Burundi in 140 Characters or Less

This is my husband, aka, @daninreallife. Through an unfortunate positioning of the picture frame, you can't see his other 2 fingers - this is his "gang" signal - it's supposed to be E3. Can you picture it? He has been twittering daily on his epic 25 day trip to Africa. Our sons and I were with the team for the first 1/3 of the trip. Now we're home, relying on his cryptic msgs for progress updates. I decided to compile all 76 tweets here. I recommend you start at Update #76 and work your way up to #1. Will make most sense that way. Go ahead...scroll on down to the bottom of the page now!

1. Almost morning in Burundi, waiting for "drip drip drip" sound & water. Cannot wait for my cold shower!
2. Going to bed tired, filthy & sweating in Burundi. Good day 5-Americans, 11-Burundi & 2-Tanzanians shared Jesus w/ 1201-people, 472 prayed
3. Almost out of "hand wipes" they go fast when water is out at hotel. 12-days to go in Africa. :-)
4. Prosper is my translator this week. Philemon is here too. They both love Mike. Yves is in Rwanda. Who should I give pod to?
5. In Cibitoke hotel lobby watching Michael Jackson Memorial. Did I enter alternate universe? Team torn between donating to starving kids or MJ
6. In Burundi, met old woman on street, she looked & sounded like Yoda. She tapped my bag w/ her cane. She wanted food... she got it.
7. In Burundi, 15-yr old boy (half the size of Steve) accepts Jesus.
8. Shared Jesus w/ woman. She quoted scriptures w/ translator. She was pentacostal. She already shares Jesus w/ others. We gave her e-cube.
9. In Burundi, on hill surrounded by cows & people. 3-gospel presentations going @ same time. Cool!
10. In Burundi, missionaries & hotel workers came to breakfast singing. God is good.
11. In Cibitoke, encountered large, fast spider while walking to bathroom down the hall. Come to Jesus moment w/ me, spider & a can of Raid.
12. In Burundi, our bus driver, who became a Christian last week, went w/ e-cube & led 6-people to Jesus!
13. Finished our day in Cibitoke. 30- Burundi listened to Mark 1-7 on "Proclaimer". They loved the stories of Jesus & the beheading of John.
14. In Burundi, shared Jesus w/ a Christian family. Children sang songs for us (new for me). We prayed together. We left the kids our lunch.
15. Sharing Jesus w/ many Muslims. 1-prayed for Jesus. We prayed that the others would have dreams of Jesus.
16. In Burundi, just shared gospel w/ soldier. Trained him on e-cube & gave him one. He promised to share w/ other soldiers.
17. Sunday, Day 1, 2nd campaign, 5-americans, 2-tanzanians, 17-burundi shared the gospel w/ 510-people & 304 prayed for Jesus.
18. I love Africa. I can pick my nose in public and it is socially okay
19. Sun has set over the Congo, cool breeze blowing, God is good.
20. Eating at pastor's house in Cibotoke. Please pray Luke 10:17-20 over the team.
21. Love my translator. Choir dancing (not singing) in front of me, translator leans in & says, "They dance". Uhh, thanks, I'm not blind.
22. In church in Burundi watching offering collection, mostly cash and 1-chicken.
23. July 5 in Burundi, we are eating water melon for breakfast to celibrate American Independence. Yea, a day late in Burundi is on time.
24. This time in Burundi we remembered our drivers: inviting them to diner, giving them gifts like the gifts for translators. 1-driver prayed.
25. Sunday in Cibotoke: we are beyond internet connection, I can only transmit via phone. We also learned water is not on 24-hrs but whenever.
26. Hotel room in Cibitoke has no bathroom or internet, but it does have bugs & mosquitos...and power... Haven't had power in a while.
27. Comfortable mission trip just got harder. Cibotoke is a little less modern than Bujumbura.
28. In Burundi at the pastor's conference, Tricia spoke about the godly qualities a woman looks for in a man. All prayed she would be married.
29. We have just arrived at Cibitoke. Waiting to check into hotel.
30. Today Burundi pastors got good lessons on how to value spouses & to use ministry to glorify God & not the pastor.
31. African women told David, "now try cooking like this everyday & in the rain..."
32. In Burundi: just finished pastor's conference. David cooked African style - outside, over fire, limited water... He loved it.
33. In Burundi at 1-day pastor & wife's conference. Swahili, English & Kirundi.
34. Hotel in Bujumbura is nice. It has hot & cold water. In our room, hot water in the shower (only) & cold water in the sink (only).
35. Early morning in Burundi. Marina left & ~ got new roommate. Hotel has 1-bed per room. Being the leader, I got the floor. Floor was firm.
36. Mike & I worked in the hills outside Bujumbura. Catholic & JW churches @ each end of river valley. Now a new Bible church in the middle.
37. ... It was hard to drop off 15-yr old son & single 20's woman at old camp, but hundreds prayed to Jesus & new church was started in Burundi.
38. In Burundi, Steve & Tricia worked at the site of the rebal camp that battled government for 12-yrs...
39. In Gatumba, Burundi, Marina & David worked amomg Muslims & witch doctors. Churches were strengthened, hundreds prayed for Jesus.
40. Sun has set over Congo, sky darkening. Sipping tea in thick humid air, reflecting on Burundi church planting campaign.
41. Eating meat sandwiches, buying oranges & peanuts, dodging traffic on the dusty streets of Bujumbura. Join us next time for the adventure.
42. In Bujumbura cental market buying vegtables for pastor's conference tomorrow. Crazy!
43. In Burundi, at pastor's house, watching Christian TV in French about Armagedon. Weird
44. Greater Bujumbura evangelism results: 3014-gospel presentations, 1499-prayed for Jesus, 5-new churches, 1-church stregthened.
45. Long day in field just got longer. Burundi cell service broadcasting wrong time.
46. Mission team ate pizza at lake. As we were leaving, David shines flashlight along the shore to find a hippo. Auto sized hippo 20ft from road
47. Last night, in Burundi, our stick & tarp church fell apart in the wind. Tonight the church is made of sticks & palm leaves.
48. Sharing Jesus w/ Burundi, almost done when interrupted by the cheif. Everyone, even pastor was afraid of him. He listened, argued & prayed.
49. "...from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows..." this describes our walk today.
50. Evangelism continues, Mike & I had to cross the river. I jumped across rocks. Big Mike was carried across by a 110-lb Burundi. Photo soon.
51. people in USA, thank God for your brews. village brew is nasty. Toddlers, men, nursing mothers...all had drinks while we were sharing Jesus
52. ... The brewmaker's name is Desire, he prayed to receive Jesus. He wants us to pray for strength to quit his lively hood...
53. ...we shared Jesus w/ a drunk brewmaker. He did not want to hear, but we asked how to make the "beer" and told him what we were sharing...
54. Our new church is on top of hill. Today we desended down a deep rocky, rutted path that is lined w/ banana trees into the depths...
55. woman w/ baby on her back, load on her head for market just prayed to receive Jesus. load was so heavy that she could not lift it herself.
56. 2nd day wirthout internet in Burundi. Hope phone is posting.
57. Favorite song today in English was Burundi children's choir, "weeee luj Judas" (we love Jesus)
58. What God did in Burundi today w/ 6-Americans: 572 gospel presentations, 114 prayed for Jesus (including 1-Muslim & 1-town thief).
59. Burundi pastor summed our day best: "We did it African style, without a plan & ovecame every obsticle. God worked perfect". Me: "????"
60. I love my church plant children. They thought that my 19-year old son was my dad!
61. Finally beginning to feel human again after slight airsick attack. Bring on the paper work. Day 3 in Burundi over.
62. All those walks up Piestua Peak have paid up. Our new church site is on top a steep hill east of Bujumbura center.
63. Went to "mother" church in Bujumbura this morning. Worship louder than a rock concert. Think I'm deaf.
64. No internet today.
65. Sunday morning in Bujumbura. Sipping coffee over looking lake. A break from the heat. Hope it rains hard & purges smoke out of the air.
66. Restful day in Burundi? Prayed for 20-year old encephalitis victim & visited orphanage in hills (short drive but hrs away). Team exhausted.
67. Mike converted culturally to African. He ordered coffee then filled cup wirth creamer & sugar. Best coffee he ever had.
68. Breakfast on veranda overlooking lake: coffee, tea, croque madame & fruit salad. Life is good. Thank you, Jesus.
69. Spent Thursday night in Addis Ababa. Hotel Rivera had bigger, better bathroom than we do at home. Bummer. Africa 1 - Team Berryman 0.
70. Starting 2nd day in Burundi. Got air sick last 30-minute flight. Still dizzy, but looking forward to dominating the day.
71. 1st for me: 6-team members loaded into small hotel elevator, bells rang, lift was overloaded (Riviera Hotel, Addis Ababa)
72. Arrived at the top of the world in Ethiopia. We will spend the night and continue our journey to Burundi tomorrow.
73. Last news story before leaving USA: Iran & twitter
74. Oops... Forgot vitamins... Need prayer to skip sinus infections this trip. Vitamin B helps me a lot. I think God can beat B.
75. Waiting to board Ethiopian flight to Africa. We leave at 8:30pm & arrive at 8:30pm... Bummer...
76. On mission to Africa. As I was leaving house married daughter & son-in-law moved in for unlimited xbox.