On our second day, we started off with a two hour survival wolof course!

Asalaam Malekum / Malekum Salaam - Greeting

Nanga def? - How are you?

Mangi fii rekk. Yow nak? - I am well. And you?

Nanga tudd? - What's your name?

Hilary laa tudd. - My name is Hilary.

Ana wa ker ga? - How is your family?

Nunga fa. - They are there. (They are well.)

Alhamdulilaay! - Thanks to God!

Jerejef - Thank you

Nok ko bok - You're welcome

After our language lesson, we went upstairs and had a cultural lecture, focusing on what it feels like to enter a new culture; we immeditately see words, actions and expressions, but it takes longer to recognize beliefs, values, and move past assumptions.

After our lecture, we had lunch. They brought in mats, gave the girls "skirt tablecloths" and had everyone wash their hands before sitting around a big bowls of fish, rice, and vegetables. I was unable to eat from the main bowl (I'm vegetarian and I don't eat fish) but I enjoyed everyone else eat with their hands!

Later that evening, we went back to the apartment for our last night staying there as a group. The next day, we would move into host families!