we have all we need for now. Maybe a bed, cushions for the furniture, and oven will come later. We are happy to be together beginning our married life in a cute little apartment for two. We live in sunny Dakar in a fairly calm part of town. Our neighbors have a few trees including a mango tree so we are blessed to hear lots of birds every day. We also hear the sheep that are next door and the prayers of the dominate religion that are sent over loud speakers all around town 5 times a day. There are several venders who sell soap, fish, brooms, and other things that walk our little street daily. They always have some catchy phrase they holler out in woolf “fish for sell” or “soap, come buy soap”. I like to hear their sing song calls but still have to ask Charles what they mean since I do not speak Woolof. We like our neighbors and are getting to know them better. Pray that we are a blessing here in our little neighborhood and have good relationships with people. We pray that we can be good witnesses here. Praise God for our apartment!
