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Week 1

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Week One Orientation: D ak ar Arrival at Dakar Airport Pictured (L to R): Zig, Collins, Pastor Kristin, Connor, Charlie, Sarah First Sunday worship with SLDS Sunday's Worship Space Arrival : I went into this experience with very little expectation, not knowing what this country was going to look like and much less what daily life here was going to bring.  Landing here was incredibly powerful. The land is flat and sandy, the trees are breathtaking, and the structural development is minimal. I observed all this on the ride into the city of Dakar from the airport. This was the first time I truly felt this experience to be real. The reality of the next year of my life began to soak in. Community: From the moment we stepped off the plane the people of Senegal have welcomed our group with such love and Grace. The SLDS center in Hann Marist has been my cohort's home for the past week and  everyone here has been so incredibly hospitipal. We spend our evenings a