ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR LUNCH

You have to eat the head and the bones if you want to do it Ghanain style

Just When You Think This World is so Big...

God shows how small it really is... What are the chances of someone from America meeting someone from Sweden in Ghana who have the same passion?  Really good when God is in the picture!  This is Lynn and Ellen and not only did they  visit the orphanage several times while they were here but they also have raised money to help us with our Christmas Project.  Thank you Lynn and Ellen so much and may God Bless You!Just When You Think This is Such a Big World... God Shows Up!

GEOGRAPHY LESSON 1

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Today we had a geography lesson.  The children made it so much fun!  They were very impressed that Africa was so large.  They said, "Grandma, we live on the biggest continent, even bigger than America.  Isn't that right?"

A HURTING HEART

A HURTING HEART

What does a hurting heart look like?  I have learned that it might look nothing at all like you think.  It can wear a smile, it can be laughing, playing, singing a song, jumping rope, doing just about anything that would not give the slightest clue that it is aching.  It will however show itself from time to time.  It can be captured in a moment of silence and seen very clearly in the eyes that look like they are seeing something in the far distance.  They are not looking to the space in front of them but the empty space inside.  Perhaps seeing another child with their adoptive parents takes them back to a time when their mother or father was holding them and kissing their face.  A broken heart misses the touches of a mommy and daddy, the security felt in laying their small frame next to their mother’s bosoms or their father’s big strong arms. It  longs to hear I love you, you are so beautiful, you are special and all of the other emotions expressed  the way only a mommy and daddy can do. The most beautiful thing about a broken heart is that it can be mended.  It does not have to stay broken.  Our Heavenly Father knew that we would be broken and healing would need to take place when he created us.  He knew that painful moments in time could be replaced with new moments. Tender, caring and loving moments that can bring healing into the heart of each child that is longing for a mommy and daddy.  In Romans Chapter 8 God’s Word very clearly tells us that we have all been grafted into His family.  That we are in fact joint heirs with Jesus Christ His son.  We do not have a spirit of fear but a spirit of adoption.  I pray that the Spirit of God would move in the hearts of His children to know this spirit of adoption by which we were so graciously accepted into and hurting hearts all over the world would come to know the feeling of being grafted into love by His children.

After a good rainstorm and a leaky roof this appeared on my wall.  I thought it was pretty cool.

 The children are making pictures for the O'leary family.  They love to color and hearing them say Grandma look, Grandma look what I did is so precious. 

Thank you to everyone who donated to Feeding the Orphans so we could have these crayons and notebooks!

Village of Chorkor

We deliver food to families in the village of Chorkor once a month.  This month we were very blessed  to have the founders and  friends from Feeding the Orphans go with us.

He is helping to prepare the fish for the family to sell at the market.

Deep Frying the Fish

A DAY AT THE POOL

The 13 of us loaded up in the taxi and headed for a day at the Ramada swimming pool.  They also have a playground the children enjoyed very much.  This was a reward for obedience, not throwing rubbish down, staying at the table while eating and sticking with their new buddies.  Each child has an older child as a buddy who helps them brush their teeth, etc.  It cost $6.00 for each child under nine and $12.00 for each child over nine.  We also buy a bag of water for $2.00 and the Taxi is $15.00 if anyone would be interested in sponsoring a trip to the pool.  You can contact Feeding the Orphans if you would like to be part of the swimming rewards.  The children love going to the pool Only one had gone before.