Sunday

Here are some pics of us in our Sunday best - it is amazing at what some of these tailors can do - they are very talented. We are having the boys some clothes made - Zach wants a whole outfit like Ron's - Luke only wants a shirt!

Things are going well - tomorrow we are going downtown to the Artisans Market - we are taking the famous green buses, called sotramas. It should be interesting to have a bunch of white people crammed in! It should be a sight. They have tried to prepare us for the market - they say it is a little crazy. The vendors are very aggressive - you have to be prepared to bargain hard!

With Ron going to the village, we finally bought into learning some Bambara. We now have enough of the greeting to be friendly. It is amazing to see their eyes light up when we go through the greeting. We can see why it is called their heart language - it excites us to learn Wolof (which is the heart language of Senegal). French is the trade language, but if we truly want to share the love of Christ and build a relationship we have to speak Wolof. That terrifies me - not quite sure how much this old brain can hold, but we are going to try our hardest. Ron still will post on his trip to the village - I could try, but he will do it better justice! We love and miss you guys and are so thankful for your prayers!