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The Muslim man who invited us to Chaagbuni, site of our third Clean Water|Living Water project..
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Tangassogo church in Burkina Faso which meets under this tree
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Sunday sermon with YLI Coach Isaac Gyesaw working as one of the translators.
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Tangassogo church leaders Ruth and Jean. Note the little shrine "house" built for a local deity (behind the dog).
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Walking back from church in Tangassogo, Burkina Faso.
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Like most new village churches, Tangassogo's is almost all women and children. Men begin to come weeks/months later.
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In Tangassogo, Isaac was translating my english into Twi. Timothy (in white) was translating the Twi into Kassen. It was a lot of fun. Burkina Faso's national language is French.
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Tangassogo church
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Tangassogo church fun
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With our Ghana national coordinator Vincent, and Timothy (in white) who is dedicated to training leaders in five communities just across Ghana's border in Burkina Faso.
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Tangassogo's well
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Eating T-Z with Timothy and Isaac. Balls of corn mush with okra and fish stew. Messy stuff and tasty.
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Curious croc in Paga's chief's pond.
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At the Paga croc pond.
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Crocs thankfully have blind spots. These guys are also very well fed.
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Paga croc
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I'm not sure how that guy would've protected me...
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Tangassogo house. Kassena houses in Burkina are different than what I'm used to seeing in northern Ghana.
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Crosses have been painted on houses for protection for years, even before Christianity came to the village.
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Tangassogo
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Tangassogo is the name of the village and also the name of the local tree god.
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Driving to to Kpenchila during the rainy season is always an adventure.
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Great visit to "my village", Kpenchila. The people are doing great. Improving in every way since I first visited three years ago. We always have a lot of fun together.
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Adam and I chatting with Mumunny and Baku, trained Kpenchila leaders who are teaching and training new leaders in Komlanyili.
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I asked the people in Kpenchila to put some maintenance time and money into their water system.
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Kpenchila
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Kpenchila
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Driving into Chaagbuni, the 3rd village of the Kpariba people group to receive a Clean Water | Living Water project.
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Chaagbuni's mosque. After Islamic teachers converted the village, they left and never returned to help the people.
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The new Chaagbuni water project.
