10 things you didn't know about Burkina Faso

How many of you have heard of Burkina Faso before?  If I told you that it used to be called Upper Volta (does that help anyone?)
Two of our "Ghana" Discovery team members actually served in this little country to the north of Ghana called Burkina Faso.  Yes... they traveled to Ghana and did orientation and debrief with the rest of our team, but their month of field work was in Burkina Faso.  The national language is French but there are many other languages spoken there, and hence Wycliffe and our sister organizations have lots of work to do there as well as many other francophone African nations.  These young ladies spent some time battling malaria, but they also got to visit adult literacy classes and help out in a translation workshop where many translators working in different language groups come together to get help in translating a book of the Bible.  There is a national Bible translation organization in Burkina Faso called ANTBA led by their Director; Pastor Boureima Ouedraogo.  I want to thank Pastor Boureima and his very capable staff for hosting the Discovery team and involving them in the ministry of providing access to God's word for the people of Burkina Faso.   
Check out this link which has many interesting facts about the country of Burkina Faso!
http://wycliffe.org.uk/live/forchurches/biblefresh-trans-factfile.html