Glimpses of our Life in Ghana

A week ago we picked my sister and three of her friends up at the airport. It was wonderful to see people and recieve gifts from America! This week the missionaries are having a Bible Study (it isn't vacation Bible study since everyone is still in school, but we call it VBS) in our village. There are children from the neighboring village as well. I will post more pictures and explain how things worked later but for now will just share a few pictures. Karissa being mobbed as she started preparing to sign children in the first day. The older lady wanted a wrist band too and was a bit upset with me for not letting her have one. Sitting on the mats for main assembly. Merlin with Kojo interpreting. Wanda giving the children the love and attention they crave. Kojo, Merlin, Mama Justina and Bethany leading songs. I was in charge of more singing and Bible Memory. They discovered Kelsey knows a few phrases of Fante and all asked her question...

I think if there is one thing that can be agreed on, the world over, it is that money matters. In America we see people live for money. They will go to great lengths to accumulate more money. Many of them have more than enough, but they will always look for a way to get an extra dollar.   The Bible has a lot to say about money. A lot of warnings. Anything from warnings against borrowing to warnings against being rich.   In Ghana we see a whole new side to money matters. It has always been a bit baffling living in America and looking at these poor countries and wondering why they can't improve themselves. Surely there are jobs to be had. Surely there are ways to get ahead. And in the short time that we have lived here, we have had quite an education. There are ways for an enterprising man to make money. But the teaching they have had, the life style they live, all influence them in ways we have never thought of. Many of their ideas are not bad. And we can certainly learn from...