What in the world would you think if we asked friends over for lunch and made them sit around a common bowl and continually double dipped in the same plate with four or five others?
Here in Senegal, this is the way you eat most of all your meals. Together. And if you are really seeking to become like the culture, you eat with your right hand. No spoons or forks.
One thing you learn when you travel and cross cultures is adaptability and flexibility. Lunch is when it's served...no real set time...it's event orientated...not time orientated.
For us from the west, it's the toughest part of crossing cultures. We are on time. In Senegal, and most other countries I would presume, time means something much different.
Like one wise African told me years ago, "You Americans have the watches, us Africans have the time."
Oh to have a little more of that back home... more time.
Would you consider praying for us the next ten days?
Heres a few things you can pray for.
1- Safety
2- Adaptability
3- Continued relationships
4- Family back Home
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