This was taken in Dakoro, Burkina Faso. Love that symmetry. His facial expression is pretty great too.
Experiments with Stars
When we first started spreading the news about coming to Africa one of our friends left a comment on the blog asking me to “Please do your best to capture that night sky on film.” Well, Faith, I’ve been working on it. I was in a village the other night with no electricity and harmattan […]
Photo of the Day
I was out in the bush the past two days with David and Tami Wood, Kerry Spencer, and a volunteer named Joyce Hall. Joyce is 71 and has been to Burkina Faso 4 times on volunteer trips! This morning we visited a family with a newborn and Joyce gave them a nice new baby blanket. […]
Photo of the Day
Portrait of a Tuareg (Tamasheq) man in Burkina Faso
Finger Amputation (w/ photos)
A photo gallery showing how Dr. George Faile does a finger amputation at the Baptist Medical Centre in Nalerigu, Ghana.
Soccer in Bobo
I’ve been hanging out in Bobo Dioulasso today at the Woods’ home. We did some shopping this morning and visited with some local Baptist pastors this afternoon. Tomorrow we’ll be heading out early in the morning to some remote areas to meet up with a journeyman (short-term missionary) and a pastor. We hope to show […]
Photo of the Day
A while back I posted an abstract image of white corn drying in the sun. On a later date I photographed the woman spreading the corn out. She had a big metal bowl full of corn and walked back and forth tossing the bright, white powder around.
Chick Magnet (Photo of the Day)
While driving down to Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso today we passed several “chicken mopeds”. These are guys carrying live chickens and guinea fowl on their motorbikes from one village to another to sell. I had heard of this method of transport but hadn’t actually seen it yet. I was very impressed. Here are a few […]
Photo of the Day: Emily
This is Emily Peters, a short-term missionary in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. She is one of the writers on the IMB West Africa media team that I was working with this past week. The last night I was in Abidjan the team treated me to a delicious dinner at a Moroccan restaurant in town. The place […]