Thank you for praying for me at church. God saw me! You know, speaking in front of people is not difficult for me but this time...hey...I was shaking! When I was reading the Dagbani Bible my hand was trembling. I would like to blame that on the power of God's Word but it was more nervousness :)
The rest of the week was more and more language and it was hard and one day I was even talking to myself to keep moving. I then realized I was making a loop and it would be shorter for me to just keep going than to turn around. Ha! If I was to write a progress report I would say I can hear when I don't pronounce things well. I can put more sentences together. I am learning new vocabulary, not using it, but still. And I am able to say dialogues smoother than before. Unfortunately, it is easier for me to keep looking at how far I need to go. Towards the end of the week i was feeling tired, brain tired. I was glad to hop a bus on Thursday and go to Tamale to meet a couple friends.
These friends:
Sara. I met Sara about 13 years ago as she and another girl, from Canada, were studying at a theological school in Accra. For some reason, we all were in Tamale and we met. Sara has kept in touch with me. She is now a professor at a university in Germany. She was here in Ghana with students...and in Tamale! She has been praying for me and what God is doing here all these many years and to see her again brought joy joy joy! We spent the afternoon together catching up and talking about how God has answered prayers. I was so encouraged. So encouraged!
Charity. Charity is a SIM Ghana missionary serving in the Upper West Region. She actually first came out as a short termer in 2009. Now she came back in 2016 to stay :). You know how I talk about Damary and I being so different? Well, Charity and I are so similar! We pray over the phone every 2 weeks. She also had to learn a language and just completed her level 3! She stopped in Tamale for the night to fly to Accra as she is going on Home Assignment. Our short time together brought laughter, as always, vulnerability and accountability, which I need, and more joy joy joy! So thankful for her speaking into my life and praying for me. She knows exactly the pains of learning a crazy language:).
I am so thankful for this burst of sweet fellowship with these girls. I am ready to get back to Gushegu and try again. I feel fueled by our laughter and prayers. (I am actually sitting on the bus right now and it just started up!)
Thanking God for his goodness goodness goodness!
Thanks for praying!