Our new home.

Today was our third day in Senegal. Already we know how to ask “What do you call this?” (Lee nocka le tudd) and point to something. We also know a acknowledgement greeting which you say before you enter a group or someone’s house (Salome malikoom) , “thank you”.(jury jeff) and “your welcome” (nunca buck).

We are settled into our new home, which doesn't take much when all you have is a suitcase or two, but here are some photos of the inside as well as the surrounding property.

Here is our house from the outside.
From inside looking back at the front door, that is our kitchen on the right.
Looking further left from the entryway, this is our living room.
The door to the left of the couch in the above picture goes up to the roof, where we hang our cloths to dry.
Our bedroom.
Our little office in our bedroom.
This is the beautiful view from our desk.
Back in our living room, Scotty is working on getting things working with the computer.
Here is our bathroom.

We also have a washer, which is broken at the moment, but Scotty is working on getting that fixed.

Now for the OUTSIDE:

These three huts are just outside of our house. A few of the Monkeys live in one together.
Here is one of the many bugs in Senegal, this one is only the size of a dime.
There is a citron tree just outside of our house.
A banana tree behind our house.
Looking from our house back towards the front of the property where Herma's house is. The little shack is an outdoor shower.

We were spoiled our whole first day because we had electricity ALL day. Since then we have only had electricity in the evening, but none during the day. This is good and bad, good because we have electricity to power the fan in our room (no AC) and bad because the boys (hereafter referred to as the Monkeys) are unable to work on most of their projects because they have no power.

Things are going really well and we are slowly starting to make some friendships. There is a lot of staring, especially from younger children, but the stares soon turn to smiles with a little persistence.

More soon.

Love, Scotty and Crystal