Here's the team's plan for Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday of this week. Remember that 'plans change' is the rule, not the exception, in Africa. So check back daily to find out what really happened.
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| International School of Ouagadougou (K-12) |
Wednesday, 1/4: After a good night's sleep and a relaxed breakfast provided by local missionaries (& Messiah alumni), the team will head out on various shopping expeditions, to get to know their neighborhood and prepare for their work here. This is a cross-cultural course for the students, so we'll have a lecture/discussion in the afternoon at a local nature park. Want to follow along? Our discussion book is The Hole in Our Gospel. Dinner will probably be at a local restaurant, maybe at the International School of Ouagadougou (left) with missionaries for company.
Thursday, 1/5: Dani, Katie, Lauren, & Dr. Hare will spend the morning observing how Compassion International teaches and provides for 270 Burkinabe children in one neighborhood of Ouagadougou. The Assemblies of God church where the program is held is within walking distance of our guest house. Our visit will be especially meaningful to Katie, who sponsors one of the children there; a 7-year old boy named Gal-yam. Gal-yam's mother broke her leg last spring and couldn't afford to have it set properly by a doctor. She relied on local medicine people ('traditional medicine), and the bone healed improperly. She will now need surgery to rebreak the bone and set it correctly. We've been praying that she can find the resources and courage to have this done.
Austin, Jeremy, Kara, Matt, and Dr. Weaver will begin their computer networking projects with Joel Gray, Director of the Missionary Institute of the Sahel. And Kevin, Jean, David, Charlie, and Dr. Fish will continue preparations for their engineering work. Another lecture, another dinner, some more rest.
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Center for Advancement of the Handicapped
Mahadaga |
Friday, 1/6: Ten of the group heads west to the city of Banfora for the weekend, while the remaining six enjoy one more day in the capital before they head east to Mahadaga on Saturday. Sorry, Mahadaga hasn't made it to Wikipedia yet. But the village sits just about where the city limits of Diapaga and Logobou meet. From the hilltops we climb there, on a clear day, one can see all the way to Togo and Benin.
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| Mahadaga sunset |
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