Three weeks ago, out of the blue, Miriam appeared
on our porch! Last July, her family moved to a village 30 km away to work on a
cashew farm and we’d always promised ourselves that we’d go find her. Before we
could, she found us!
Awa (mom), Miriam, and her little brother have
returned to Karfiguela indefinitely, according to Awa, because her husband is
now a “fou” (crazy). We aren’t quite sure what that means – “fou” is thrown
around quite liberally in Burkina. Miriam has jumped right back into old routines of
going to the water pump and demanding presents and money. We’re so excited to
have little Miriam back!!
We apologize for the blog drought – it’s been a hectic
month or two. But we’ll increase our post frequency and explain what we’ve been
up to. Coming soon.
