Feb 27

It's been a long, hot, sweaty three weeks...but that's not what we are going to remember. What we will remember is, the faces and hearts of the Ghanaian people, the smiles of the kids and the waves when they see an "Abroni" walking down the street, the relationships between the team members, the 3000 pateints that we provided medical care for, the two new christian radio stations that we dedicated, the bright faces of the ghanaian contruction team when we came back to see them one last time, the new friends from Ecuador (Doctors and Nurses), our new Twi words, and the list goes on and on and on. Each person has their own memories that they will never forget. Each person created a story for somebody to tell and for somebody in Ghana to remember. What we must remember is that God has a plan and a purpose for each one of us. He handpicked each of us to be a part of this team and to make contact with the people and culter of Ghana. We all have different backgrounds and different stories, yet we ended up on the same trip together with one purpose in mind...to follow God's direction. It's been amazing to see the gifts of each of the members on this trip and see how we all complement each other to create a team that has accomplished so many things. Gifts of medicine, leadership, passion for kids, music, love, direction, and many more. Through all the challenges, obstacles, victories and cheers we grew together and became more of a force to spread the love of Jesus through our words and our actions.

Psalm 1:1-3 says "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers."

Although we all are sinners, we still need to try our best to delight in the Law of the Lord. We all need to be like a tree which yields fruit and leaf doesn't wither. We hope that we have yielded fruit here in Africa. Some that we know about and others that we will never know about until we get to heaven. At the same time, we have each grown stronger in the Lord than we were when we got here. We must also remember that a three week trip to Africa does not mean that our work is done. There is much more to be done here! There is much more to be done within each of our hearts and there is much more to be done at home in Colorado! Our mission continues with each day as we interact with our families, friends and co-workers. Our mission goes on! As this mission trip comes to an end, we look forward to continuing our lifelong mission. We embrace our Lord and his commandments. We look to the heavens for guidance and direction. For he is the light along our path...we follow you Lord! We love you! And we thank you!

For those of you who have followed this journey, we thank you for your prayers and support! You have been just as important in this trip and those who travelled. We thank you for being a part of our lives and we look forward to being able to share this experience with you when we get back. God bless!