We Made it! 

Hello and Bonjour everyone! Today we finally arrived (safely) in Burkina Faso! We haven't gotten to see much of the city of Ouagadougou yet, but what we have seen has been incredible. Flying into Africa we saw the vast Sahara Desert, traditional clay huts, and rivers that were colored brown. Everything is new and exciting and almost too much to take in all at once. Being in a place that has so much culture and tradition is overwhelming in all the best ways, and I know we all are thankful to be able to experience this journey.

As of today, we have made a few minor changes with the delivery of the supplies and the ambulance. The port took longer than expected to process the paper work, but after many confusing hours, the ambulance is en route to Ouagadougou and the supplies will be following it shortly! So everything will make its journey to the city, medical centers, and orphanages…just a few days later. This is a huge relief because one of the obstacles we worried most about when we shipped the supplies and ambulance was delivering it safely from Ghana to Burkina Faso.

Our time zone has now changed three times in the last three days, but we have settled with a time difference of 5 hours ahead of Wisconsin. Also, since leaving Chicago we have flown about 17 hours (Chicago to Paris, Paris to Burkina Faso). That being said, I'll have to wish you all well and goodnight.

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Lots of Love! 

Burkina Faso Travelers