November Photography

New baby Siadou (Oct. 18th) with his grand mother and cousin Cynthia.  My very close neighbors.

Didier, the tailor I work with.  He has been able to save enough money to make improvements to his shop.  Check out the newly cemented floor.

At the restaurant I work at: Claris (the head lady), Ella, and Barnabe (Drink guy) eat some of the fried chicken and chilli I prepared.  

The american cuisine has really not been experienced beyond the restaurant staff.  They eat A LOT, it is crazy.

Abdul and Roman cleaning my courtyard from all the weeds.

Another American cuisine day and the only people that eat my food are the people that work at the restaurant.  The kid is Lefote, an orphaned student from my English club.  He ROCKS

Out under ASUDEC's student foyer, kids from my English club work on Math problems.  

Balebara shows Jean Luc and others how a math problem is figured out.  

Zerferhin, Mr. Tall, and Dominic pose in the room of literacy books for the villages.  All of these books alphabetize local languages for the region. 

The agents of ASUDEC and the American donors sit down at sunset to talk and enjoy a cold drink. November 10th

Madame Seb and Claris prepare french fries, veggies, and chicken for the inauguration of ASUDEC's hotel Chez Flo.

The agents of ASUDEC chill in the shade

This is a huge pot of chicken innerds, heads, and feet which will all be eaten. YUM YUM

This is what I prepared for the inauguration dinner, American fried chicken and french fries.

Dr. Schneider and the Director of ASUDEC cut the ribbon and head into Chez Flo with a ton of Burkinabe functionaires. 

Lagou my counterpart and Dr. Schneider plant a mango tree to commemorate the event.  

This would NEVER pass in the USA, preparing food ON THE FLOOR.  Yes you can imagine how frustrated I get working at this restaurant.  

The donor table with elite Burkinabe from Diebougou. 

Zerperhin and Barnabe enjoying the chicken way too much, they even eat the bones.

The director of ASUDEC (right) catching up with his brother who lives in Bapla (village)

Mamyata's (mom) family welcomes a new baby girl Grace (in the outfit I got her) with her older sisters Cynthia and Fleur

Baby Grace is soo huge

Grandpapa and Grandmama

Grandpa and Grandma with their grand kids, Baby Sidou, 1 yr old Yakouba, and Cynthia

Isn't she beautiful

Mariam, my really good friend, who shouts through my window everyday. It used to annoy me but now I love it.  She is a jokster

Adorable

Didier shows the outfit he made for my cousin's son Bryce.

I LOVE taking photos of elder Burkinabe

Baby Siadou 1 week old with his mommy Mamgellia

Yakouba on his 1st birthday, he is precious

Cynthia licking the bowl out of all the chocolate from the brownies I made for Yakouba's birthday.