Posts

May

Image
  The beginning of May we said good bye to our school teachers. We had a beautiful evening of singing and enjoying our mission family one last time before changes started happening.  The next morning we took them to the airport. We happened to be in the right area at the time and watched them take off. We visited the Science Museum in Accra. Without comparing it to US museums it was very interesting.  This was quite a find! And they had Dr. Pepper. Only at certain stores in Accra can you find such treasures! The next morning we picked up Kerek and Adriana Zimmerman at the airport. They took over the palm press after overlapping with Joel and Marcie Burkholder for the rest of May. And then rainy season began. And it hasn't stopped raining. We enjoy every glimpse of the blue skies we get. We usually avoid going away when it is raining but when it rains most days, some days you just need groceries. One morning Cape Coast was very flooded. One rainy morning the house was quie...
Post a Comment
Read more

April

Image
I still can't believe we have turned another calendar page. April was a nicely balanced month with visitors and fun things and other times of normal life. The building that is our church and was our school this year as well. A beautiful sunset in our village. The schools in Ghana take a three week break for Easter. This results in bored children that roam the village looking for something to do. Most afternoons several of them ended up at our house. They put their imaginations to good use. Pounding mud for fufu and mixing up buckets of mud for bankuu. They raided the compost pile for vegetable scraps and pretended to make stews and soups. Ornamental Banana tree Brent turned 9 the beginning of April. Kyla and India came to help celebrate his birthday. The cow herds never cease to fascinate me! Since Brent and Marvin have birthdays close together Brent thought we should do something with them to celebrate. They had never been to Hans Cottage so we met there for fishing and supper. Ma...
Post a Comment
Read more

March

Image
  The beginning of March we joined the celebration of new life and the naming of Patricia's twins. A yummy bowl of soup served by friends on a Saturday evening. A family memory we will treasure! We enjoyed hosting Pastor Mark and Aunt Maggie one weekend. Everyone enjoyed getting to know them. March is VBS month and we thoroughly enjoyed this group from Mountain View that came to help. Waiting for registration and wrist bands. Singing Coloring Kelsey and Kaitlyn took care of the children that were too young to join VBS.  Main assembly Marvin teaching the Bible story. We took the crew to the beach for supper one evening. They grilled a huge fish for us! It was so good! We ended our evening with a bonfire and singing on the beach. it was a beautiful evening! They also brought us some treats. This combination was wonderful! My children that are not milk drinkers even enjoyed good American milk! Hosting and going to VBS means more time spent with fellow missionaries. Our children e...
Post a Comment
Read more