{"id":181,"date":"2002-11-08T14:20:32","date_gmt":"2002-11-08T13:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greetings.gillespiesonline.com\/?p=181"},"modified":"2002-11-08T14:20:32","modified_gmt":"2002-11-08T13:20:32","slug":"safely-in-dakar-with-all-our-luggage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/?p=181","title":{"rendered":"Safely in Dakar with all our luggage!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We arrived in Dakar last night around 9:30 after a relatively uneventful trip. Our only complications involved the Cleveland airport: we had to repack some of our luggage at the airport; they were insisting that Senegal required us to buy a return trip ticket to prove we could financially leave the country; we had to make a mad dash across the Chicago airport to make our Paris connection since we were 1 1\/2 late out of Cleveland – they were closing the doors as we arrived.  From that point on, we had a smooth trip. Arriving in Dakar was a pleasant experience (compared to Abidjan) as all 5 bags arrived and no one searched our bags!<\/font><\/p>\n

Our new house is also rather a pleasant surprise.  It’s supposedly the one no one wants to live in since it’s so close to the ‘highway’ – nothing separates us but a wall, so it tends to be rather noisy.  But it’s twice the size of our little house at ICA and was more furnished than we expected.  We will have another ICAer (a sweet single lady) living with us who arrives tonight.  We don’t see any problems with this, other than the lack of privacy; but as she is 25+, it’ll be like having Gina back home.  We spent some time unpacking last night and, in spite of the noise, we slept great!<\/font><\/p>\n

Today, we’re just ‘hanging out’, getting familiar with the school and reuniting with the ICA staff and students who are here.  Bob actually had one student tell him she really missed him in science class since her new teacher is weird (meaning Bob wasn’t?) – he’ll mark this day down.<\/font><\/p>\n

Getting connected to the internet was easier than I expected it to be; in fact, I think that my responsibilities will be a lot lighter than at ICA. They will definitely be different, and I’m OK with that.  Bob will probably be teaching 2 Bible classes and 2 science classes, a class load he is happy with. Tomorrow we will be running around some with my co-worker so we can ‘learn the ropes’ a bit.  Our fellow-ICAers are saying they will never drive in Dakar (these are people who drive all over Abidjan), so I guess we’re in for an experience – again.  We officially start with our responsibilities on Monday.<\/font><\/p>\n

You can reach us at the same e-mail address as before; we’ll let you know if and when that changes. Thanks for all your love and care of us while we were home.  We’re really proud of our family and feel like we’re not in this alone, but that all of you are a part of what we’re doing.  That’s a pretty special feeling.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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