Hope for Mali dinner/auction

 Last night we went to a Hope for Mali dinner and auction with the Waters' and Darrell and Dyann.  It was a blast!!  Above is Mamadou Diabate playing the kora.  At the bottom of the page I recorded 30 sec. of him  playing.  We also bought a CD.  Such cool music!!

 We had an authentic African dinner.  It was spicy.....not mexican kind of spicy but different.  They have a hot sause that Steve tried and told me to stay away from cuz it was soooooo hot.  They food was delicious!!!!!

 Yeah Samake (below) gave a talk about the schools in Mali and thanked everyone for their help.  He's such a great guy!!!  Just overall......a great evening.  Thank you Steve Waters for inviting us!!!