Made it to Burkina Faso

Our team of eight made it to Burkina Faso in Africa yesterday evening. We also traveled with Chris and Connie Feild and their five kids. Chris and Connie are from West Ridge, and their family is going to be staying in Burkina for the next couple of years to serve at our new guest house at the school that I mentioned in my previous post.

Here are a few highlights from the last 48 hours:

• We flew through Paris, but we only had a two-hour layover. That means I traveled all the way to Paris for the first time and only saw the airport.
• There were cows roaming around the airport in Niger when we stopped there for a brief layover. That’s something you don’t see at ATL.
• We’ve been welcomed by our friends in Burkina. They made us feel at home yesterday evening. Our first meal was pizza and Coke.
• This morning for breakfast we had fresh bread and Starbucks. Thanks to Via, we have Starbucks in Africa…even though we couldn’t get Starbucks in Anderson SC. :-)
• We’re staying in the guest house that West Ridge teams have built. This week it’s home away from home for our team.
• Even though it’s sunny and near 100 degrees during the day, the ceiling fans at night keep the place very comfortable.
• This morning, the folks here in Burkina are having a service/ceremony to welcome the Feild family. The locals are certainly excited to have them here.
• There’s a little bit of the U.S. everywhere you go. Driving to the guest house last night, we saw Goodyear and Shell, and I snapped the picture of the Hanna Montana cookies. I think I’ll pass on the cookies.

It’s looking like we may have Internet connection for brief moments just about every day, so I’ll try to keep you updated on the action.