I did some banking, emails, residential permit renewal, and visiting with neighbors before I came back on Thursday to Gushegu. I will only have a week here but a week here for language is better than a week in Tamale for language.
In Gushegu, I am staying at a different place. There are missionaries from Europe who work with Frontiers that live on this compound. They have offered me a room. Fela and Puii are trying to get into a new routine and way of life with their second little baby girl. I didn't want to be a bother to them. I am so thankful for this place. I stay with a gal named Vronny who is from Switzerland and also a farm girl! She is a nurse and works in a nutrition center. The other couple is from Holland and the husband is a doctor and the wife is a nurse and they have 2 little boys. They did a bbq for us and it was delicious! We sat outside and ate and talked. I almost felt like I was in Wisconsin during the summer.
They are on the other side of town. Vronny has lent me her bicycle so I can get to town since they are a bit far. I have not really rode a bike in years...like probably more than 10 years! I am a bit wobbly. The motorbikes behind me beep-beep me but I can't move over. Haha. It will get better.
I have not been able to find a language helper. I have visited my friends and will just continue and then also make new ones. I can learn as I sit with them.
It is Ramadan. People are fasting. They eat before it gets light and then eat when the sun goes down. They don't drink water. It is so hot! I don't know how they do it...and honestly wonder if they do. I am joining in the fast too. I don't eat in the morning but I do drink water. During meal times I pray. I really pray for these people that God would reveal himself to them. I eat when it gets dark- around 6pm. Ramadan ends June 4.
I spoke at church today. It was really short. If anything, people love a short message. Haha!
Okie, so a language week is in store for me. I will head back to Tamale on Friday because we have a meeting on Saturday. Love ya. Keep praying!
