No Longer Homeless

We signed the contract for our apartment! ONE YEAR!

It was a long, hot process as we walked from neighborhood to neighborhood, in the 90 degree weather, looking for an apartment to rent. Once you find one that you are interested in, you must barter for the best price. Yes, you literally barter for the roof over your head. Thankfully our host was with us to help negotiate and to make sure that we ended up in a decent location. We saw about five apartments, and we are choosing the first one we ever looked at. It’s small (one bedroom), but it’s really all we need! Plus it’s a big step up from our apartment in Conakry because here our apartment will have (drumroll please…) RUNNING WATER and ELECTRICITY!

So now we wait for the last-minute “details” to be wrapped up (getting the keys, moving some furniture over there, turning on the water and electricity, getting internet hooked up, etc.) and we will be moving in!

We thank God for a temporary place to stay (the guesthouse) and we thank God for providing us with a new home here in Dakar.

The French "to rent" sign.