Life in Africa

Well, I just got back from my halfway point retreat in Niamey, Niger, and I thought while I was already posting I'd do another one to share some things that are a pretty common part of my life here. Above is the picture of us re-entering the Burkina border. We're chewing on some brochettes (shishkabob) of sheep (probably) which are pretty common. You can get five for about a dollar, but you have to pick the meat off of the bone, gristle, and skin that real Africans would eat.

This is our neighbor Albert (Al-bear), who is a believer, actually a Christian musician. He is Mossi, not Bissa. He is a great friend to us and takes it upon himself to visit and help us whenever he sees fit. While he is one of our closest friends in Ouaga, we don't know hardly any and his English, although increasing quickly, is not at all proficient. So we basically sit in silence or express things using basic vocabularies, hand motions, and a French-English dictionary.










Below are two little girls who live in our compound. The little one on the right is named Solen. She's such a cutie, and T.K. and I always greet her. She's shy, but we can tell she likes us because she always comes to shake our hands while looking at the ground, and when she passes by our door, we can see her looking for us through the window. One day she got brave enough to come inside and she had these strange horns in her hair.













This picture is me standing in the non-loti where T.K. and I will wonder around in the afternoons looking for Bissa to share the gospel or a story with.













And below is a picture that would totally blow me away if I saw it on an American highway. However, on an African road it is very normal to see any kind of vehicle loaded with stuff twice it's actually height on top. Usually this would include people and animals on top as well.