Less than 24 hours.

About this time tomorrow we will be boarding our plane to fly out of JFK airport in New York and begin the first leg of our trip to Burkina Faso! This first leg is an overnight flight to Casablanca, Morocco where we will have a fairly long layover before we continue on to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. We'll spend a couple days in Ouagadougou (the capital of Burkina Faso) gathering some local supplies and then continue on our journey to Mahadaga, which is a 7 hours bus ride on a good day (when the bus doesn't break down or get flat tires). I think we are all very excited to begin this journey! Please pray that God would provide us with safe travels and flights that are on time.

On Saturday the whole team came back together for the first time since May and we've been enjoying our meals together and doing daily devotions as a group. We are working through the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, which we will continue during the trip, and God has been blessing us immensely. Studying the Beatitudes has been a great way to prepare ourselves for the work that we are planning to do on this trip. Please pray that God continues to bless us as a team and keeps us in good spirits.

The last few days have been spent finalizing the details of our projects and making sure that all of the necessary supplies and materials are ready to go. The Mobility Team has finished the preparation for their work with the new tricycle designs, the Education Team is prepared for their work with the Summer Enrichment Program, Dr. Fish is prepared to test the new Kilowatt-Hour project and the Biodiesel Team has developed a small testing reactor for use in Burkina Faso. Today we spent the day packing our bags and making sure that they are all within the size and weight restrictions of the airlines. After hours of meticulous packing, our bags are organized and ready to be loaded into our vans tomorrow. Please pray that all of our bags will arrive with us in Ouagadougou.

This is my first trip to Burkina Faso and I am extremely excited to see what God has in store for us on this trip. Thank you all for your support and prayers!

Biodiesel Team Advisor,

Mike Zummo