Week 4

Zach caught our little friend - we have several more - we try to leave them alone. We hear they eat a lot of bugs!

Here is a flower from our courtyard!

Faith carrying her "baby" on her back like the African women!

Here is a real African carrying her baby on her back!

A lady carrying a bunch of stuff on her head - took this from the car. She is cheating a little bit and holding it with her hand - usually they have stuff even higher than this without holding on!

Chris and Faith dressed for church - aren't we cute in our matching outfits!

Here are the kids at the American Club - we went swimming there with some friends.

Here is the church we go to - Bethel Baptist.

We had a fun day on Friday going to the American Club. It used to be the old American Embassy. When they moved to a new building, it was given to the Marines and now it is a club for American government employees. In order to be a member without working for the government you have to have an embassy worker sponsor you. Our friends brought us in as their guests. It was a great break - a little slice of America. It had a huge playground for the kids, with sand and swings and slides. They had a great time playing in the water!

We had our first opportunity to go shopping and do some bargaining. We bought some fabric and then went to a tailor. I had an African outfit made and Ron is going to have an outfit made as well - we will post pictures when all is sewn!

This week is going to be full. We are going on Wednesday to the Museum downtown Bamako. On the first Wednesday of every month it is free. We are going to try to take a taxi - that should be interesting!

Our language learning is going well - Zach will start with a formal tutor - 2 hours a week. We think that he will really fly with some formal instruction.

Thanks for checking in on us - we love hearing from you guys!