Dear Senegal...

Dear Senegal,

Today, on your Independence Day, I'd like to thank you for a few things.

Thanks for giving me a second "home" almost 9 years ago.

Thanks for being full of welcoming, beautiful people.

Thanks for being the home of Dakar Academy, the school where I work.

Thanks for producing delicious food.

Thanks for terranga - the incredible hospitality shown by your people.

Thanks for generosity and sacrifice.

Thanks for fun and excitement.

Thanks for laughter.

Thanks for bright, beautiful colors.

Thanks for sunshine and rain.

Thanks for churches, overflowing with people.

Thanks for openness to hearing the Gospel.

Thanks for so graciously accepting those of us from elsewhere.

Thanks for being "home" to so many.

Thanks for being you.

Sincerely, 

Me