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I (Ash) just arrived in Ghana and am resting up for a few hours before kicking off a travel schedule that is very ambitious (even by my whirlwind travel standards). Tomorrow morning I’m taking a local flight to Tamale in the north to meet Vincent and Adam Brown. Together we will drive out to theContinue reading “An ambitious trip to Ghana, but so much to see”

Sometimes when I meet with people we’ve trained in Ghana they ask me if I will tell the people in the U.S. about them. It is a comfort to them that people know of them and think about them. I like to say that I will; after all we are all part of the tribeContinue reading “Day 5: Update on our tribe”

Today we drove to Sunyani where over the past five years our coach Naomi has discipled many men and women of all ages. We got to meet with ten of them. She has welcomed whole families to live with her in her two room house, adopted a four year girl who she found crying andContinue reading “Day 4: Sunyani with Naomi”

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Three months ago, Vincent and I along with some visiting YLI board members, stood around a pile of dirt and debris which was the remains of Vincent’s first attempt at building a basketball court here in Kumasi.  A retaining wall, constructed to level the surface where the court would be built, had collapsed and theContinue reading “Day 2: Inspection of Vincent’s Basketball Court”

Fran and Daniel Moye, Sarah Beth Alford, Vincent and I are back at the airport in Accra, Ghana this morning only twelve hours after we arrived from Amsterdam last night.  We are waiting along with around 30 other people for our 45 minute flight on the “little plane” to Kumasi and the YLI home base,Continue reading “Day 1: Accra and Kumasi, Ghana”

“He sent them (disciples) to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.”  Luke 9:2 “So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.”  Luke 9:6 Jesus trained and equipped his disciples to not only preach about the kingdom, but to engage lives so that the kingdom wouldContinue reading “…and to heal the sick.”

Thank you for praying! It was a fantastic trip and I know your prayers were a central reason why everything went so well. We rolled in late last night — it was just under 24 hours of travel from door to door which really is not bad coming from Africa.  I’m feeling surprisingly good today.Continue reading “YLI Board Member, Rob Ketterer’s Ghana Highlights: Top 10 List”

Our “YLI Elder” was bestowed a humorous gift this morning for his 47th birthday. Rob found this hat at the Kumasi market and we couldn’t resist. Happy birthday Vincent!