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  This afternoon at lunch I found myself craving dried fish with my Fufu.  On my first eight or so visits to West Africa the sight or smell of dried fish immediately turned my stomach.  I even avoided walking past them laid out on the ground at the market.  But in September, Churcher dared me toContinue reading “I think this is a good thing.”

I uploaded this separately from my earlier post so I didn’t lose one or both of the entries.  Its a short greeting but man did it take a long time to upload!  I almost am starting to appreciate Comcast!

Our coaches summit finished up today and most of the coaches and trainees have started returning to their homes on hot and dusty afternoon buses. Its humbling to think that some of them travel by bus for almost the same length of time that I travel by plane to be with them. I am noticingContinue reading “The daily update”

Today was an incredible day in Kumasi, Ghana. 1. First of all, I am a fool for not recording the session taught by our special guest, Vincent Asamoah, this morning. It was powerful and emotional time Vincent and the coaches who worked with him before Jim died. Vincent told his story of how everything heContinue reading “Why I love this job.”

I’ve never recovered from jet lag so fast, which is good because after our overnight flight we drove immediately the five hours to Kumasi.  The drive was significantly more brutal than the 12 hour flight, mostly because I didn’t allow us any recovery time in Accra.  The reason was I planned to begin the conference aContinue reading “Vision Day”

Ash asked me to post this update due to a poor internet connection in Kumasi.  He and Vincent have arrived safely in Ghana and want to thank you for your prayers and support.  He will try to post an update tomorrow.  Rhonda

It’s hard to believe that its been three months since our family returned from Ghana.  Since the end of last October we have been praying, planning and discerning; looking to see how God is continuing to lead us as a family and ministry.  Exciting things happen when we ask God to show us what heContinue reading “Riding Delta to Ghana Today”

It has been a lot of fun and very encouraging for us to see how many people have followed our time in west Africa last year on this blog.  What we experienced and witnessed has helped us deepen our understanding of what God has called YLI to be in the world.   In other words,Continue reading “What we learned in 2008”

Pray for poor John Mark.  He’s had a tough week.  He has two big knots on his head from collisions with the tile floor and furniture.  And on top of that, it looks like our perfect health record has been broken (I am actually surprised it lasted this long).  We think he has the Giardia parasite –Continue reading “Adventures in Tamale (the city, not the food)”

A couple of months ago I read 12 Who Changed the World, a book about Jesus’ disciples written by Morris Inch. It was “ok”…(I don’t want to make this a book review), but there is one point he made about the 12 that I’ve returned to. Jesus seemed to surround himself not with people whoContinue reading “Another Bossman story”