It has been very busy here in the Humanitarian part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Friday of last week we went to Kumasi to check on 2 humanitarian projects. The first project we checked out was a group of women called "Better Life for Women", who are an organization that supports families with disabled children. This organization makes home visits to families with disabled children. They are asking the church to donate some equipment such as walkers, wheel chairs, bath chairs ect.
We also visited two villages in the Mampong Scarp(little mountain region). Two villages that have had much hardship getting water for their villages. They hike through the jungle down a ravine and fetch water this way. We had the honor of hiking with them to verify their need. It was very hot and humid that day and very difficult hiking conditions. Also, it is important to note that we travel to very remote areas where there are no bathrooms available. I dehydrate myself a little by limiting my fluid intake so I can go longer before a restroom stop. This all was a bad combination for me. Needless to say, I survived by God's grace as they say here in Ghana. As I was hiking a Primary song came to my mind. The words go as follows: "Heavenly Father, are you really there? And do you hear and answer every missionaries prayer?" The Lord does here and answer prayers, even in the Jungles of Africa.
We will be looking into these projects a little more to consider what can be done for them.
Tuesday after our humanitarian district council we realized we would need to drive back to Kumasi to meet Ezra. He works at the area offices. He wanted us to meet him there because he had more projects for us to take a look at.
First of all we drove out to Morso. Morso is a little town in the middle of no where. The Church built a health clinic for the village.
I really like how it turned out. It seemed very functional. It will be a nice place for the women to give birth and for anyone to have a doctor visit.
We then traveled to Adokrom, again it was really far flung. The people of Adokrom have requested a borehole and they are drilling today as we speak. We stopped by to say hello and to see how the geologist tested for water. It was very interesting to watch.
We then drove on to a school that was requesting a borehole in a town called Asonomaso. The current borehole was filling up with iron and or manganese and had become contaminated. The children in the school have to cross a busy road to get to a water tank to fetch water for the school. We will be working to help with this project. Our friend Ezra turned it over to us.
We started heading back toward Sunyani and we stopped in a little community called Bechem. The Church built a Psychiatric hospital ward for a hospital here. We stopped to check on the building to see how well it was being maintained. The Church will check on the projects every few months or so after they are implemented to ensure that they are being cared for and maintained properly.
We noticed that they had fixed some cracks and painted and didn't match the paint and there was a little rot with some wood on the ceiling. All in all the place was in pretty good condition.
We returned home and that night pretty exhausted from our travels and long day. About an hour after we got home our electricity started flickering. Usually that means a significant storm is brewing. It was like a little mini tornado that whipped through our community. The lid blew off our trash can on the porch and Louie went after it. I was so worried because large debris was blowing around and I was worried he was going to get hit by something big. Thankfully he made it back in safely. I was then worried about our young missionaries who were out and about. We sent them a group text and asked them to check in with us. All were safely accounted for. It dropped some rain and then we were out of power for the rest of the night. We have a generator, but the neighbor complained of the noise so we had to shut it off and suffer in the humidity and heat in the dark with everyone else. We will consider letting him plug into it so he will not be ornery about it next time.
Today happened to be Ghana's Independence day. We celebrated by giving a speech at the University about the importance of Preventative Health measures for women.
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| Brenda talking about preventative health! |
After the Speech we met some of our Young Adult friends at an Orphanage and had a dance party with the kids. It really was a good time! They brought them soda's and snacks.
As you can see we were quite busy getting around and hopefully doing some good. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is about religion, but it is also about elevating lives. The Gospel should make everything better than it was before it's introduction. We also believe that if we are in the service of our friends here in Ghana we are in the service of our God. Our hope is always that we can do what we feel the Savior would do if he were here. This guides us in our efforts. This week I came to the stark realization that these people are strong, they are tough and they work very hard. They are a great example to me of strength, grace and resilience.
Hello everyone! This is Louie. I just wanted to say hello also. We have been very busy. Its been great! We really have been going all over the place. Between last Friday and this last Tuesday and Wednesday, we have driven about 700 miles. The people we have been meeting are so awesome. The projects we get to be involved in are incredible. The good that is happening in Ghana and the West Africa Area is incredible. We get to have a meeting every Tuesday with missionaries just like us who are humanitarian missionaries and we get to see the good that is happening. It truly is amazing. Anyway, the Lord is in the details. He truly is. Don't doubt it.
Love to you all!
Louie and Brenda
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