Day 22: Another hot day

The weather here has been extremely hot for the past week. We’ve had barely any rain, yet the humidity still sits around 90%. The date being September 21, my body is confused to why it’s still so hot. I should be wearing hooded sweatshirts and maybe even jeans by now. However, this is not so.

Today’s weather was no exception to this heat. It was already starting to get hot when we walked out the door of our house at 850 in the morning. After French class, we had a discussion about our service learning projects from the previous day, and talked about how we could make them all better. After lunch was a lecture on the history of spirits here in Yoff. The professor showed us a video of women in trance who were supposedly possessed by evil spirits. It’s very hard for us to accept this stuff as true, unlike the Senegalese (most of whom have believed it their entire lives.) Came back for dinner, had Alison and Ali (Senegalese student) over for dinner.

In closing, I’d like to welcome any questions people might have about Senegalese culture, Yoff, or the experience that I’m having here so far. For the next week and a half, we will be here in Yoff doing a lot of the same stuff everyday. That said, it would be nice to hear what people are curious about, so I could answer their questions in my journal entries. My e-mail is: Element915@aol.com. Don’t hesitate.