Back from Burundi!

so you need to wait, as I got back from Burundi then immediately went off to Cape Town for our Navigator National Leadership Team meetings.

I will post some great photos and news of how God is working.
we are excited.

Why we can go without Myles.

Myles and Aunty Thobe.

Burundi: We leave in 24 hours

So the drama is high here at the Carlson household.  Let me give you a taste:

Packing for a week for 3 (Me, Kristy, Neo-yes 10 month old Neo) in 2 cary-ons.  

Wondering if the crying baby is getting a tooth or did that yellow fever injection give a little bit more virus then bargained for (don't tell that to Grandma).  

A videographer is coming by today to film us and teach Kristy some shooting techniques, all with the intention that they may make a documentary about our journey.  

Myles staying behind and mom having a hard time with that already.  

Myles can't get a yellow fever injection because he is allergic to raw egg (yellow fever anti-virus grown in live chickens and egg allergy sufferers therefore can not take the injection.... weird).

Underestimated survey trip cost and still short $250 for the trip, but God has provided in closer calls before.

We need to find ballerina tights.  No, not mine, a gift for a great Navigator family in Nairobi.

Nav Expense reports due today (have I ever gotten to them before the due date?)

No idea if we are going to be able to get 1/2 the things done in Burundi that we want to do, ie look for house to rent, schools for the boys, etc.

Register with Embassy for travel into deepest Africa.

Calm Kristy down.

Make a 1 page vision outline of what we are getting ourselves into... potentially.

Sick of calling it "potential."

Need my third double espresso.

I think Ella just let a nervous toot.  Even she feels the drama.

Did I pay the electric bill?

When next you see a post, it will most likely be when we are back from Burundi.  

Thanks for listening.

Here's a lil' taste of Burundi so you have a bit of an idea of what we are getting ourselves into.  Photos not nearly as nice as Kristy's (as they are mine from the June trip) so come back next week for some real juicy ones.... and speaking of juicy, enjoy the 2nd photo.

Me at my best?

My favorite Burundi take away joint. The "Happy Muzungu (white man)."

floater bucket and Burundi sky.

These ladies make US 50 cents a day to sort 60 kgs of green coffee looking for defects.

Got the double espresso.  Everything is going to be ok.

Burundi in the news... a good thing ever?

Here Are The 20 Poorest Nations In The World

18/21

   

#3 Republic of Burundi

Image: US Army Africa via Flickr

Population: 9.8 million

GDP (PPP): $3 billion

GDP per capita: $400

Summary: Having recently emerged from a civil war between the
Hutu and Tutsi factions, Burundi’s economy faces many challenges.
 It is landlocked, lacking in resources, largely uneducated (only one
in two children attend school), and one in every fifteen adults has HIV/Aids.
Although recent political stability has proven beneficial, poverty remains
extremely prominent

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/poorest-countries-in-the-world-2010-8#3-republic-of-burundi-18#ixzz15CFxSYoq

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