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This blog is kind of like a journal for me.  I find this to be my place to "record" moments.  Although I posted this on Facebook, I wanted to remember this day forever.  If you didn't catch the post on FB, here is my crazy but wonderful day in a nutshell. Many more Ghana moments today after waking up to a home without water. (We are catching rain water off the roof as I type this! Yes, God provided!) I just arrived home after nearly 7 hours in the car driving a total of 72 miles. No joke ! I had to drive to two different outdoor markets today for items I could find anywhere in the states. Anyway, I "nicked" two vehicles today as I wove our 4x4 through the market...one taxi and one semi! (So sorry Honey! Rebekah will tell you it wasn't my fault!) Because there wasn't any real damage to the other cars - and because I am a white woman - I kept going. I played real-life bumper cars today...with only a few bumps! THEN, I sat in traffic for more than 2 hours o...

Currently we are busy preparing for Christmas.  However, it's not what you think. We are making preparations to make December 25th a blessed day for many here in country.  People in the US have been collecting gifts to share with the needy here.  Friends and family have been collecting some very nice things to send over and give to people here.  People at home have been thinking of the deprived people here in Ghana as they have been making their own Christmas plans.  They have chosen to give to the people here with their giving.  Thank you!!  We are so excited!!  (Thank you Tate Family, Hannah Rader, Thursday Connection Kids, Laura Lamb, Janet Franklin, Pleasant Hill Church and Ladies Bible Study, and, of course, Oleary family!  Nothing would happen here without each of you!  Thank you!) This Christmas will be very different for us.  We will not even be at home Christmas Day.  We will have the honor of giving our lives away to ...