Sunday

Our day began with the bus ride to the mission for breakfast.  We again had a choice of croissants and breads and juice.  The worship service followed.   The service was joyful, Senaglese contemporary with keyboard, drums, guitar,  flute, singers, dancing and clapping.  Donna V. sang "Breath" in French and English joined by Andre the nurse practioner and the whole congregation. Pastor Paul had the honor of being the preacher of the day preaching on Luke 4:14-21, Jesus at his hometown of Nazareth.  The congregation was surprised as the sermon was only 15 minutes in length as they were used to 30 minute or longer sermons.  The service time was 2 hours and regarded by all as a good day of celebration and inspiration.
After the service we went to a Brazilian restaurant in downtown Dakar.  It was a delicious meal with a variety of meats shaved off the skewers. Yum.
We drove by the USA embassy and the renaissance monument before stopping at the home of Senegal superintendent Rev.  Joseph Bleck.  He broke his leg recently so we stopped to visit him and learned more of the mission work from him.
We then headed back to the hotel  to relax, process the data cards, enjoy a sunset from the rooftop and eat sandwiches brought to us at 8 pm.  A few people watched some Senaglese  TV to see the results of the wrestling match which was nothing like American wrestling.   They danced in manly gyrations after having oil poured on them.  Prebout trash talking ensued in front of a crowd of tens of thousands.  The match itself was in a sand court at least as big as a volleyball court.  One guy was about 100 lbs heavier.  The match was composed of a lot of posturing, some punching and finally the big guy got the little one down in the sand.  The match was over in less then 10 minutes.
We were cautioned not to be out after the match as people can be roudy.
There was also a French show trying to explain the English phrase "from the horses mouth."  Quite funny to hear them try to explain that.  How would you explain it to a person from a different language?
We regret we can't post pictures as the connections for us keep blocking submission.   For those of you with Facebook you can look for the Senegal United Methodist page and see some pictures there.
Time for bed.  Off to Rufisque Women's Prison in the morning.
Paul A & company.