My friend, from Accra who visited, had a nice time. We went to Mole National Park and saw elephants and antelope. The baboons tried twisting our door handle of our room to get in but thankfully we locked it. Apparently, they know their way around tourists and are always looking for goodies. But it was so interesting to learn more about my friend Nhyira. Like, for one, she is a total. city. girl. She hates bugs and trees and dirt. HA! She was so proud of herself that she went on the walking tour at the park thru the bush and told me she would have never chosen it for herself. We also did a lot of Tamale things.
When I took her back to the airport she was so happy that she came. She has a new respect for Northerners and how hard it is to live here. She also kept telling me and Damary, "you girls are doing so well, so well!" She wouldn't want to live up here but she said she realized how much she had in Accra (and Nhyira is poor by Accra standards).
When I came back home from the airport Thursday morning I was exhausted. I love people but also am glad when they leave :) I barely had a chance to breathe when I came back from Gushegu and then Nhyira came and then I had a day until we had another couple come and stay with us. In the meantime, I went to greet some of my neighbors, wrote up a prayer letter, baked for our upcoming conference, sat with Rafia (I baked her a loaf of banana bread too), went errand running in town, emailed and sat with Damary going over songs for the worship time at the conference that we will help lead. I feel physically drained. I felt bad for my auntie who called me a few days ago and I just kept responding with, "I don't know" or single word answers. I just couldn't think and did not have the energy to engage.
We will leave on Monday for our Spiritual Life Conference in Kumasi, which is about a 6 hour drive. The whole SIM Ghana team will be there (about 50 ppl). We have a speaker, coming from Scotland, game times, rest times, a time to share what God has been doing in our lives, meals and snacks are provided, there will be an environment of cooler weather, and peace and quiet. I seriously need this. I can't wait.
Be praying I would be refreshed. I gotta lot more work ahead of me!
