Going To The Nations: November 2007

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

What's going on this week?

Well, it's that time of year again! Yup - time to wrap over 2000+ backpacks filled with all kinds of goodies and toys for kids in and around Ouagadougou (pronounced WA-GA-DOO-GOO). I'll be posting short clips of the crazyness over the next couple weeks - so stay tuned and keep those Christmas tunes rolling.
Oh - and in case you were wondering, "how many backpacks is he standing next to?" This is about half of what we still have to wrap! (aprox. 1000 or so)

Monday, November 12, 2007

Another Day in Burkina Faso.....

So, I'ld like to say that this is a rare occurrence around here - but that's not so much the truth. As you can see in this pic, a dump truck was dropping a load and just as he was about finished - whoops! As you can see, a few people standing around; but not much else happening. The only thing that caught my attention about this sight was that is happened just a few hundred yards down the street from my house this time.
I figure they'll finish getting all the sand out of the truck, take a break around noon (no work here between the hours of 12-3pm) and then try and do something about getting that puppy up right. ......