This upcoming Sunday, November 4 at 6:30 pm at Sherwood Park Alliance Church, our team will be spending some time talking about our experiences in Burundi...we'd love to have you join us! We will have coffee and light snacks, some formal and informal talk time with the team, and we will also have Joe's favourite photos (on canvas) up for sale in a…
In 3 hours, we leave on the last flight leg of our journey...we board a plane here at London Heathrow for Edmonton. Thank you for following our journeys, and we will see you on the other side of the pond!
Today was kind of a free day for us; but you wouldn't expect us to sleep in, would you? No way! We were up and at breakfast for 7 am as usual. We are staying at the Pearl Hotel, a palace compared to our accommodations the past week in Kayanza...(hot!) running water, air conditioning, and a restaurant. It has made us all reflect even more about our…
You don't really know how dirty you are until you see the bottom of the shower practically dyed red from the clay...that was us today! But boy, did we earn our dirt! But let's start at the beginning of the day. We packed up our belongings at the convent, loaded them into the vehicles, and headed to Mufumya for the last time. We were all excited to…
1. US!!! Wow, what an athletic day! We thought the water walk on Thursday was our aerobic activity for the week (okay month) but...we were wrong! We started on time today, and our first stop was Buraniro for a few child sponsor visits and to visit their Saturday bible clubs. The songs were joyful with a lot of dancing. After bible camp, we went…
via text by Mandy in Burundi Friday. It always comes down to Friday, doesn't it? Today was hands-down the most inspiring, connected day we've had thus far on the trip. We had a packed schedule, and we definitely made the most of it! After breakfast, we drove to Mufumya and started the day with a child sponsor visit, which happened to be Joe's parents'…
via text by Mandy in Burundi This morning we woke up to the two of us who were ill feeling well enough to travel (thank you Cipro!) but a new team member was out for the day (Amy)... and no water in the convent. So some of us got half buckets of scalding water only, some got a quarter bucket, and the rest of us got nice full buckets of frigid water.…
written by Mandy, in Burundi: The morning started early, with a 5-gallon bucket filled halfway with scalding hot water dropped off at our rooms at 6 am. Hmm, bucket of hot water and shower and faucet of cold water = challenging shower! My solution (as a female with longer hair to wash) was to put several cups of cold water in the bucket until it was…
written by Mandy in Burundi: Last night was one of well-needed rest. We all slept well for the most part, and we were awake and at breakfast by 6:45 am. There were lots of fruit and interesting dishes to eat, and the coffee tasted delicious. After breakfast, we drove to the FH Burundi office and had a morning devotion with the staff there. We learned…
After 35 grueling hours in planes and airports, we finally touched down in Bujumbura today at 1 pm (yay!!) only to find out that 3 suitcases had not made the trip from Ethiopia with us...so after Wade and Mike hit the market with Joseph, we cleaned ourselves up and went to supper with the FH Burundi crew and their families - what awesome people!…
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