December 30, 2011

Welcome to our Home

Here are some long awaited pictures of our home in Thiès...

Front outside door & walkway leading to the front inside door
 

the front entrance door to go inside the house is under & to the right 

come on inside...

the kitchen

master bedroom

master bath                                   guest bathroom

hallway past 2 guest bedrooms on the left, living room off to the right

guest bedroom

living room

front hallway w/ large window, door off to the left leads outside to garage

now back outside,
this is the oustide walkway that goes past the large windows in the above picture,
leading to garage

garage area opens to our 3 mango trees right outside the 3 bedroom windows

back on the other side of the house, outside of the kitchen & inside front door
there is the outside shower & bathroom (small bldg w/ 2 doors)

the front door opening to the inside the house is off to the left
these stairs lead up to the roof

our orange tree on the right & the far bldg (see door) is a storage area

and now, look who has decided to take up residence with us...

this little kitty showed up out of the blue one cold December morning
...she refuses to leave...
and, of course, I can't bring myself to get rid of her either
she eats everything I give her

and loves to run & play all around the house

but she's terrified to go outside the house compound and
unfortunately, she's scared of us...
no matter how much I tell her I'm a really nice person & that I love cats, haha...
so for now, she's "living" in the storage bldg
but that won't last forever cause as she gets bigger,
the harder it'll get to sneak in & out of the bldg thru the small opening in the door

we'll just have to see if she continues to stick around
especially since we're leaving soon for the States,
which I'm a little bummed about
cause I'm really loving getting to know this little cutie

December 26, 2011

Christmas 2011

Beginning with Christmas Eve service & dinner at church.

Philippe & Jimmy in charge of grilling the meat



while inside, there was singing & dramas acted out by the youth


these dresses were handmade & donated by our friends, Steve & Ann Wiegand

dinner is served - finally!
(I think by now it was close to 11:30pm!)




Christmas Day at the "big family"




And to cap it all off, Christmas Night dinner at our house with our good friends
Jimmy, Olivia, Mbaye Sylla, & Mayé
(and of course, I forgot to get a picture of all of us together - sorry!)

December 20, 2011

Maurice & Eweline

Last Saturday, we attended the wedding ceremony of our friends, Maurice & Eweline.
Here's the happy couple...



 the bridal party entering the reception


and, another happy couple ;-)

December 12, 2011

Reception in Senegal

Since our wedding took place in the USA this past May, our church here in Senegal wanted to organize a mini reception so they could celebrate with us too,
which they did this past Saturday.
Here are some of our favorite pictures from the evening...








with our friends & mentor couple, Moses & Beth

 with the womens group from church

with Mbaye Sylla & Jimmy

with Maman Elise & Suzanne