Well, finished my first teaching session in Burkina. As part of Old Testament Survey we did “walk around the Old Testament” as an introduction, which livened things up as the students were tired. They work all day and had already had 2 evenings this week, so I tried to make the life of Solomon and the kings of Israel and Judah as applicable as possible for today, and ended up revising the “walk” when they were flagging.
I used a furloughing missionary’s big 4WD this time - a little scared since it was so high and so big among the bikes and motorbikes and I had seen a crushed bike under one similar the other week. It went OK, though, taking it still slowish over the bumpy roads, and I made it back OK. I have now met the recommended taxi driver that has a cell phone and I’m paying him next Thursday to take me there to get to know the place, then in the future will just have him pick me up at night (he says it should cost about $5 a time), since I can get street taxis there earlier. It would be easier with a car, but then cars have other hassles like affording, repairing, etc etc.
