There's a lot happening around Ouagadougou these days. Many people have sprung into action to help meet the needs of the people. We were down at the center where they are accepting donations and it was amazing to see the response of the people. Everything from small bags of used clothes to $20,000. It is neat to see the solidarity of the Burkinabe people. The government is working so hard to create an environment of transparency and integrity. Used clothing was sent up from our sister churches in the Cote d'Ivoire. It is really quite the unfolding story as aid comes in from all levels.
In our little "corner", we are working with the national church. Initial efforts are to help the nearl 100 families that were impacted by the flood in our seven churches here in the city. From there, it will spread out to other people. We are also trying to make donations to the mayors offices, as a number of them have been very helpful to us in the past two years, helping us to find appropriate properties in the city.
I took in some of the distribution today, and I'll add a couple of pictures to show you what that looks like.
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