Same: I swept for quite a while on Sunday. Different: I swept the yard instead of the house! And the goal was to sweep up all the fallen leaves and flowers, but to leave the rocks. There isn’t grass here, so it’s all “dirt” with rocks. The “dirt” is closer to brown sand, though. In […]

Same: At church this last Sunday we had a child dedication. It was very similar to what we’d have at Oakwood, with a Bible verse, vows taken by the parents, and a prayer. Different: There was only one child being dedicated and she wasn’t walked around the church. (I know it’s not very different, but […]

That is completely true. Burkina Faso won the Semi-Finals of the African Cup Wednesday night and the whole country went wild. It was the first time in the history of the country, I believe, that they’ve made it all the way to the final game and it was probably crazier here than if the Packers […]

Before I left the US I shared the following statistic many times: In 2004, only 5% of the roads in Burkina Faso were paved. That’s the latest I knew and I didn’t know what to expect when I got here. From what I’ve seen around town, it looks like that percentage has gone way up […]

On Sunday, Burkina Faso played in the Quarter Finals of the African Cup and won! Everyone here is super excited, since it’s been since 1998 since they’ve been able to play in the Semi Finals. As soon as the game ended there were mass celebrations on the street. It’s amazing how what happened in South […]

Yesterday I was reading in John 13. I came across John 13:7 and thought that it summed things up here quite well. It says, “Jesus replied, ‘You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.’” Sometimes I feel like everyone I meet here could tell me that multiple times a […]