The long awaited blog has arrived...

The longer I am here and the more I learn about this country and everything that goes with it the more I can not understand how someone can not believe in a God. This experience has really tightened my faith even more than it was. Before I came here I believed in God, there’s no doubt about that, but seeing all this has concreted my heart to Christ and all of His creation.

It is very hot here and naturally in the heat people sweat. There are two things that are good to consume when one sweats profusely: salt and potassium. The food here is very salty, not just at the village but everywhere I have eaten has been salty and that’s because that’s how the Ghanaians like their food. God gave them a natural liking for salt because He knew before he even created man that they would need it to survive. Also three of the leading natural sources of potassium are native to Ghana and those are: coconut milk, Ghanaian yam, and bananas. And they are not hard to come by here or expensive to purchase. An entire coconut cost about fifteen cents, and banana maybe ten cents, and I’m sorry, I’m not up on my yam cost. I have no idea if I’m getting my point across effectively but its just amazing how God's provides the needs for people even before they knew it would be needed. He is such a great God.

This past weekend I spent it in Accra with the Kelly family. I went to a youth party on Saturday night as a guest of Judith, the eldest daughter of the Kelly family, and I saw a movie I want to suggest to you. Its called Most. It is a foreign film that looks at Jesus' crucifixion from God's point of view through the story of a single man and his son. It is a beautiful film!

My students are growing so much its hard to imagine them as the same class they were two months ago. I was not sure if I was going to be able to do anything with them when we started our journey together but now they sit and listen. They are getting better about behaving. We can have more fun because I do not always have to be getting on someone. I can see now why teachers love to teach. It is very rewarding in the fruit that it produces. Saying that, I am still glad that I did not follow in the family business of teaching. It is exhausting but I love every minute.

Libbie started working with me in my three year old class this week and it has been so amazing to have her there. I feel I can get so much more done with a second pair of hands. Tomorrow we’re going to try centers. That should be fun. When I leave she will be taking over my class and so we are gradually going to be trying to give the kids fully over to her. I do not feel like I have been here long enough to being weaning my class away from me, however, I think it will be more weaning me from my class

It is so strange, in my head I know that I am in Ghana. Its pretty hard not to know but then I think about it some more and I still can not believe that I am really in Africa. I have looked at this continent so long on the globe longing to walk on it and I really am and have been for almost three months now. In my mind it is just bizarre!

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Well, I leave you now. It is time for me to go and help clean the school, a daily activity.

Love you too much!

Sarah

P.S. At church this past Sunday I heard a lady says "Most of us in this place believe in God. Now it is time for us to take out the "in" and start to believe God." Funny how one word can change so much.

Prayer request:
-Health for the village
-Mothers
-Our village director’s brother passed away so they left to America, please pray for them as they are there and their return on Sunday.
-Libbie and Rob officially started working this week and there is much to do.
-I’m trying to get classes together for next fall and its been tough, please pray that I can find classes (and get into the classes) that I need.