Purpose of this trip

There are two main purposes for my students on this trip are to:

1. Provide an opportunity for the students to experience a different culture and have a chance to get outside their own and see God at work elsewhere in the world.  Basically helping them expand their world view and their view of God.
2. Provide computer support for several missions groups.  We worked last week for missionaries that train other Burkinabé missionaries (L'Institut Missiologique du Sahel or IMS for short) working on a wireless network and 6 netbooks - that were all in French.

Next week we will be working for a man who works with SIM and teaches Burkinabé people how to use computer applications.  I'm not really sure what we will be doing, but assessing computers, setting up a network, possible installing software may all be part of it.

The week after we will be working with a Christian and Missionary Alliance missionary as well as someone who works with the Peace Corps.  It is quite exciting to work with these students since, of the four, one has been to Jamaica and Europe and another has been to Jamaica.  So their perception of what Africa is all about is being confronted with the real thing. :)