We went to Gampela to begin our volunteer work with the Fulani people. Reg, Terry and Vincent (a native Burkinabe and Reg's prodigee) began the huge project of bringing electricity to the student residence of the Fulani Bible School.
Andrew and Braeden began the computer training which started with simply learning how to turn the computer on and off. The goal is to teach them how to format a letter and a report in Word and then teach them the basics in Excel.
The girls worked with the pre-school children to do medical checks. The school age children are taken to Ouagadougou for their education. They get Thursdays and Sundays off so will get their medical checks on Thursday. About a dozen young children were checked today. Mary lead the process as she is a nurse. The medical checks included recording their name, age, height, weight, vaccinations, if they have had any illness and looking at their eyes, ears and teeth and teaching them dental hygiene. Deb and I helped out with the height and weight and assisting Mary in any way she needed while Dave and Marianne assisted with translation.
The tradition is for the Fulani group to serve lunch to the team so after about four to five hours of work, the team shared a meal prepared by the Fulani women with our host, one of the Bible School professors. It was very good (rice, peanut sauce with cabbage and fish).
We went back to our rooms for a rest and decided that this evening we would treat Dave and Marianne to a meal out at their favourite restaurant, the Paradisio, a high-end restaurant. We ordered everything from a clubhouse to a pizza to steak to veal cordon bleu. It was all very good and the total for 10 people (Chuck, a fellow missionary at SIM joined us) was 50,000 francs or $100 Canadian.
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