Journey On

February 23, 2008

Now we head back to the United States. Right now we are on a bus to Accra to stop at the hotel before we leave on our flight. Last night was pretty wild. We took Maamaye to the hospital for chest x-rays. We weren’t sure if we would have to stay longer or not. Dennis stayed back with Maamaye, Vida and Rita at the hospital while the rest of us headed back to the hotel. Jeff, Ciarra, a Muslim guard and I all prayed in my room that night for Maamaye. Our new Muslim friend did the prayer for us and his words were beautiful. Around 11:30, they came back and told us that Maamaye had bronchitis and she would be fine, she just needed some medication. Looks like our friend’s prayer worked, Allah Akbar. We were relieved until around 12:30, when Katherine started throwing up. Fortunately Ciarra was there to help her and she immediately went to get Dennis so he could help. Dennis got her on meds so she was fine, just a little groggy. Then early this morning, when Ciarra was doing wake up calls, she found that Myra was feeling ill too and had been throwing up. Through out this early morning drama we were all worried about getting everybody home. Fortunately for us, God is still at work and for the moment it seems as though we will all make it home in one piece. Now we just have to pray that God will protect us as He always has. I was going to end there… however, as it turns out our flight is canceled for the next 36 hours… sweet right? Well, I guess here’s to sitting back for a day, hopefully rest is in our future and a safe travel home. I think I’m going to go grab a Coke now and chat up a little theology with the pastor. Sabbath, Amen.