Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Subject: West Africa V 8 Sep 2006 - Sponsored Child Visit
Hello from Ghana! Today is our last day in West Africa on this trip. We have a 10:30 pm British Air flight tonight and will arrive back home on Wednesday evening if all goes well.
While I was in Iowa on vacation last month we realized that our nephew Matt Boender (Beth’s brother Bill’s eldest son) sponsors a child in Burkina Faso. Last Friday, August 8, we had the opportunity to visit Nikiema Abdoul Kader. Kader’s 8th birthday was Sunday, Sept 10. Kader is from a Muslim family and lives with his mother and siblings in a compound that houses 18 people. Kader’s father has passed away but he had two wives, Kader’s mother and another wife. Even though the father has died the two wives and their families continue to live together. Kader’s mother makes a paste from peanuts (peanut butter or something similar, I guess) and sells that in the market.
The church facility where Kader’s project meets
The project staff of BF-500
Pictures of Children in the Project
In the little compound where all 18 people live, there are six rooms (3 on one side and 3 on the other) where people sleep. Kader, his Mom and two siblings sleep in the room at the end (the one with an open door and a child in yellow looking in).
Kader & Dan
Kader looking at the gifts sent from Iowa while sitting in his “bedroom”
Praying for Kader
Luc (Compassion’s Sponsor/Donor Ministry Supervisor in Burkina Faso), Kader’s Mom and two brothers, Kader, Dan, and the project worker
I had taken a picture of Kader with his Mom and brothers and apparently hadn’t given proper respect to the first wife. Here is Kader with the “other” wife and some of her family.
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