Hey everybody, seems like forever since we have last updated this site. I guess that’s because it has been forever =). So much has happened over the last few months:
OUR FAMILY
•We bought a 1994 Mitsubishi Pajero with a Nissan engine in it for $8,000. (I know that seems like a lot of money for a vehicle, but for here that’s a steal considering a new Toyota SUV costs $80,000)
Our Truck
•We took a short 2 week trip to America in March/April. We were abl...
My sincerest apologies for failing to post an update last week. As I am sure you can understand it has been extremely hectic these past two weeks. I finally sat down for what felt like the first time in a long time on Christmas Eve.
Accra Trip
Pastor Mike set up a trip for the whole team to travel to Accra on December 14-16th. Accra is about 150 miles away. It usually takes about 5-6 hours to travel there from Kumasi. Unfortunately our bus broke down 4 ti...
The Ghana 2008 Presidential elections were held this past Sunday. I would love to report to you that the better party won, but they didn’t. Actually no one won yet. The ballots were all in by yesterday. (it took 3 full days for a final announcement, you can tell by the pictures the system is very high-tech) The electoral commission announced that there will be a run off. In Ghana you have to win the election by 50% plus 1 vote. The NPP (New P...
We had our annual thanksgiving feast this year at Lawrence Williams house. The food was delicious and the fellowship was grand.
Omar Lewis was in charge of games and he did a great job organizing lots of fun activities. Here is a brief review of everything we played. First, we had an egg toss. Brett and I tied for first with Lindsey and Charles Osgood.
Next, we had a sack race. The girls went about 20 yards then turned around to tag their spouses... Continue reading ...
Our Sunday school class is not seeing an increase in numbers but it is seeing an increase in married couples. Our first week we had about 40 but I did not see one husband and wife sitting together. This past week we had about 25 in our class; however, we had about 7 couples sitting by each other. Amen and amen. I will try to remember to bring my camera to church on Sunday to let you all see our set up.
We went to eat last night at Richard and Rosemary Frimpong's... Continue reading ...
My new goal for this site is to update it every Tuesday so that when I do update it I do not have 100 things to choose to write about.
Here are some major points of interest that have happened over the last 2 months.
1. Our new Sunday school class has officially started. It is named the Together Forever married adult class. On our first week we had 40 people in attendance. Amen and Amen. Brett and I really enjoy our class. At first we though we were not qualified to teach a ... Continue reading ...
I guess it has been a little while since this site has been updated, huh? Surprisingly having two children, one potty training and one in diapers, does not give me as much extra time as I used to have.
We are back in Ghana! Praise the Lord. After 3 months, a new baby boy, 13 flights, and 50 extra pounds between the both of us we safely arrived in Kumasi a little over 7 weeks ago. Our trip to America was amazing. We loved to be able to be with our family, eat our food and fell... Continue reading ...
He is FINALLY here! Judson Louis Beil was born at 3:34 AM on May 15, 2008 (one day after my estimated due date). He weighed 8 pounds and 6 ounces and was 20 inches long. I know this sounds like an oxymoron but I had the best labor ever! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! for all of your prayers � they were surly answered. After Jackson was born I contemplated not having any more kids because the labor and delivery was so intense; but, now I think we might have a few more. I...
Wow � it has been awhile. We sincerely apologize for not updating the site sooner. These last few months have been a blur. I will try to do my best to update you on all of the time that I have missed.
1. New Years
We had a watch night service at church that was very highly attended and enjoyed. Brett and I made some new years resolutions, which included reading the Bible through according to the yearly plan that was handed out at church. We are both enjoying reading th...
It is hard to believe it is the holiday season already. Since the weather has been getting hotter here and not colder it is even harder to believe. The Ghanaians claim to �celebrate� the Christmas holiday, but we have not seen much evidence of that so far. I guess buying a tree, lights, and d�cor would just be an extra expense that they can not afford. We get very excited when we hear Christmas music playing around town, ...
Amen and Amen! Yesterday was First Baptist Church of Kumasi, Ghana�s 1st anniversary Sunday. We decided to try and break our previous big day record of 2,200 we had on Rice Sunday last January. Well, we had 3,042 in attendance with 795 people saved and 175 people baptized! WOW! Our class alone (4-7 year olds) had 746 officially but I would estimate we had over 800 � as you could understand it was hard to count all the children. Our class was located on the right all... Continue reading ...
It sure has been an eventful month! The new team members (The Tuttons, the Ogles, the Closes, and the Nortons) are leaving America today to join us. They should be arriving in Accra tomorrow and Kumasi by Wednesday or Thursday. I personally am very excited about them coming. I know two of the couples fairly well, and I am sure they will love it here and be a great asset to the team.
Because of the new team members coming and God continuing to do amazing things, it seems ...
Thank you SO much for writing on our wall - it is a true highlight of our day when we read those posts together!
Great news - we now have internet at our home; kind of (we have to go on our back porch outside to connect to the office which is about 50 yards and 4 concrete walls away). We are so excited to be able to catch you up on our happenings and be more connected with back home.
A lot has happened since the last time we posted . . . here is brief update.
Time
has flown. We can't believe we have been here for over a month
now. We hope you will enjoy the picture we have posted. It took us
an hour just to get that one picture uploaded - we will try to post
some more next time we get a chance.
So here is a breakdown of a typical week.
Monday -
Monday
is everyone on the teams day off. Jennifer goes grocery shopping every
other week. Getting groceries is a half a day project because you have
to go to at least 3 (usually 6) stores to...
We
made it!! After a 32 hour, 4 leg trip we are finally here. Traveling
was pretty hard on jackson - since all of the flights we were on were
all packed he had to sit on our laps every time we were in the air. But
Praise the Lord for international air travel. We were sitting next an
eighty year old missionary on the flight from Germany to Nigeria to
Accra. He told us when he first came to Ghana he had to take a boat and
it took 6 weeks to get there and all of his luggage was ruin...
Hello,
and welcome to the beginnings of our web site. Brett and I have been
very busy trying to get everything organized so that we will be able to
leave June 20th. We are currently in the process of selling our
trailer, two vehicles and Brett's business. I will try to keep you
updated on our status as well as inform you of the new occurrences and
happenings in our lives. Jackson is keeping us plenty busy... he is
babbling and moving around like crazy. Brett is trying to get as...
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