Not even 2 weeks after we arrived back in Ghana from our Egyptian adventures, we welcomed our first visitor…my youngest brother, Joe! Both for practical reasons (our car is not large enough to fit 7), and for the simple fact that Don and I were too exhausted to haul the children on another adventure so… Continue reading Cape Coast
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The Orphanage
I remember way back, in a different lifetime, when I was just out of college, young and single, sitting at my computer in my 1 bedroom apartment in Spokane, Washington, googling mission organizations to volunteer with in Africa. I thought about it, prayed about it, researched it, made lists of organizations to contact. But in… Continue reading The Orphanage
The Master Plan
4 months in and life continues to be a little crazy! In the past month we’ve had to move into (and then back out of) a hotel for a couple days, as our entire compound lost power. In this situation, the generator is SUPPOSED to kick on. Ours, however, just started sparking. Hoping to avoid… Continue reading The Master Plan
A Few of Our Favorite Things
Okay, so there’s been a lot of rough and rocky days these first couple of months. BUT there are plenty of things we love as well! Here are a few of our favorite things: 1. The fruit! There is a little roadside fruit stand just down the road from our compound. We stroll down there… Continue reading A Few of Our Favorite Things
Learning to Live
Well, after over a month of battling the ants and multiple rounds of pest guys coming to the house, they finally brought the right magic dust to obliterate the colonies…we are ant free!! However, whilst we were still in the throes of our ant war, one of our neighbors texted me a picture of a… Continue reading Learning to Live
Into Africa
Finally, after being in airports/airplane for over 18 hours, we trudged off the plane in Accra with that I’m-so-tired-I-feel-hungover feeling. Luckily, 3 out of 4 kids were holding it together. The 6 year old was not, which we had both predicted would happen well before the trip even began. Thankfully, the embassy had sent an… Continue reading Into Africa
Gearing up for Ghana
Just about 2 months left until the big move! Some big things have happened in the past month. We received our diplomatic passports, which we will all need in addition to our regular passports (that’s 12 passports we’ll be trying not to lose, yikes). Cracks me up that even the 3 year old… Continue reading Gearing up for Ghana