Ghana STMT January 14, 2010
The day arrived. First a gathering for prayer in Menomonee Falls Wisconsin was held. We prayed for our time to be filled with God’s gracious provision beyond our imaginations. We asked for mercy in Haiti as the word of the earthquake damage began to be told and we prayed for Pastor Bob’s heart surgery happening at that very moment.
Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona folks were going to meet in Chicago’s O’hare International and head on out to Accra via Frankfurt. The evening news has been full of flight delays, heighted security and terrible weather. We missed it all! Well the security is tight, but they let everyone in our group onto the Airbus 333 even if some of us did have our bags searched a few times. How great to have had smooth sailing on this portion. Seems to me that the team is a bit road weary, but feeling ready for the challenges ahead. We have learned songs for our Bible teaching in the school and read over cross-cultural tips for West Africa. Now to just get there!
Emily turned around in her seat and reminded me we are closer just now than we have been all week. YEA!
The passport control forms are filled out and we will try to nap until the plane lands.
Eli, Brad, Dayna, Marlilyn, Laurie, Scott, Carl, Carolynn, John, Jim, Tiffany, Emily and I are glad for all prayers offered on our behalf. Our hope is for a night’s sleep and then we are off to the next adventure!
Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. We started working on the church at 8:00am, there are lots of workers from the village helping so we are starting to see progress already! We actually started on Saturday morning! Foundation is laid and the walls and pillars start going up tomorrow. VBS was awesome! The kids loved it! We started with 70 preschoolers and then had 310 K-8th graders at one time! They were so polite and appreciative of everything! Can't wait for Day2! I hit the jetlag wall and fell asleep at 4:00pm, so I'm wide awake now at 2:00am! It is incredibly hot and humid, please pray for energy/endurance for us and that no one get dehydrated or injured. We are nowhere near medical care and everyone is so eager to get the work done it's difficult to convince some to take their breaks! The team is incredible and already feels like family! It will be difficult to leave:) The teachers and others who are hosting us; Patience, Pastor Jacob, his wife, Pastor Victoria, Edmund, Pastor Walter and his wife Mary, our bus driver, everyone is so very grateful and kind to us. And we are finally starting to bond with the workers, please pray for this to continue and that language will not be a barrier, we are all working for the Lord and the building of His house in Kanaloeue. (sp.?)
ReplyDeleteThe above comment was actually posted by Laurie, but Terry is sleeping and I couldn't remember my password at 2:30 in the morning! Jetlag kicked in and I fell asleep at 4 o'clock this afternoon and just woke up! Thanks for leaving a snack at the end of my bed, Terry!!! Hmmmmm...fresh pineapple!! Hope you are sleeping well!
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