Ghana is a beautiful country. The people are incredible and bold. (I couldn’t tell ya how many times I have been proposed to). We are working with Elim City Church. A church with five separate congregations-who meet on different nights of the week to learn about our awesome God.
The pastors who have been working with us are incredibly sweet, caring and their love for the Lord shines through all things that they do. The people in the church: worship leaders, pastors and teachers are so awesome and have welcomed us in with open arms.
This month we have mostly been evangelizing. We were assigned the little town of Penkwasi (in Sunyani, Ghana). Honestly, at first I was not really excited about this assignment. We were told we would be going to high schools on Fridays (MY JAM), but it did not happen. Needless to say, I was really bummed about it.
One day while evangelizing (the first day actually), my heart was not in the right posture to be knocking on Ghanians doors. I couldn’t pin point why-but that’s just honestly where I was at.
My teammates tried to encourage me to speak, but I was honest with them and they stepped up when I could not. They spoke for me when I didn’t have the courage to. They have my back in all things. My gals don’t let me make excuses-they call me higher when the time is right, but this day I was not in it.
This is something that is so beautiful about community. This month all 36 of us~F Squad best squad~are living together in a hostel. It’s really fun-dorm style like living. There is AC, a shower head and a toilet so you could say we are thriving here in Ghana. (It’s the little things truly when you are on the World Race.)
I have the best teammates. They call me higher. Speak life into me. Show me where I can grow and be more like Jesus.
We lean on each other when things are hard. Do each others hair. Scratch each others backs and listen to each others hearts.
Life in community is so sweet. God is using these gals around me to push me to be the best person I can be. They step in when I am weak and push me when I don’t feel up to the challenge.
My pal, Jess, is kind of like my hype gal. She stood up for me the other day when our Ghanian friend Offa said that I was quiet. A few days later, her and some squad mates were complaining that people were bailing out of the adventure day-Jess quickly goes-EXCEPT LINDSAY-she needs her rest. I cannot put into words how loved this made me feel. Jess has my back, knows my heart and loves me well. Jess meets me where I am and loves me right there-in my shyness and in my need for rest (lol).
The other day, we did a listening prayer before starting our evangelization journey in Penkwasi (again), Listening prayer is when we stop and let God talk to us to direct us where to do. I got green-like the color of grass green? Listening prayer has kind of been frustrating to me recently-is it my own thoughts or the Lord’s? Any who, we went on our way. At the end of our journey we decided to buy some avocados from a stand. The lady working there was in a green dress (and avocados are green-as you may know). She gave us six free oranges after we bought two avocados!!! Raina decided that this lady was my green. I was like yeah I’m not really sure-but Raina confidently pushed me to believe that God gave me the color green.
The other night at church, they asked people to come to the front if they want prayer about different things. I stood there contemplating for a really long time. It was kind of intimidating to go up in front of everyone. Moments later, sweet Hannah comes up and prays for me for reconciliation (and lots of other things but it was loud and I couldn’t hear). This word was given to me during debrief out of a bag of 36 words. How cool is God? He brought sweet Han to me to pray for me with a word I had been given three weeks prior. She is so obedient and loves the team so well.
Adriana is an incredible photographer and also shares a love (?) for exercise science. She is able to capture moments that we all get to keep forever. Adriana has given her talent to the Lord and is so obediently sharing all of her pictures to the world. She pushes me to work out and persevere through things that I might not really want to do. Adriana and I both received the word JOY on our key at launch-this gal has joy in all things and always has a positive spirit.
Heather is an incredible singer. She is the biggest encourager and mama of our team. This gal is able to pick up on your mood and is intentional about just about everything. She thinks ahead and pushes each of us to be better. She pushes me to speak up when I have something important to say-and loves each of us so well. (Also she is the hair stylist of the team) 🙂 Heather is the first to give you a hug, scratch your back or play with your hair when you have had a rough day.
Get yourself into a good community of believers who are going to call you higher, push you to do new things and make you more like Jesus.
The Beloved Daughters:
Here is a pic from after church in our new African attire!!
(somehow this blog turned into a post about how awesome my teammates are-but they truly are. I love each of you so much!!!!)
