You Know You're in Africa When. . .

You know you're in Africa when color is everywhere

 and small children are carried in a sling on Mom's 

back.  This cloth, used all over Africa, 

is the original "hands free" device. 

 You know you're in Africa when the mother and baby goat are part of the checked luggage that rides on top of the bus.  Gary says he has never seen them held in with ropes, it may be a new traffic regulation.   

 You know you're in Africa when the local Record store is called Beautiful Jesus Music. 

You know you're in Africa when the oncoming traffic has horns and knows how to use them.  

You know you're in Africa when the goats eat the park bench.

You know you're in Africa when 
the ants make a hill taller than your car.

And finally, you know you're in Africa when the clouds look like they've been created in Photo Shop.

But they weren't:)

I can't capture in a photo the music and singing we hear first thing in the morning and into the night.  Or the constant sound of cricket and about 1,000,000 other bugs.  Nor the fast approach of a rain storm and the brief momentary quiet as it ends---before the insects once again fill the dead airways with their rhythmic chirps.

There are no lion or elephant in this area and looking at our schedule of Seminars I doubt we will have time to travel to Mole National Park to see wildlife.  That's OK.  We came here to meet and minister to people and that is where the real joy in this trip will be found.

 

There is a decidedly slower pace of life here and no one passes you without a smile and a greeting.

Maybe the old saying is true; 'in Ghana we love people'.

It's an incredible privilege and joy to share the lessons God has taught us and to encourage these men and women to make their lives count forever by serving God and loving people.

Kelly