A few pictures and a story.

Good morning!

I want to start off by saying a huge thanks to all of you! We greatly appreciate all of your love, prayers, encouragement and support, and we know we wouldn’t be here without you! Thankyou for your involvement in the lives of these girls-you’ve made an enormous impact on them though they’ve never met you :)

As you may know, these wonderful eight girls have all started school on Monday! As they get ready for bed each night they say things like, “Auntie, tomorrow I am going to school!” We love their enthusiasm :) They will be observed in their classrooms for a week or two and be moved to different grades depending on their performance. They are wearing their special “Friday uniforms” for the first time today! (Pictures below)

Landon and I have had the opportunity to get away to Accra for a small (and much needed) break.  This means, we’ve been able to enjoy things like hot showers, hamburgers, dairy products, wifi and some great conversation with other American missionaries! It’s been wonderful and we feel so refreshed!

Back to the girls. We have quite a few pictures and a really sweet story we'd like to share. First, the story.  We’ve started a bedtime routine that involves reading a bible story right before bed. A few nights ago, Dina wanted to choose the story. She flipped through the bible, saw a picture of Jesus hanging on the cross, and said, “this one.” So we began reading the story of the crucifixion, which Davi Mercy was kind enough to translate.  As I finished the story, I realized the girls were being unusually quiet. I looked up and saw the saddest faces you can imagine. Lucky was in tears.  They couldn’t understand why Jesus had to die when he did nothing wrong.

 It was far past their bedtime, but I couldn’t send them to bed in tears. So we followed up the story of Jesus’ crucifixion with his resurrection. The sadness in the room was wiped away and replaced with joy! The girls were laughing and smiling from ear to ear when they heard that Jesus was alive again! So sweet. We love these girls so much and are so blessed to be a part of their lives.

Now for the pictures!!!!

twirling in their new dresses :)

Friday uniforms

Rosemary, Godsway and Sarah hard at work.

they love playing with Uncle Landon :)

Sarah's turn!

Reading under the mango tree with Auntie

Dina

Sarah

Gloria

Mama Helen bought sparklers! They had a blast.

Landon's favorite mode of transportation:
motorbike.

Our  fabulous cooks that you've heard so
 much about; Mama Helen and Davi Mercy

Lucky and Godsway tucking their beanie
babies in for an afternoon nap :)

Thanks for reading!

We love and miss you all.

Kate, Landon, and the girls :)