Saturday, May 27, 2006


³I'll serve you here in suburbia in my comfortable middle class life²

(from the song ³Please Don¹t Send me to Africa²)

‹ I think that line is the only one that has any accuracy.

I confess a slight concern that this trip would alter my vision for
ministry, that it would make me want to live in Africa or some such exotic
place. Not the case at all. My vision and passion for the Northwest has
only
increased since I've been here. All I can think about is how to take my
experiences here and make them the most useful for life at home. Everybody
is asking me if I can stay, if I would move to Africa. But I am anxious to
get home. I will come back and visit, though.

I made the girls French toast this morning...they liked it, but it was too
sweet for them with the syrup. They had never seen anything prepared like
that though. I am making stuffing tonight at the request of Ps. Emmanuel.
I'm not a huge stuffing fan, and I don't think its exciting enough for the
girls to really like, but we'll see. Later this week I'll make them
Jambalaya. I know that will be a big hit.

Yesterday, Tina went to market and picked up my 6 hand made African casual
dresses. They are a bit loose in the waist, but there's not enough time for
me to get them altered here so one of my projects when I get home is to
learn to alter clothing. I have a lot of projects when I get home.

I am very excited to share with all of you in person about my experiences,
and to show my pictures and all that. There is so much good stuff, Ghana is
an amazing country...and they are going to the World Cup. I can hear every
game from the house; we live so close to the stadium, and fans get at least
as loud as they do at home, only here they are singing gospel songs when
they score!

God bless, see you in a week!