Raining sweet potatoes

This past Thursday, I was walking to the market and I saw a lady that I know from a church so I sat down to talk with her. She asked how I was and my family, and after a few minutes she asked me if I wanted to buy some food that she was selling. The only problem was that I did not like what she was selling. I told her on my way back from the market that I would buy some of her food for a friend at our house.

While there at the market I bought a few things and I wanted some sweet potatoes, but without thinking I used all my money buying the sweet potatoes. The lady that sold me the potatoes gave some extra. While I was walking back from the market I realized what I had done; I had no money to buy the food from my friend, so I immediately thought of the sweet potatoes. I explained to my friend the situation and told her that I wanted to give her a gift and gave her some sweet potatoes. She was so happy to receive them, she was so thankful, and I was happy to give them.

On Saturday I met a girl walking down our street I found out she lives next to us and that she sells sweet potatoes. I was able to buy a very large amount of potatoes for less than a dollar. We had a guy working for us that day who's family does not have a lot of money, so we gave him some sweet potatoes. He also was so thankful and I was very glad to give them to him.

Then on Sunday at church the pastor's son gave gave us a bag of sweet potatoes for a gift. What a blessing! Then when we got home one of our night guards came with a big bag. Jesse told me that his family gave us sweet potatoes and peanuts.

As I was walking into the house I realized what was happening, I stopped and thanked the Lord for what He was doing. He was providing food for our family, and using us to provide food for other people. I want to praise the Lord for everything even down to the last sweet potato, I felt like it was raining sweet potatoes today.

I have so much to be thankful for.

Suffer the little children........

This is a little girl that lives on our street, if I walk around to see our neighbors she
is with me in my arms, we do not understand what each other are saying, but we do
undertand one thing LOVE.

I am trying something out

I am trying to figure something out on my blog I am sorry.

Going to church with Bubble Gum.

This is Bubble Gum, I have given him this name.
This past Sunday I walked to church with some kids and a new friend of mine. While we were walking Bubble Gum and another little boy were holding my hand, now you must understand Bubble Gum does not speak French yet only Kabiye. As we were walking he was saying something but no one was listening to him, I asked my friend what he was saying, she started to laugh she said that he was wondering if I get tired when I walk because I take so many steps. If you know me you know why he has said this, I have short legs and small feet. He thought if I took bigger steps I would not be as tired. I thought this was so funny I started laughing because of this cute comment but also because he is only 3 and he noticed this.

At church all of the other children went to a childrens class but not Bubble Gum, he would not leave my side, my friend told me that he said he wanted to stay with his friend, all through church he was tucked up under my arm playing with my fingers, after a while he crawled up on my lap and went to sleep. I pray that I will always have a little friend like Bubble Gum. I thank the Lord for my little Bubble Gum.

By the way I call him Bubble Gum, because he loves bubble gum. One day I taught him the word bubble gum, so every time he would see me he would say that, and so we started to sing a song about it and that is how he became Bubble Gum.

Wonderful Friends

Friends in Africa make life easier. I am very thankful for the people that God has put in our life. Just this week we have celebrated some birthdays, and have had some parties, it was so nice to talk to people that are going through and doing the same things that I am going through and doing. I thank the Lord for the wonderful friends in my life.

My sweet little friend Chris

This is Chris, he is the one with the infection on his leg, I checked his leg yesterday and it does not look any better, he has liquid coming out of it. I put him on a antibiotic I am beginning to think I should have been a nurse and a school teacher. I am continuing to put medicine on the wound, and am praying that it will get better. It is starting to look like a staff infection, this is very common hear, because it is so dirty. Yesterday when I checked his wound it had flies all over the bandage, and when I took it off I felt sick to my stomach. To answer the question about what Chris said about it moving, I think what he was saying was that it was throbbing, because of the infection.

A new page for David's book.

This is some of Joshua's friends having fun acting like they are Spiderman, they thought they were so cool.

The Slave Castle in Ghana.

To much love?

Yesterday I saw a girl that had been burnt just recently, it was her shoulder. Her mom had put some kind of medicine on it and it looked horrible, it made me sick to my stomach to look at it. She had 4 different spots that were burned. Also, I talked to one of my neighbors that has had diarrhea for days and has blood mixed with it, she has an amoeba, she has had it for a while. Another neighbor has spots all over her body she has a fungus. So yesterday I had a really busy day taking care of the people I care about with the help of my friend Lisa she is a nurse.
This morning we had some children come to church with us, one of the boys said that his leg hurt, he pulled up his pant leg and he had a sore about the size of a nickle that is raised and I could tell it was infected. When we arrived home I sprayed some hydrogen peroxide on it 4 times it would not stop bubbling, he said it hurts and it feels like it is moving, he has a infected leg I am praying that it does not turn into a staff infection, we will see tomorrow how it is doing.
When I arrived home today after taking care of the little boys leg I thought to myself why are these parents not taking care of there children? these children are precious to me I love them dearly, the children are hurting and the parents seem to not care WHY, do I have to much love? impossible, I than realized God loves them more and maybe this is an opportunity to show the parents that I care about them and that they will see the Love of God through me. Please pray with me that the Lord will give me many opportunities to talk with them. The lady that has the amoeba is Muslim please pray that the Lord will show me what to do to help her and also to give me the opportunity to share with her the TRUTH. Thank you in advance for all of your prayers.

Some beautiful faces.

New flip flops, and a new friend

Today I was outside our gate talking to a neighbor, and I saw some children coming down the road, I knew the children and were excited to talk to them. One little boy I saw was carrying his shoes, but he only had one in his hands so I went to look for the other one on the path and found it. I was helping him put them on and noticed they would nor could not fit on his feet, I felt so bad I thought of how many pairs of flip flops and shoes I have in my house. My friend asked him if he has any other shoes at his house he said no. I thought to my self what am I going to do now, I then remembered that a lady next door to us sells things outside of her door, I asked her if she had children's flip flops and she did. For just a few cents I was able to put shoes on this little boys feet and gain a new friend my next door neighbor. We have spoken to her before but I believe this has opened a new door, I believe she is Catholic. I will get her name soon to put it on the blog so you can be praying for her.

Canopy walk in Ghana.