Paris Tasks Accomplished

One of the first team objectives for this trip was accomplished before most of the team even left campus. Dr. Hare rang in the New Year in Tours, France, where she picked up six new netbook computers that SIM ordered to create a new, portable computer lab for teaching technology use to local youth and adults in Ouagadougou. French computers use a different keyboard than the standard English layout. And for security reasons, French netbooks cannot be shipped out of the European Union. So it was worthwhile to extend one team member's layover by a few days, and Dr. Hare was willing to make the sacrifice :). Next step: pray that all this technology makes it safely to Burkina Faso without any problems in customs.