Jesse Lyautey
Mission Baptiste
01 B.P. 580
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Packages can be no larger than the size of a VHS tape
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I will only be here until the end of March and it will take about 2-3 weeks for something to get here.
If you want to send something I'd love it!
Here are some items to get you started.
Kool-aid (can never have enough here!)
individual packs of grits and oatmeal
hard candy
pictures
notes
CD's, DVD's
letters
Blessings to you All! Thanks for the thoughts and e-mails!
Walking around town!
In the market we slowly walk through the vendors, looking for fabric for new “pana’s,” African skits that tie around the waste. This market is different. The vendors are laying around napping, occasionally calling out to us, “Madame, Madame!,” but for the most part we are not bothered. Everywhere else people circle around us like vultures in the desert wanting money for goods. One of the missionaries explained this is because this market is not a tourist market.
Against their dark, African skin, the colors are beautiful and bright. You can fin any color with any design. Hanging against one wall is one fabric with bright red birds on a green background anther has orange and yellow butterflies with a multi-color blue and tan backing.
Women walk by with large metal fruit bowls on top of their heads, asking people to buy the fruit. The fruit is placed towards the front of the bowl and even thought the bowl is four times the size of their heads only the front half actually sits on the head. Somehow she beats the pull of gravity and is able to balance 10’s of pounds on her head.
Everyday is a new adventure. Yesterday we braved the crowded streets to go by groceries. We try only to get out during the siesta (less people asking us to buy their goods)…but the Marina Market is closed from noon until 3.30. We got their early and walked around the mosque in front of the market. Many people were begging for food and money. The little kids all come up to shake our hands. (We use lots of hand sanitizer.) On our way back to the market we watched as Muslims did their prayers on the side of the road. They literally put their mats down and begin kneeling.
Here is a lesson in French.
Bonjour! Comment ca va? (Hello! How are you?)
Bonjour! Ca va, et vous? (Hello! Doing good, and you?)
Je va bien. Et famille? (I am good. And your family?)
Bien, merci. (Good, thank you.)
A tout a l’heure. (See you later.)
Au revour. (Good-bye.)
Against their dark, African skin, the colors are beautiful and bright. You can fin any color with any design. Hanging against one wall is one fabric with bright red birds on a green background anther has orange and yellow butterflies with a multi-color blue and tan backing.
Women walk by with large metal fruit bowls on top of their heads, asking people to buy the fruit. The fruit is placed towards the front of the bowl and even thought the bowl is four times the size of their heads only the front half actually sits on the head. Somehow she beats the pull of gravity and is able to balance 10’s of pounds on her head.
Everyday is a new adventure. Yesterday we braved the crowded streets to go by groceries. We try only to get out during the siesta (less people asking us to buy their goods)…but the Marina Market is closed from noon until 3.30. We got their early and walked around the mosque in front of the market. Many people were begging for food and money. The little kids all come up to shake our hands. (We use lots of hand sanitizer.) On our way back to the market we watched as Muslims did their prayers on the side of the road. They literally put their mats down and begin kneeling.
Here is a lesson in French.
Bonjour! Comment ca va? (Hello! How are you?)
Bonjour! Ca va, et vous? (Hello! Doing good, and you?)
Je va bien. Et famille? (I am good. And your family?)
Bien, merci. (Good, thank you.)
A tout a l’heure. (See you later.)
Au revour. (Good-bye.)
Good times in West Africa!
I am a cooking MACHINE!
Emily and I getting things done (or maybe this is what m's do with their spare time!?)
Neither of us wanted to take out the trash so we had a contest! Who ever lost had to take it out!
I won the "who can eat a pancake the fastest contest!"
Me and the Otter making chocolate pancakes for dinner! (He is becoming a good cook!) 
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HEY JESSE!! IT MELISSA (GRANBERRY) NOW PARRISH. HOPE ALL IS WELL AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU !! GOD BLESS YOU AND WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU!!! LOVE ALWAYS THE ROOT AND PARRISH FAMILY
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