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January and February

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January and February were full and overflowing with fun things, some big, some small, with some bittersweet mixed in. There were days to catch our breath, move slower and have family time. And then there were days that we wondered how we were going to reach around. A volley ball game with the youth.                                                 And the younger ones entertaining themselves.                       Of course we ended up at our favorite spot by the beach a few times. The boys were fascinated with the trees and leaves one morning and took a picture. Kelsey and I buying vegetables from our favorite vegetable stand. The beginning of January we had missionary retreat. Two days and nights were spent together, teaching, singing, games, conversations; it was a refreshing time! It is a privilege to be part of...
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December

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December was a fun month! We were invited to the school Christmas Carol service in our village. Usually our Sundays are busy at home with people in and out most of the day. But December had several Sundays that our normal visitors had travelled or were sick. The boys begged to go to the dam fishing. Unfortunately, it rained the whole time we were there. We came home by the ocean and stopped to watch the storm move across the ocean. Have I mentioned we love living near the ocean? So awe inspiring! It was so special to be included in the Salt Staff Christmas party one last time. These boys have so much fun together. December was unusually wet. It wasn't like rainy season but it was more rain then normal for December. While the children were on Christmas break we spent a day at the beach. It was such a refreshing day! The boys went treasure hunting and found quite a few sand dollars. This beach is still very undeveloped. Road work on N1 continues between us and Accra and in our area t...
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Christmas Greetings!

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    We often get asked if they celebrate Christmas in Ghana, or how they celebrate Christmas. In many ways it is similar, in many ways it is different. The most obvious is the weather and did you ever think about how much Christmas decor, songs and even food center around cold, snowy weather. Well even though we don't have the snow, you still see decorations with snow flakes and hear people sing Jingle Bells.   I really think Christmas itself is celebrated well. We were invited to our local school for their Christmas Caroling. And many schools would have a special morning of singing carols and have a Christmas party of some kind before they go on Christmas break. There have been a lot of church services. Some "all night", more like 9 - 12, like the one just across a field from us that we listened to the sermon after we went to bed since they had very loud loud speakers!   Sadly Christmas is overshadowed by the party that happens between Christmas and New Years. Many ...
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November

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November is already gone and December is quickly passing as well. A few snapshots from November. Some friends came for two nights and spent a day with us. We didn't have electric and it was very warm but I had told them maybe we could make cut out cookies (so thankful for a gas stove and that electric outages don't affect our water supply). So we made Christmas cookies while we sweated! January 8th and 9th we have missionary retreat. We are having it at a new location so Kenny and I have spent a bit of time figuring that all out. We found a retreat center that is very central to our mission so hopefully it works well! You can pray that it can be a refreshing, meaningful retreat. We will have topics, discussions with the board members, and times of sharing and games. Three times a week Ernestina comes and does our washing. She is such a blessing to us and does mountains of laundry when we are hosting and also just because we have boys in this house! Several weeks ago her 12 year...
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