Ready, Set...Go!

Ghana in January 2010! Our count down is at less than 8 weeks before take off. I hope you are finding yourself getting ready on many levels.

This blog is for us to interact across the miles, share info and ideas, ask for prayer and even get to know each other a bit more!

I was hoping we could start with some introductions. Would you post a little about yourself? Perhaps a bit more than age, height and job description.

As I gather info for us from our Ghanaian leadership, I will try to get the details up here for all of you. I hope we can use this blog also while we are in Ghana to let our prayer teams know some of how the work is progressing. I had a friend in Africa this summer who was not able to blog while there but did faithfully get pictures and stories on line when the team returned. I loved that we got to see and hear much of what they experienced.

For starters, let me ask if you are building a prayer team for while we are gone? It would be great to find one person who would forward our updates and your personal emails to your group. Not sure how reliable the internet is, but I do know there are days when even electricity is spotty.

Margit De Jong at the I.N. office in Michigan tells me the visas are on the way back to us. We have had a few changes in the team this week, so we are already getting the chance to be flexible. I pulled the 'purpose of the trip' information off the I.N. Network USA website and thought it would be a good reminder for us.

Purpose of the Trip

* See first-hand what God is doing among Trokosi girls and women in the Volta region of Ghana.
* Visit local villages to gain an understanding of their culture, and interact with the fetish priests and villagers.
* Help construct a church pavillion in a village that needs a church.
* Interact with former Trokosi slaves at the Adidome Vocational Training Center and get a rare glimpse into their future.
* Visit one of the I.N. Network schools and meet the children.

* Listen to what God is saying to you about connecting with women and children in this part of the world.