Power Outages Reach Around the World

If you live in the Midwest, you can relate to power outages. In your case, it is because of the ice. As you know, it is difficult to have a service in the evening when there is no power. The same is true here in Africa.

We also had to cancel services. No…no…no…not because of an ice storm here in Burkina (only in our dreams). Some of the houses and offices here in Burkina require that you pay for electricity in advance. Our church has that kind of account. Two Wednesday’s ago, while we were on our way to church, I received a call that the power went out. Isn’t that the way Satan works. It happened around 6:45, and our midweek service starts at 7:00. The evening wasn’t a complete lost. We were able to have a little bit of fellowship in the dark; and we had a time of prayer.

African Bumper Cars

One of the hardest things to get used to here in Africa is the driving. In fact, one man who visited from the States said it was the most interesting thing he experienced here in Burkina. I think he is right. Traffic here is bizarre.

This morning Pam and I were driving to school. Traffic was crazy as usual, and no one wanted to wait their turn as usual. At one busy intersection an “impatient” woman decided she would pass about five cars on the left hand side of the road so she wouldn’t have to wait. However, she ran out of room and was headed straight for the oncoming traffic that was waiting for their light. She then decided she would make a hole and try to make the guy in front of me stop. She ended up hitting him with the passenger side of her car…YES that is right, she rammed him. His car was old and he didn’t seem to care, so he didn’t give an inch. It was a bizarre experience. I guess one could call it African bumper cars.