Updates

-350 Moringa trees were donated to the orphanage by a family who are here as missionaries in southern Burkina. The trees are extremely healthy and are especially good for treating malnutrition in babies and in nursing mothers. The most amazing part of it to me is how God provides--- on a map of the places in the world with malnutrition, almost the exact same countries are where these trees are able to grow. Such an incredible resource at our fingertips- need for education and awareness is so huge. See http://www.echonet.org/ for more info on these trees Planting the baby trees!
An overgrown tree, but can still harvest the seeds - the leaves and the seeds can all be used for healthy benefits
While planting, we saw an incredible thing- a rainbow AROUND the sun!! God's beauty is astounding

-Still have a few sick children- please be praying for them

-We had a huge storm last night- 2 children from the same family in our church died. We believe that a wall in their home collapsed with the intense winds and the rain beating at the foundation. This is fairly common for houses to be destroyed during rainy season as most are mud brick. An extremely difficult time for them. Not sure of other deaths, but the report was that there was a lot of damage in Yako…

On our road there were trees literally bent over completely from the high winds

-All kinds of funny things come out with the rains!

A snail found next to our house (really big!)

-Killed this in our house!! The people here call them scorpions, but they aren't what we consider scorpionsYuck!

-Our toddlers are talking more and more now!! :) Way to go Brittany and her toddler class

Tibnoma, Joseph, and Ibrahim

-A huge final soccer match in Yako this past weekend!! It was pretty exciting and I ended up sitting next to the younger sister of Yako's "Depute" (I think comparable to a senator). We even had some playful banter going on as she was cheering for the other team. Yako won 2-0!!

-We have one orphanage child at university right now- he (despite many issues with the university) finished his first year with flying colors. Unfortunately, in the last 2 years there have been many strikes with the teachers as well as students. This second year that he started has now been on and off with strikes since it began, and there is a possibility that this year could be a “l’annee blanc” which means a year that doesn’t count. He’s real discouraged and I just wish I could send him to college in the States to continue with his education. He’s studying sociology and has worked so hard… Pleas pray for the teachers and university to be able to come to a good agreement and plan for the years to come (soon!), and please pray for him in this tough time