8 weeks to go

The year has really flown by. It is hard to believe that we only have 8 more weeks of school before the we will have completed our second year of dorm parenting. It is amazing how much this job teaches you about yourself and others. We have lots of events that will eat away the time - spring musical, Junior/Senior Banquet are two of the big ones. I know that I will be sitting here with my head reeling in June wondering where the time went. For the past 2 weeks it was Spring break. I sit here now at the end of it and wonder where the time went. We enjoyed a week at the beach at a little villa outside of town and just relaxed and swam and hung out with our kids. It was nice to have that time away.

The electricity has been better and as we speak the generator is being installed. The man installing it allowed us to put a deposit down and we are continuing to pray for the money. It will be a huge help in getting all of the laundry done and not having to walk around with flashlights! The internet has been painfully intermittent which makes communication challenging. It is not strong enough for a decent skype call most times, but hopefully that will improve with time. In a place where the infrastructure is growing beyond the country, it makes it difficult for the country to keep up. I think that is where Senegal is currently. Internet, electricity, water all continue to be a challenge for the ever growing country. It is still our biggest challenge, one that we continue to have to be stretched to not go crazy by it! There have been many days that I would have packed it in, but I know that this is where we are supposed to be so we deal with it!

We continue to miss our family and friends and though we haven't started counting down - realize that we will be back in the US in 14 months for our furlough. We continue to thank you for your prayers and support of our family.