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Summer 2010
This week (June 3) at Chez Goshen the meal was made by Alysha, Leah, Erin, Noah, Josh, and Patrick. It included preparing vegetables and fruit, cooking rice,…
For the past 4 ½ weeks our daily routine has included language study in the mornings and lectures or presentations about Sénégal and its culture in the…
This past Sunday we took a field trip that combined a variety of stops. We began our day at Keur Moussa, a Catholic monastery, where we caught…
Touba is the center of Muridism, one of the four prominent Islamic brotherhoods in Sénégal. The founder of Muridism, Cheikh Amadou Bamba, lived in the 19th Century. …
We spent an afternoon participating in the process of tie dye and batik. We learned four different techniques that are commonly used – simple tie dye, stitching…
This week we visited the capital Dakar to see the center of the city which, during the French colonial period, was also the administrative center for all…
We took a one-day field trip to Gorée Island, located off the coast of Dakar. Gorée played a significant role historically as a trading center and as…
Chez Goshen, which also serves as Ron & Sally Jo’s home, is where we meet once a week for singing, worship, reflection, and group debriefing. We also…
At the end of our first week we took a 3-day field trip north to Saint-Louis, the capital of Sénégal during the French colonial period. It is…
Students got a basic introduction to Wolof, the language spoken by nearly everyone in Sènègal. Next week we will switch to French for our language classes. French…
