Burundi 2019… Finishing Strong: Burundi 2019 13 Jun 2019 **PSA: if you haven’t read my first Burundi post, you should start there. In order to keep this relatively concise, I wrote this article assuming you’d read that one.** It’s…
Burundi 2019… Sensational Services: Burundi 2019 10 Jun 2019 I’ve mentioned before that there’s a strong Christian component to these trips. I’m not going to try to convince you of anything other than that this is good for Burundi,…
Burundi 2019… First Steps: Burundi 2019 6 Jun 2019 **PSA: The wifi here has not allowed me to upload photos through WordPress, so all those I planned on having in this post will be up on our Instagram (@LittleBlueUmbrellas). …
Burundi 2019… Burundi 2019: Prologue 8 May 20198 May 2019 Those of you who have been following along for some time now will remember a series of articles written and posted from a little country in the center of Africa…
Burundi 2017… Burundi 2017: Until Next Time 22 Jul 2017 It's been over a week since we’ve been back. Readjustment is always a process. The jetlag hit me harder this time than it normally does, though I was able to…
Burundi 2017… Burundi 2017: Immediate Retrospect 15 Jul 2017 The night before we caught our planes back, I sat down with Bain once again to ask him intrusive questions to post about on the internet. We’d been roommates the…
Burundi 2017… Burundi 2017: The Finish, but not the End 13 Jul 2017 This week took a lot out of us. There was something in the air, it seemed; two participants had to be taken to the nearby clinic. The first was suffering…
Burundi 2017… Burundi 2017: What a Week 3 Jul 20173 Jul 2017 What a week. It’s amazing how time seems to go simultaneously so quickly and so slowly. J.D. kicked off the last day of counselor training with a session on the…
Burundi 2017… Burundi 2017: Hitting Our Stride 28 Jun 2017 Well, it’s time to start the work. Training began Tuesday, with Ginger and Judi taking turns talking about a couple of subjects. Thirty participants were there just for that class,…
Burundi 2017… Burundi 2017: A Quick Update 24 Jun 2017 I don't have the time or bandwidth to post a post of normal length (or any images), but I am able to take the opportunity to say we're here safe…