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Going to Ghana


I am seeing my family off to Ghana tonight. My sister will be there for six weeks, and my parents will be with her for the first two. Amy has to go on a six-week international practicum as part of the graduate degree she is pursuing at Fuller Theological Seminary, so she chose to fulfill that requirement with the ministry in Ghana that we have worked with in the past.

I have spent the last 24 hours with my family and really enjoyed it. Since my sister lives in Los Angeles, I hadn't seen her since Christmas! She will stay in Georgia for two weeks in August after she returns from Ghana, so I'm already looking forward to more quality time with her then.

I am so excited for my family to return to a country that they have all visited before and to reconnect with people there. I'm also excited to see how God will use them as they dedicate a church there, spend time in villages and spend time "living life" with the awesome missionary couple who live there full-time. I know that He has great plans.

It's also a little bittersweet for me, though. I would love to be going back with them, but the money and timing did not seem right. God is in control and knows where I need to be during these weeks. I'm excited to see what God does in and through them, and I'm sending all of my excitement their way.

Please pray for the people of Ghana and for my family in the next few weeks. I can't wait to hear the stories and testimonies!

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