Day 6 (June 20) - Sirasso via N'Dorola

We drove from Bobo to Sirasso (about a 3 hour drive) stopping along the way to greet and visit Pastor Samuel and his wife Elizabeth in N'Dorola. Samuel is a very busy man as he ministers to several villages (as do most Burkinabe pastors). We visited with and prayed for Samuel and his ministry there.

Pastor Samuel, his wife Elizabeth and two of their three children.

We stopped for a roadside lunch of peanut butter, banana
and French bread sandwiches along with mangoes.

We arrived to a warm welcome in Sirasso. We were served rice w/peanut sauce and chicken for lunch at Pastor Marcel's house. We then set to work painting the church, which is a very large building able to hold about 350 Burkinabe. It was just finished two months ago. We worked until dark when we were served dinner (guess what? rice and sauce - not a lot of variety here!). Everyone worked very hard and we got a lot done in just a few hours of work.

That evening we prayed for healing for Pastor Marcel. He has been very ill after prostrate surgery. Kevin said he has lost about 15 lbs. in 10 days. Please pray for his healing. He has been cursed by the local witch doctor and animists and his continued poor health or death would be viewed as a victory by them over Marcel's God. We slept in the church during a beautiful and powerful thunderstorm. They said that they didn't get enough rain, though. They are all farmers and are at the mercy of the weather.

We were witnesses to an amazing lightning display in Sirasso at night!

Emily trying her hand at pulling water up from the well.
There is no running water or electricity in Sirasso.

Carl and Toby painting the trusses - high and hot work!

Burkinabe women pounding grain to make "to."
Not like driving down to the corner store for dinner, is it?