Abdou from Senegal is not just a kindly and wonderfully skilled counselor (in Pac this summer) but he's become a popular figure with a huge fan base. No joke. People are so instantly delighted with him that his very presence ignites chants of "Ab-DOO! Ab-DOO!" as he makes his modest way through camp. He's always smiling. He's infinitely polite. Two days ago was his birthday and yesterday I walked into lunch only to see him dancing to a sweet flowy sort of song playing through the speakers. Gee, he must have danced like that - a fluid-motion sort of funky dancing - for several minutes as everyone smiled and clapped. A few of the Mac Boys joined in. I took many pictures of this mesmerizingly happy moment and here are two. Is this freedom (feeling free)? I think it is.
