What a blessed week it has been! No, nothing unusually exciting has happened but I continue to see God's faithfulness even in the small things of life. Even when the power if off for 24 hours, he allowed it to be on 2 hours to get grades finished. That is a miracle! This week, my friends from Togo came. They brought two of the Togolese principles with them to observe the schools. The did enjoy my classroom which I guess is a good thing since I will be working alongside of them next year. One of them was in the first grade room and he asked the teacher when they were going to do work since they were doing phonics games and such. To him, it didn't look like work but activity based is what you do in first grade. It is just a totally different mindset but they are starting to see that how we do things differently can be effective. I had a really good talk with Bea, the lady I will be taking over for, on Wednesday and am excited for the next chapter in my life. We all spent time praying for one another, which was a huge blessing as all four of us women in the cirle are going through transitions but God is faithful in each circumstance. It truly helped keep my eyes focused on God's great plan as I could see the Togolese excitement to have help in strengthening their schools. I can see Bea's heart and her need for willing hands to come alongside of these teachers. It won't be an easy road, but it is a road that is worth travelling on for my Savior.
In other news, we started girl's soccer this week. I have loved it so far as we have 16 girls willing to work hard and as a team. Some have never played before but they are picking up on it very quickly and never give up. This is the first time we have had so many girls and I know we can do well in all we do. I also pray that we can teach these girls that they can glorify the Lord through their playing. what a privilege we have to minister to these find young ladies.
Yesterday, we had a cold party since we have been studying weather. This happened to land on an ironic day, since both of my air conditioners did not work, thus we spent the day sweating profusely. Thank goodness for the ice cream and drinks to cool us off at the end of the day. The kids were really troopers and when I asked them to say Yippee when we didn't have the AC., they joyfully repeated even though they were truly hot. During our little party, we found ourselves outside throwing ice cubes at each other for ice cube toss, you know like egg toss. The ice cubes didn't hurt anyon but I kept laughing at this sight of ice cubes flying through the air and little hands trying to catch them. Oh what good times we have in second grade! Earlier this week, we had a mission group come in from England. One of the men were talking and his name was John. One of my boys excitedly exclaimed to me across the aisle, is that the real John? No, it wasn't, he lived a long time ago, but it was worth a try! Second graders are so funny!
I love Ghana because you never know what you will see. For example, while Josiah and I were waiting for a trotro today, we saw "chickens in a bag." Yes, two live chickens were sticking their heads out of a black plastic bag which I assume will eventually lead in their death. The term "takeaway" has moved to a whole new level!
We sat with the onion boys today and read with them some. Most of them do not know any English but we are making friendships and befriending boys who are looked upon as the low life of Accra. Even today, a man was buying onions through his car window until he all of a sudden got mad and through down the onions. Noone takes the time to consider these boys and how they are special. They are away from their families and they need love but alas they are just tossed to the side. Please pray for these boys and be in prayer for the minority groups who are neglected as they need the Love that can only come from the Lord. While we were walking back to a trotro stop from the onion boys, it looked like the clouds were going to let loose and the let the "water fall" as the boys said. We predicted when it would fall and Josiah said that it would start while we were walking across a specific busy intersection. A few minutes later, it looked like it was clearing up and we forgot about the prediction. Right before we got to the intersection, a trotro pulled up going exactly where we needed to go so of course we got in. Right when we crossed the intersection in the trotro, it started to rain. What are the chances of that happening, oh we laughed so hard. What a small blessing the Lord provided today. He is working, even from keeping us wet as we all know I will melt in the rain!
Keep enjoying each remarkable day that the Lord has given us!
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