Playing soccer with the boys

 Just a little intro: Nicole (my sister-in-law) answers her door everyday at around 1:00pm to give a little treat to boys that are sent away from their families to learn the Koran but also spent the majority of their days begging. Many do not know their family and often do not return.
I brought a soccer ball and a basketball to Senegal in hopes of getting to play a bit and be involved in the kids' life. We told a few kids to come and 30 came

 The kids are coming!

We are playing on the street like kids do in Canada. The kids' feet are so tough as there is glass and thorns in the sand. They don't have shoes.

 After the game we had cookies and water.

And if they already had a cookie and you offer another they will be so honest to tell you that they already had one.

birthday celebration

 A yummy birthday breakfast! 

 Steak bar-b-q for dinner.

 Lovely morning walk on the beach.

That was alot of candles to blow out but with three little helpers, we did it!

Going to nature reserve

 Traditional baby carrier. Wasn't Lily's favorite.

 Strolling by the monkeys.

 Pretty bird.

Ellana and Nicole say these guys can jump out of the water. Almost lost a limb.

The market

 Clothes shopping!

 Lily needs a little snack.

 Walking on the shells to the fishing port.

 Fish of all kinds.

 More fish!

Hundreds of people selling their fish on tables or the ground along the shore.

The Beach

 Cooking farmer sausage from Steinbach.

 Bringing in the catch.

 Girls on the beach.

 Playing hide and go seek. (I still have sand in my ear:)

 Tuckered out.

My wrestling teacher. I didn't have a chance.

A family trip to the farm

 The girls playing and keeping Lily hydrated.

 Lily's first try at the wheel.

 Walking through the farm on a hot morning.

 Overlooking the farm.

 Ellana feeding the cattle.

 Lily's not too sure about the chick.

 People in the background getting water from the well outside the farm gate.

A village near the farm.

 At the farm: using the wood from they grow, this process will smolder the wood to create charcoal. This charcoal is sold for cooking purposes.

 This is what you call eating together. Sharing lunch from a communal bowl.

 A view over the land.

 Roadside: babies go along for the ride.

A village of houses with a fence surrounding the village.

Lily's bed

Lily had her own bed on the plane. She had a few good naps over the ocean.

Leaving Winnipeg

Passports in hand leaving Winnipeg!

Chilly Thompson

Left Thompson at a balmy -42C!