Since the start of 2014 I have had London and a family visit to look forward to. My Mom, sister Angie and niece Alexis came and have now gone. And school is about to be out for the summer so that means everyone is making plans to go back to their country of origin (Canada,USA,Brazil,Korea,Japan,England,Germany and all around Africa). And then there is us who will hold down the fort. Mike will be working hard on his dissertation for his Doctorates in Leadership.
So what are the kids and I to do?
I have some things lined up for us. Such as french classes, travel around Dakar more on our own, help out at the talibe center, develop deeper friendships with the people that are staying here and do cooking classes with the kids friends. I have been taking a lot of pictures this year so I will soon be posting those as well.
But I have to admit I'm depressed. I am not looking forward to the heat, as well as the electricity and water cuts, and the craziness that comes with school and all the activities that go with it will be gone so the campus will be silent.
But, enough of my whineness.
God is great! During my family's visit we got to go to a local talibe center and a village 3 1/2 hours from Dakar and got to see amazing healing and how God works through others. I will post pictures from the village in another post but because of the subject matter I won't post any from the talibe center. If you have any questions about the talibe kids and how it works you can look it up on wikipedia. The talibe kids are a constant here in Senegal, they are all around and several groups have set up a center or "home" for these boys so they know they have a safe and loving place to come and take a shower, food, medicine and can even play a little bit and just be a kid. The boys are brought from their villages at about the age of 5 to 15 where they go out on the streets and beg for money.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talibe
It has been an amazing year. God has shown me so many things that my mind is still scrambled and trying to make sense of it. But I wouldn't have it any other way. Mike and the kids have learned so much as well. It's definitely been a year we will never forget. So for now we will enjoy the summer and see what next year brings!
