Hello from Burkina Faso. We are here and at last have time for a blog entry. We were delayed 2 hours flying out of Houston because of weather in Paris. When we got to Paris they were having snow. After a 6 hour layover in Paris we set at the gate for an hour before taking off. Arriving late in Burkina we did not get in our rooms untill midnight.

Up again at 6 am to get ready for church, it's jetlag city man.

Church was wounderfull, we got there after they had started and we were paraded through the front of the church to our seats up front. The worst thing about being late is that we missed the childrens choir. This was the largest church we have visited in Burkina, estimated attendance was 3,000. We all got up in front so they could pray for us. Every team member was introduced. It's pretty cool having 3,000 people cheer for you.

Sunday afternoon, after a good nap, we had a planning meeting to get ready for Monday when the real work will start. Monday morning Dr. Kingman and Dr. Branch will go to the large public hospital here in the capital city, to help the surgial staff there. Dr. Campbell and Dr. Johnston and the rest of the team will go to Yagmar. A poor village on the edge of Ouagoudou. We will set up a free clinic for the villagers there. Some of the team will make water filter systems for the school and clinic in Yagmar.

All fot tonight, Kenny is allready sleeping. We will try to post pictures tomorrow. No time tonight.



Yours in Christ,

Eddie Hambrick