Give with your left or right, which, in Ghana, IS a matter of right and wrong! “Raise your right hand,” a teacher corrected the preschool student who raised his left hand to indicate he knew the answer to the question just asked at our school. Ghanaians train their children from an early age to differentiate between [...]
Leah, coworker American missionary, and I are taking Ghanaian cooking lessons each Sunday afternoon. It allows a young college student to earn a little income (most of the students here struggle to meet basic needs), and the fine Ghanaian dinner that results is a great meal to enjoy with those I otherwise wouldn’t want to [...]
Flat Tire on the way to deliver building materials for pastor’s house that burned down two days before. Ok the guys are strong and balanced. The women are confident, strong and sure footed!!! 110lbs + baby on back! Visiting a village elder at a humanitarian work site. Someone’s getting married Dirt Floor to [...]
At Rev.’s mother’s funeral; about 8 hours South of the Center. We left 10 PM Wednesday night, after church 3 hours of church service; arriving at 6 am on Thursday morning. Names not given due to privacy.
40 Days of Love Women’s Group gather at the Budd’s for Garage Sale. Garage Sale gathering at Marsouns. Yard Sales for Ghana Mission! Thank You to all who participated!! Can you DEPARTMENT STORE! Cloudy and drizzling, but folks still came and spent over $1000 total!
Top Left is Rose showing us the Tro-tro and taxi interchange with Market. A tro-tro is a mid-size van which you can pretty much put everyone in Accra in! Not really, you sit 4 across in six rows; add briefcases, shopping bags and kids:) Top Right is Paster Steve Antwe. My guide for the first [...]
These are some of the children from the village. Notice the about 10 year old girl with the baby tied to her back. Discovery Group Photo: 20 somethings taking a risk to see what God may have for them! Below is a video of outpouring joy of getting the whole Bible in thier own language; [...]
A little village we stopped at going from Accra to Tamale. We met a bible translator Dr. Tony, who has worked in Ghana for 40 years. These people live near some water falls and rocks, which their god lives under. It is a strange and wonderous place, Africa. Sorry did not have time to visit [...]
In fall 2007, heavy rains across West Africa led to widespread flooding in seventeen countries. Ghana suffered significant damage. Mud walls and huts collapsed beneath the downpour. Crops were destroyed. Seed was lost. Villagers suffered greatly. Floods have washed away mud banks that hold water reservoirs, exacerbating the extreme change between rainy and dry seasons. [...]