Damary and I took a little trip to Tumu. It is in the Upper West Region. It is not a village, but it is not a big city either. We have a team of SIMers who live and serve there. One couple, Steve and Cydie, are from America, Charity is from Canada, and Penny is from UK and on home assignment.Charity was a short termer from years ago and she has come back as a long termer. It is so nice to have her back. She is one of those amazing people that you think never does anything wrong and smiles thru everything. She does love Jesus with every piece of her heart and I love watching her with people. She and I, once we both finish language learning, will tag-team co-ordinate short termers.Yes, she is also learning language, though not Dagbani. She has to learn Galibagli, or something like that. There are 5 different dialects spoken around Tumu! EI!!! At least, all the people speak Dagbani here :) Something I need to be thankful for.While Charity was a short termer here, another gal came from Germany. Her name is Rebekka. She worked with youth and children for 9 months. She did a great job serving in Tumu...and the reason I went to Tumu this week...was because Rebsi (that's my name for her) came back for a visit with her husband!! I think it has been 7 years since she was here.Damary and I took trotro because we wanted to and it would be less exhausting and cheaper for us.
We left the next morning and thankfully Steve and Cyndie needed to go to Bolga so we got a free ride! But that road wasn't any better in a truck...my step counter on my phone thought I was walking because after 70 miles it said I had walked 9000 steps. That is a lot of bouncing around.Back in Tamale we welcomed back a team member who has been gone since April. Yvonne is from the UK and she is doing different ministries here in Tamale. Great gal, so nice to have her back.I have had a super productive weekend and I hope it will free me up for hard-core-serious-language-learning-no-interruptions-week. Well, we can dream, can't we?Love ya! Pray I would be bold in my speaking Dagbani this week!