June 16th Brian – Paris Charles DeGaule airport We just finished the first leg of our journey home, and we are in Paris for a few hours.
Graduation Saturday was another great African event. It was neat since we got to know the students somewhat, and we got to meet some of their families. It was a 3 hour service in French, (the last hour was tough) and a meal afterward of rice and goat. The goat was good, but I am looking forward to a quarter pounder. We were honored to sit at the head table, actually, there was only a few tables, people just ate in the pews.
I have had some interesting food in Africa for sure. The goat, as I mentioned, Guinea fowl (pentade), Coca fruit, and rabbit. The rabbit was…err…very fresh, as was any chicken we had. A lot of dishes are just eaten with fingers, as messy as the meal is, that’s the way they do it. When in Dapaong…
Church in Dapaong was a blast. This is the regular church for Pastor and the students who live or stay nearby. The drums, again, were just awesome. After the service, Matthew spent some time with a short lesson to the kids. We had the parachute and the kids had a great time. I am not sure how they could have had more fun, having their picture taken and then seeing it, parachute games, or having candy. Bill got literally mobbed passing out candy.
Pastor Glenn gave us a ride to Ouagadougou yesterday. The road from Dapaong to Ouaga is a crazy one. It is the 1st national route, or Route 1! You think our Route 1 is hectic? First of all, there is not a speed limit, so traveling at 170 KMH (105 MPH) is common. That’s the least of the weird things you see on this road. There are a lot of Toyota vans, that seat 12 or so, traveling on this road, with stuff for 12 people on the roof. The stack can be quite high, 7 feet or more on top, that is strange to see, but whoever doesn’t fit inside, rides on the roof with the stuff, or stands on the rear bumper, and that is just nuts!.
We drove by a bad semi accident, it seemed recent, since we traveled the road 2 weeks ago anyway, but its hard to tell past that. I saw 1 ambluance in Ouaga, other than that, no emergency vehicles at all. Unfortunately, a guy on a moped hit Pastors new truck in the back, as we were slowing down. The man was alright, but the truck has some little damage. Pastor was a fine example of grace as he checked on the man, shrugged his shoulders and off we went. No insurance of course, and there are not any body shops, so its fair to say that the damage is permanent.
Mission accomplished! Pastor Glenn said the he was “encouraged” by our visit. Just the ability to talk to someone from the same culture was good medicine. Don’t stop reading the blog, more to come when we get back!
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