Headed home

We have safely arrived back in Ouaga and just had our last meal in Burkina. We leave for the airport at 04:30AM, or as Sam says "O dark-thirty". Our last few days in Mahadaga were packed full, and saying goodbye this morning wasn't very fun. We celebrated Ian's birthday yesterday and last night he, the Swiss couple, Josh and I went into town to watch the Chelsea soccer game on a little tv in a hut "theater". We figured we would live up our last night in Mahadaga and stayed up late playing games and a prank on the men.... We took Ann (Swiss Ann)'s goat from the pasture and put her in the boys' cabin, where she bleated and cried so loudly!! Yes, this was done by our missions pastor. You can ask the guys for their reactions ;)

Follow-up on our projects:
We were able to finish a lot of the tree work and clear the brush around the SIM station. The large tree trunks will be used to make mortar and pestles for pounding grain and nuts.
Our team mechanics were able to fully repair 1 Rhino and determined the parts needed for the second. They also attached a trailer to the van which transported our luggage today.
The electrician group finished the wiring needed, and got electricity into 2 houses.
The ladies did a few odd projects such as cleaning and organizing the artisan store at the handicapped center.
And Doreen and I finished our time at the medical center with a discussion/debrief with the doctors and medical director. We were able to give our feedback and observations as well as discuss possibilities for future medically oriented teams. We discussed the barriers to improving the health of the community and breaking cultural traditions/superstitions. We were able to encourage them in their work and pray that the Lord would use physical healing to give way to spiritual healing.

I look forward to being able to post more pictures when we get back!! For now i hope this pic posts of the SIM team in Mahadaga. Thank you for following our blog and supporting our trip, and we look forward to sharing in person!