Thursday, February 25, 2010

February 25: sights and sounds of Dakar

A friend of ours found this video on YouTube and I thought you might enjoy seeing a few minutes of Dakar life.

Friday, February 12, 2010

February 12: W.A.I.S.T. preview!

Tomorrow W.A.I.S.T. (the annual West Africa Invitational Softball Tournament) begins.  Dave is playing on a team in the competetive league,  and coaching DA's j.v team which will play in the "social" league.  DA's varsity will contend in the competitive league, and there's another DA community team playing in the social league.  Lots of games to watch, lots of friends and family cheering on their teams!  (And passing out ice and ibuprofen!) 

If two of the DA-related teams make it to the finals which are played on Monday, DA will declare a school holiday to allow staff and students to play in the last game...  and fans to cheer... fan tension is high on Saturday and Sunday hoping the teams will win them a free day on Monday!

Here's one picture from last year, and links to photo-sets from the two years before that if you'd like to get a sense of what the next few days might be like!