Sorry for delay of the blog posts...WiFi has been consistently inconsistent everywhere we go!
Joshua 1:9 Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for The Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Easy breezy...The arrival to Ghana for the majority of the team was pleasantly uneventful. After an hour delay leaving Dulles, we were concerned that our connection in Frankfurt was going to be tight. However, just as we walked off the plane they opened a new security line just for us so we had plenty of time to catch our Ghana flight.
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| Ghana Team 2013 before departure from Dulles Aug. 1 |
Almost...Two things have never happened to Osofo Casely before happened during this trip-leaving passport at home and traveling on a different flight as the team (due to mission work in Malaysia following ghana) really was in God's hands and worked out for the best. Pastor Casely who always arrives for international flights hours ahead of time decided this cushion wasn't necessary this time. When he went to counter to check in he couldn't find his passport. After checking around, he calls home and sure enough he left it there. His son, Zikomo, quickly ran into action...literally meeting his mom, Angela a mile from their house so she could drive back to BWI and give the passport back to Pastor Casely. With 2 minutes to spare, he made his flight.
Another (minor) incident concerned the mysterious luggage bag missing when we arrived in Accra. We repeatedly counted 11 checked bags (as a team we counted at least a dozen times), and apparently there was a 12th bag en route only discovered by Pastor Casely. He went to the airport and picked it up the next day, no one recognized the bag at all. Surprising to no one, it was checked in under Dan Shackleton's name.
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| Pastor Casely before departure from BWI on Aug. 1 |
Another (minor) incident concerned the mysterious luggage bag missing when we arrived in Accra. We repeatedly counted 11 checked bags (as a team we counted at least a dozen times), and apparently there was a 12th bag en route only discovered by Pastor Casely. He went to the airport and picked it up the next day, no one recognized the bag at all. Surprising to no one, it was checked in under Dan Shackleton's name.
Upon arrival in Ghana, Kwame Adu and Comfort from scripture Union greeted us, took us to eat, then transported us through they busy streets to Yiri Lodge, on the campus of the university of Ghana.
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| Yiri Lodge near Accra, Ghana |
