Glimpses of our Life in Ghana

   I was reading a book and came across a phrase that has stuck with me and come to mind again and again.           There, but for the grace of God, go I.   The phrase is supposedly traced back to an English Reformer, John Bradford. As he watched criminals led to their execution he would say; There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford. Eventually he was burned at the stake. It is thought he referenced Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:10. But for the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Some people also say it was a quote from John Newton. But no matter the source, the message is the same.   The moment I read this quote my mind went to a young girl I had seen a few days before. She was a young teen, dressed to attract attention, with a beautiful face. She had an attitude and didn't need anything fro...

  Greetings on a lovely morning! The house is quiet. The children are off to school, Kenny went to do banking in Cape Coast. I love my mornings of quiet where I can just tick things off my list for the day while listening to an audio book or music or just in silence with my own thoughts. Life has found a happy routine where the days fly by too fast and we crawl into bed tired. I know it won't last but we will make the most of it while we can. When I went through the pictures from the last month I decided if I sent them all to you, you would think we just look at sunsets and the beach. But actually it is a sign of normal life where nothing exciting happens. Or the exciting things aren't things pictures can capture. The above pictures are taken along the main road along the beach. They are putting in a sea defense wall out quite a ways in preparation for the four lane high way that will eventually go through here. It is a pretty big gap between the sea wall and what the shore was...