Back in Burkina

We are back in Ouagadougou.  Land of the … rain!  What a nice transition – from a muggy Ontario August to the last showers of a Ouagadougou rainy season.  Yes the roads are awful but the rain is sure refreshing.

It hasn’t taken long for Ouaga to feel like home again.  We had to hit the ground with our feet running and were welcomed with visit after visit from friends.  Forget about “setting up house” again and just expect to chat with people for a while. 

The University of Ouagadougou resumed classes September 1, after the violence that broke out last June.  So far, exams are moving along, but there is still an uneasiness about the campus, especially since the police are now patrolling there.  University students are not happy about the police presence at all, but for now there is peace.

We’re still feeling out this whole blog thing.  Not quite sure how it will be used.  I (Jeff) don’t want it to be an online journal of everything we’re feeling, nor a replacement for a better written, good-quality prayer letter.  But keep checking for some interesting tid-bits here and there that might not otherwise make it into a newsletter.  Note: our official letters will be posted here as well.

--  Tany, Jeff, Danika, Asher and Kenani Warkentin Mennonite Church Canada Witness jtwarkentin@mennonitechurch.ca