Tchad

Nope, it's not a typo.  "Tchad" is the official French spelling of the country we are learning to call home.  We can hardly believe a month has passed since we landed in the African Sahel!

What have we been doing?

We gave ourselves a week to settle a bit -- unpacking, organizing, orienting -- the usual post-move stuff.  And then, well, we dove in head first...

Sunset
(Actually looking over at Cameroon)

Not literally...

G is finishing her 3rd week at her new (still in French) school and has enjoyed every minute!  We are thankful for the new friends she has made, and we are happy that she can spend her mornings in a French-speaking environment.  She's also really enjoyed getting to know other English-speaking kiddos who live nearby and to her delight many afternoons are spent playing with them.

1st day in 4K

Courtyard of G's school

School playground

S has really taken off...literally...he's improved his crawling speed although still mostly using "army-style," he's pulling up and trying to cruise along furniture/table/etc, he's discovered cabinet doors and to his delight the contents within...

G enjoys the more advanced "play" that S can join in now.  Get the two of them together with a couple empty Nido (powdered milk) tins and wooden spoons and you have quite the show!!

And the adults?  Well, we have become children again.  At least it feels that way for 3 hours a day while we learn Chadian Arabic -- our latest linguistic adventure!  We are VERY thankful for A, our talented and patient language tutor; she is truly an answer to prayer.

Enjoying a little "green" space
(NOT the normal sight here...this is taken on the river bank)

We appreciate your continued prayers for us.

DDG&S