Here is a post from Ann from Sunday!!

It is hot here. It's even hot for ME, and you know what that means for Aimee and what that would be for you. Lots of kids are on the porch. My French has come in handy. They get a big laugh when we try to speak Gourmancha.

I've been tempted to cry a few times. No politics, just survival. People who love Jesus. Went to the graduation ceremonies of the kids--they postponed it due to rain, but still had it. I never thought I'd ask, but pray for rain. It is so dry and the people can't plant their crops. They are a month behind, and they've only had 3-4 rains. Usually everything is growing by now. My camera has been a big hit. I take pictures of life and kids around here. THey want me to, and then show them. What laughs we have had. Aimee is out on the porch playing ball with the kids. She's feeling better, thankfully. Today we went to the church next door where they celebrated the day of the child. Lots of songs. We sang we want to see Jesus lifted High as a group in French and English. The service was in French and Gourmancha.The clinic reminds me of Vietnam/China. So do the people...friendly. I like the bush better than the city.

The guys have already started working on the antennas. Tomorrow, I think, we do the Bible lessons. The kids love my French kid's Bible that I colored in with black people. THey are so used to white pictures...I told them that I think Jesus looked more like them than me!!!

Well, gotta run before the battery dies and electricity runs out. If you can post this on the blog, that would be great!

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Pray for rain folks!!!!

Welcome! Introductions and Presentations

Hello to all our friends and family! Welcome to our blog. We want to thank all of you who are partnering with us, enabling us to go to West Africa, and to thank you for your prayers. As we are gearing up for this awesome adventure, we'd like to share with you who we are and what we will be doing along the way.The team is comprised of seven people, all who attend West Shore Evangelical Free Church in Mechanicsburg, PA.
We are:
Ian Campbell, missions pastor of WSEF
Krista and Steve Frank ( wife/teacher and husband/engineer)
Ann and Aimee Hudson ( mom/ French teacher and daughter, middle school student)
Harold Underwood, engineering professor
Paul Mank, WSEF operations manager

We have been collecting items to take over to the Handicap Center in Mahadaga, Burkina Faso, which is in the southeast corner of the country. We will leave JFK on Monday, June 22, flying through Casablanca, Morocco, and then land in Ouagadougou, BF, which is the capital city. Then we will be driven to Mahadago. Included in our luggage will be antennas, materials for the handicap center-tools, walkie-talkies,wires, books, routers, laptops, clothes, gifts, etc--everything we'll need to set up a wi fi system for the handicap center/school, etc. Matt Walsh, one of the missionaries on furlough, just brought over bags loaded with stuff. We take all that "stuff" for granted here! We will return on July 8th. If our "mission" works, you will hopefully be able to follow us from Mahadaga! We can't forget any pieces here!That's enough for now. We'll try to add pictures of our team before we go.

Blessings to all of you,
Ann

Welcome to our Burkina Faso team blog from WSEF!

In three weeks we will be in Ouagadougou! Amazing!