Sadly, after the considerable joy and sense of achievement shared by all involved in the Leo Academy of Mission, plans for the second week went completely awry...
...when on the Sunday evening, along with other symptoms that could have suggested a case of amebic dysentery, John was running a temperature a mite below 40o, a temperature beyond which things can get decidedly dodgy!
Not knowing where the nearest clinic was and with David, our Burkinabe good shepherd, on the road to meet his next charge, an evangelist from Northern Ireland, Andrew made the decision to telephone his wife, Joanne, a GP.
Eventually, all relevant factors considered, it was determined that John was not in immediate danger, provided he could keep fluids down, which was the case. Nevertheless, plans for an early start the next day, in order to travel into the north of Burkina, to a village in the Sahel (bordering the Sahara desert), were forcibly cancelled.
From that delay, the plans for the second academy never fully recovered. Fortunately, another capable speaker was available from another group visiting the same district. Meanwhile, Andy and John began to wait it out in our guest house in Ouagadougou, waiting for John's physical condition to improve.
