I made it to Senegal! I have been staying in Dakar for the past couple of days now because and we are heading out to Kaffrine tomorrow. Dakar has been so great! It has been more of a relaxing time because we were waiting for another apprentice to fly in. The Garrett’s (the people that I am interning for) and I took a day and did some errands around Dakar and I got to see most of the city. I also got to spend a lot of time seeing and learning about ministries going on in Dakar. There are so many amazing people doing amazing work here in this city and
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t is awesome to see God using them. The city here is totally different from back in Seattle. I feel like their tallest building here is the size of our smaller buildings in Seattle. Most of the city is filled with either abandoned buildings or buildings under construction. The streets are filled with crazy drivers and people coming right up to you trying to sell everything such as phone minutes, shoes, sunglasses, peanuts (which is Senegal’s main crop), cologne, cloths, and literally anything else you can think of. It is crazy but I love it here! The people are nice and they love to joke around. In almost every conversation people are teasing and having fun with each other. Walking around and try to interact with some of the people makes me want to start to learn the language asap! I cannot wait to be able to talk to these people and just have more fun in this culture! I will be starting my language lessons of 6 to 8 weeks next Tuesday or Wednesday after we get back from the village. They keep telling me to enjoy my time here in Dakar because Kaffrine is a completely different place. It is much more of a rural area and it will be over 100 degrees for the rest of this month and some of next month before it gets into rainy season.
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t is awesome to see God using them. The city here is totally different from back in Seattle. I feel like their tallest building here is the size of our smaller buildings in Seattle. Most of the city is filled with either abandoned buildings or buildings under construction. The streets are filled with crazy drivers and people coming right up to you trying to sell everything such as phone minutes, shoes, sunglasses, peanuts (which is Senegal’s main crop), cologne, cloths, and literally anything else you can think of. It is crazy but I love it here! The people are nice and they love to joke around. In almost every conversation people are teasing and having fun with each other. Walking around and try to interact with some of the people makes me want to start to learn the language asap! I cannot wait to be able to talk to these people and just have more fun in this culture! I will be starting my language lessons of 6 to 8 weeks next Tuesday or Wednesday after we get back from the village. They keep telling me to enjoy my time here in Dakar because Kaffrine is a completely different place. It is much more of a rural area and it will be over 100 degrees for the rest of this month and some of next month before it gets into rainy season.
I got to play football (soccer as we call it) with a bunch of kids in town in Dakar. They have little soccer games going on everywhere or they are just kicking the ball around. They also do not play on fields like back in the States --they play wherever they can
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They mostly play on dirt and rocks and most play without shoes. It’s nice to be somewhere where soccer is appreciated a lot . Soccer is going to be a great way to connect with these kids and get to know them! Hopefully I can use that to start bible storying groups with the kids.
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They mostly play on dirt and rocks and most play without shoes. It’s nice to be somewhere where soccer is appreciated a lot . Soccer is going to be a great way to connect with these kids and get to know them! Hopefully I can use that to start bible storying groups with the kids.
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m super excited to get into Kaffrine tomorrow and start these 6 months of intense ministry! I will be going into the village on Friday to start working and I will be back on Tuesday. Sorry I have not gotten any pictures up yet but when I come back on Tuesday I will for sure be getting pictures up! Please keep praying for the Senegalese people and also me! Thank you for your care and support!
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m super excited to get into Kaffrine tomorrow and start these 6 months of intense ministry! I will be going into the village on Friday to start working and I will be back on Tuesday. Sorry I have not gotten any pictures up yet but when I come back on Tuesday I will for sure be getting pictures up! Please keep praying for the Senegalese people and also me! Thank you for your care and support!
Scott
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