Approxiamately 5 AM: Wake up to the call to prayer from the mosque and go back to sleep
6:30 AM: Wake up to my alarm to meet the bus at 7 (sunrise)
8 - 12:30 PM: Mandinka language class!
12:30 - 2:30 PM: Lunch and nap time or study time or trip to the market
2:30 - 6:00 PM: Either technical training, cross cultural training or health training
After 6: Back to homestays and study and eat dinner....
Wow that was pretty boring after I wrote it out!
Here's more about my family. My host mom is around 50. There are five teenage girls and a six year old boy who live with us. Two of the girls are actual daughters and the other three are my host mom's nieces who live here in Thies to go to school. The boy is also a nephew or son of a cousin and he is attending the koranic school in Thies. Another of my mom's cousins lives with us who is a math and science teacher in Thies; his wife and 6 month old son live in Diourbel. My host father died a few years ago and I am almost sure that he didn't have any other wives. Polygamy is legal here, but only up to four wives, and the man must be able to financially provide for his family. 90% of people in Senegal are Muslim, including my family who are in a more conservative branch, so the women wear head scarves. They are all extremely welcoming though and have had other volunteers in the past so they know what to do with me. =) My home away from home!
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