Musser Party of Five

Our first week of school was a success!  Here is a breakdown of each person and what their week looked like: Daisy had a great start to 7th grade!  She is one of 5 girls in her class of 20 students.  Needless to say, she has had an instant group of friends (the girls gotta stick together).  She has a great class with sweet students.  She is taking the usual, Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science.  Her electives are Bible & French 1.  She rotates through PE, Art, Music, & Computers.  She will begin girls intermediate soccer in a few weeks. Reid had a great start to the year as well!  He is in 4th grade and he really likes his teacher.  Reid is also taking French.  He has made friends with a few kids from his class and he loves staying on campus long after school playing soccer and playing with friends.  His favorite part of the day is recess.  He will begin Junior Basketball in a few weeks. Sam had...

Bonjour Nos Amis! (Hello Our Friends!) We have arrived to Dakar and are doing great!  Thank you for all your prayers and support of us.  Our travel and entrance into Dakar could not have gone more smoothly.  All 9 or our checked bags arrived, and before we left DC, we connected with a fellow Dakar Academy teacher who was on our flight.  After arriving, at our house, unloading our bags, and a quick tour of the school, we all took cold showers and had a nap!  Our house is on a busy street and only about a 5 minute family walk to the school.  On day 1 we spent some time walking around the neighborhood and managed to order a pizza for dinner!  Our bodies are definitely adjusting to a 4 hour time difference as we are not very sleepy at 11:00 PM here (7:00 PM) EST.  We are discovering new things here all the time, like trash collection!  Apparently the procedure here is for the garbage truck to drive through the neighborhood beeping it's horn ale...