Around 3:30 pm this afternoon (PST), 11:30 pm Senegal time, our Travel Team boards a flight in Dakar for home. They're expected to arrive at Sea-Tac Airport a little before 12:30 pm tomorrow (Saturday), after a brief layover in Paris--a journey of more than 21 hours and 6,000 miles. Talk about jet lag!
SENEGAL15 has also been a journey of faith, love and God's presence, as members of our Team will share with us once they're back home and rested.
Here are a few highlights from yesterday and earlier today:
Thursday, 01/08
Our Travel Team drove about 20 minutes from their guest house in Thies (Chess), where they've been staying this week, and visited the Monastery of Keur Moussa (House of Moses). The monastery is known for its outstanding music (producing CDs). "And the Benedictine brothers raise all kinds of fruit and produce juices, preserves and other things (goat cheese, West African kora harps) to sell in a gift shop (on site)," says Team Member John Mason.
Since 1961 when the monastery was founded by French monks, Keur Moussa has been providing health care to the local Muslim population and distributing food to the needy. Today, almost half of the monastery's community is Senegalese. Click here for Gregorian chants by the brothers, YouTube.com.
After the morning visit to the monastery, our Team had free time. "After lunch, I went for a five-mile walk!" says John. Others rested and relaxed, some went shopping.
Friday, 01/09
Today, our Travel Team packed up and drove to Dakar after lunch. There, they met with representatives of the ministry that handles child sponsorships for the George Flattery Christian School, located in Kaolack (see map, bottom of page), not far from Kaffrine. Then, it was off to dinner--the final meal in Senegal . . . until next trip!
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