Jason and Shannon Brink

Shannon put a bunch more pictures from our Ghana trip on Facebook – check out the photo album here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=66215&id=502659080&l=61d03.

So what DOES one do on a 30 hour bus trip anyways?  Jason and I just arrived back from a mini-Ghana excursion.  We had a bit of time to take a “break” and put on our adventurous travel backpacks and hit the road.  SO we started with a 16 hour bus ride from Ouagadougou to Kumasi…

We’re back in Ouagadougou right now, preparing for a little vacation down to Ghana. So, we’ve been able to upload some more pictures to the web. Check them out here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=64394&id=502659080&l=2860e.

  Funny how two words mean so much.  “Knock knock,” “Hi, I’ve stopped for a visit,”  “Give me a sticker,” “Would you like to buy some mangoes, bananas, cakes, chickens, papayas….” “Just in the area, thought I’d say hello,”  “Anybody there?”    In a culture devoid of front doors, this is the greeting one most…

Shannon and I are in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso for a week right now. One of the missionary couples from Mahadaga, the village we’re stationed at, makes a trip here to the city each month to pick up supplies that are hard to find out in the village. Since we were part…

  The CSPS: The clinic where I (Shannon) work, ?called the CSPS, has been busy over ?this last month. It started with a team of ?surgeons who came to restore sight to ?the near blind. Performed under local ?anesthesia only, I was astonished at ?how quickly the surgeries made a difference.  A day later and many of them ?could already see again! ?   After…

WHACK!  “Sinja!”  WHACK! “Sinja.”  So for awhile, I had been wondering why it is that no one wears helmets while riding on the back of a motorbike.  “It’s SO dangerous” I said, upon watching more than one motorbike almost wipe out with people, stuff, and goats on the back.  I was told that actually, it’s…

  From hot and sunny Africa, we want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!   Shannon and I had a nice time celebrating with the other missionaries on the station last night. We had a big meal all together – of curry! (Yeah, not your ordinary Christmas meal, but one of the missionaries…

  It’s Sunday afternoon, and Shannon and I are taking a bit of time to relax during the hotter part of the day. We’ve come to appreciate the “siest” time (between 12:30 and 3:00), where people break from work to nap or relax (or shower to stay cool for us missionaries!). A couple of Sundays…