Whoa...

Oh my goodness.
Altogether if I look back at the weekend, I have really enjoyed it, with the camping and all. But it has been really difficult! Friday I was going to go to this Raggae concert that was supposed to be really good, but I didn't end up going. I was so mad because I really wanted to hear it. Instead I was home being violently ill. I'm not exaggerating when I say violent. It was bad. I think it was because of the food that we had for lunch that day.
And then because I got sick the way I did I didn't want to eat anything at all! I stopped getting sick in the middle of the night, but I still felt ill.
Anyways, yesterday morning the volunteers met at the Patesserie to catch taxis and go camping. The place where we went (Zebrabar) was really beautiful! At first I was thinking that it would be a horrible weekend because I was to sick and tired to care about anything. But today was really cool! I feel a lot better but my stomach still feels a little icky when I eat things or smell any Senegalese food... I think I will be shying away from it my last week, but I'm not sure what I will actually eat if I do that... I'll figure something out!
Sorry for being so scattered. Yesterday I layed in the sun a lot and fell asleep on my stomach and the one side of my face and my back got REALLY sunburned. It hurts really bad but I think its getting better already. I just don't know how I managed to get sunburned like that because I did put loads of sunscreen on! I also have random spots on my body where you can tell that I missed... So I sort of look tie-dyed. Interesting. Today I tried to stay out of the sun as much as possible to avoid making my sunburn worse.
Today was really cool because A few of us volunteers went on a short boat trip to go see this island with tons of birds on it! It was so cool! It was more like a small piece of land in the middle of the water. But there were so many birds! They were all so beautiful! It was mostly seaguls and pelicans. We got really close to where they were and then all of the birds started to fly up and over us! It was so loud and freaky at first, but then again really awesome! Its something that you would have to experience yourself or atleast see the pictures and videos that I took! : ) Nick I think you would have really enjoyed it! then we went to the ocean and it was so beautiful there too! The waves were so big and the water was so blue!
I was really glad that I went to see these things because before hand I was having a really hard time... I was so homesick and sad, and it didn't help that I had been sick again. Things are so much worse when you don't have a mommy and daddy to take care of you: ) Anyways, I started crying and my friend Maissa was really supportive and helpful! She made me feel better. I'm so glad that God has blessed me with another friend to help me get through this last week. But seeing the birds and the ocean just made things even easier for me to get through because what I saw was so cool and exciting, and I knew for sure that I would not be able to experience something like that ever again.
Thank you for all of your prayers and support. It all means so much! Please pray for my faith because I feel like it is getting weaker, and I am having trouble remembering to pray. Me praying is one of the most important things because I know that I can do good things things through God. And I also know that if I fail forget to pray or forget to be thankful to God things won't go well. So please pray that my faith would continue to grow stronger.
Also pray for my health and that I would not get sick anymore. Pray that God would also provide me with food that won't upset my tummy : ( And that my host family would understand that I won't be able to eat those things and that they would provide me with different food.
Thank you all so much again for the notes and prayers! It helps so much to know that I have a blanket of prayer surrounding me. I love and miss you all so much!!!
Hey, only like 5 more days until I come home!! : ) Looking forward to that! But until then have a great week!
Love In Christ,
Lindsey