Hello, it's been a rough week or so leading up to the school year (especially if you're Heather), but we're almost there. The sequence of events (if you're Heather) went something like (but not limited to) the following: slapped by a beggar, infected blister, attempted kiss by a taxi driver, and high fever, achy, nausea sickness with green slimy diahrrea (of which I would post a picture if one existed, but sadly one does not). So we're here recovering, and we'll be returning to village promptly thereafter.
I start teaching next Monday, and so begins the next phase of our action packed adventure here in Burkina Faso.

PS I feel like my blog entries are lacking in cultural/interesting information about Burkina Faso, so in order to address this problem I've included the following short list of food and beverage items that can be bought and enjoyed in a plastic baggy:
water
various juice type drinks
yogurt
liquor
cooking oil

... and the list goes on. Volunteer's feel free to add to the list in the form of a comment.