Monthly Archives: September 2009

The Sept. 1 Flood of 2009

Tuesday morning, I awoke at 5:00 a.m. to the sound of rain beating against our tin roof.  Aahh!  Sleeping during a cooling rainfall in Sub Sahara Burkina Faso is the ultimate relaxation; so I fell into a refreshing sleep.  When I got up at 6:00 a.m., the rain was still driving down, and at 7:00 […]

Pray for Flood

On Tues, Sept 1, we had a devasting flood in Ouaga — the worst since 1922.  Around 160,000 people lost their homes.  The death toll is low, but rising.  Pray for us and ACCEDES as we figure out how best to reach these people.  More information later. 
For pictures, please go to Pete N Alice Brokopp […]

August 2009 — A virtual team to Burkina

Our summer was awesome! One of our highlights was the teams.
If you are on Facebook and would like to see a GREAT recap of the summer teams, become friends with “Reach Burkina Faso.” If you’ve been on a team, it will bring back memories, and if haven’t, it might just persuade you to come!
In fact, […]