Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006
Subject: The Trumble Travels - West Africa IV 7 Sep 2006 - Project Visits
Hello again. I sure don’t deal with the heat very well. This isn’t really all that hot of a time of year here in Burkina Faso but it’s plenty warm for me.
On Thursday we had the opportunity to go to the community of Koudougou and visit 2 projects. The first one we visited was project BF-107. It is a ministry of a large Assemblies of God Church (3000 or so in the congregation). Compassion’s partnership with this church formally began less than one year ago.
The infrastructure in Burkina Faso is pretty tough. Lots of dirt roads and generally very limited facilities. While we were at the project I identified a child whose family had received a gift from the sponsor family a while back. The poor kid was maybe 6 years old or so and probably a bit overwhelmed to be talking to this fat, white guy who doesn’t even speak the language. If I understood correctly he may have been sleeping because he was not feeling well so that’s too bad. Anyway, what the family bought with the gift was a big drum on wheels (like a 55 gallon drum or something similar). This allows them to carry water around to sell it.
The other partner we visited was project BF-107 at a Baptist Church. The compound that the church is in is quite large and includes the old facilities for a Bible School including some dormitories. However, the Bible School has moved to a different city and thus is not using the facilities anymore so there’s a bunch of unused facilities on the property.
Project BF-254
Someone needs to have a chat with this young lady in the hat and inform her of the dangers of heat stroke.
Compassion Mission Statement in French
Project BF-107
The kitchen. The baby is about 1 month old.
Restroom facilities
The boy’s restroom
Kids
Eggs & live chickens for sale alongside the road
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