This girl is set up!

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Perks of Lindsey's life here that I am taking advantage of--

Running water. 

Her very sweet host family who makes us a great Gambian lunch almost daily. 

A thirty minute walk from the beach. 

Ultimate frisbee games on Monday and Thursday afternoons organized by Dave, an American who has lived here for about five years... Takes me back to my high school youth group days...

Game night on Saturdays, also hosted by Dave. 

A great circle of Peace Corps friends and German volunteers. 

A beautiful bookstore close by, owned by a British woman. Once I step in there I have a hard time leaving. And not just because of the air conditioning. 

Senegambia, where you dance until dawn. 

It's been a good week. 


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