Glimpses of our Life in Ghana

  Pictures in this post are "fields", maybe battlefields, maybe not.                                   There was one thing on furlough that surprised me and concerned me…..     I wasn’t ready to come back to Ghana for a very long time.                                  I had no desire even to see friends there again. No wishing for my own bed, cooking in my kitchen, or walking down dusty trails. The last week our minds started making the shift back to Ghana but there wasn’t the excitement and joy. It was more like knowing we need to go back. And that bothered me.                                I prayed while we packed. Prayed while we drove to the airport, as we left US soil, and many times through the hours of flying. I w...

  Furlough….. the word brings images and fond memories. But it is also bittersweet.   Shortly before we left for furlough a new missionary asked me, What do you do on furlough? How do you do furlough? While we were on furlough people asked, So what do you want to do most while you are in the US? And as we left people asked, Did you get done what you wanted to do? These questions have been swirling in my brain. I don’t know if I have the answers but I will try.    How do you do in one month what you have missed out on for a year and a half? How do you see everyone you want to? Have intentional conversations that catch you up on your family and friends lives? Hear their heart cries from the time you were apart and allow them to see yours? How do you refresh and truly reconnect?   What we want most on furlough is to reconnect with people. We want those intimate conversations that only happen face to face. They can’t be planned or forced. But they happen. Ofte...