Holy smokes, if I could pick my favorite title of a blog thus far- this one takes the cake.
In the spirit of posting old blogs that never made it into the interweb, here’s my farewell to Africa thoughts from the end of January.
"I’m going to miss Africa. It’s been SO HARD. It feels like it’s been the most challenging 2 months of my life so far. But it’s also been a huge learning time, an opportunity to grow and seek the Lord
more.
This month, in Ghana, our team has been working with GraceLife Ministry’s outside of Medina. We have preached and been the worship band at services. The church meets at Royal Oaks Academy, a school where
our pastor’s wife is the principal.
I’ve been working in a Pre-k classroom which has been fun but also challenging. I think I’ve figured out that the little ones are NOT my calling. They’re cute and fun in doses but MAD RESPECT to all the
full time teachers for mini-people. Exhausting!
Some of my favorites:
Teaching PE class. We danced the whole time. The teachers joined us and the kids loved it.
The food here (gallof rice, plantains, fried chicken, french toast made with sweetened condensed milk? yes please!)
I lost ‘what are the odds’ and now have to chase down every goat we come across until I catch one. Stay tuned.
One thing that I think has surprised me about Africa is that, to me, it doesn’t feel all that different from the states. I see similar types of people all around. Each time I interact with a student,
a similar one I’ve known in the states pops into my brain. There are class differences. There’s political dissatisfaction. There’s traffic that frustrates the locals.
Don’t get me wrong there are a LOT of differences too but I think somewhere inside I thought this was going to feel like another planet.
I think I’m realizing more and more the people are just people doing their best to live life. And it’s weird because I thought that was something I understood really well already. In that, I find more
motivation to share Jesus with everyone we encounter. Because that’s the other common denominator. Each of those people, who are just people, are lost until they find Him."
