Thanksgiving

Happy (late) Thanksgiving! This year, we were so grateful to be able to spend the day with some wonderful missionary friends from America. We had a great time eating fabulous food (we even had chocolate desserts and pumpkin pie!!!!) playing games and relating to people from our own culture. It truly was a blessing!

We are very Thankful to the Lord for SO many blessings, and you, our wonderful friends and family, are at the top of the list. :) Thank you so much for coming alongside us on this journey. We often feel isolated and lonely here, and Your prayers, encouragement, emails, and support have made all the difference in the world. We love you all and are so blessed to have such a wonderful support group!

It's hard to believe that we have just three short weeks left here in Akatsi! We are so very excited to be back with you all, to feel cold again, have CHRISTMAS and delicious food, and to do many other things. However, we are not looking forward to parting with the girls. We know that we will miss them dearly and we have been trying to step back these last few months and to let Mama Helen and Mercy take charge. The girls no longer come to us first thing when they get home from school, but to Mama, which is exactly what we wanted. We've tried to prepare them in every way possible. It will be a painful parting for us all, but we know that the girls will be well cared for. It's just so hard to be resolute when they look at you everyday with their beautiful brown eyes and say, "Auntie, Uncle, no go!"

Please pray for us, but mostly for them. Please pray that they will be able to look to Helen and Mercy as their family when we go. Pray that they will have fond memories of us, but that they will not miss us or feel abandoned.

All of that aside, things are going well here at the Yellow House! The girls are healthy and happy, for which we are very thankful. Also, We currently have power AND water here!!!! I've never been more thankful for either :)

Thanks for reading!
We hope that you have all had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well!
See you soon :)
Love
Kate and Landon

Davi Mercy and I in matching dresses :)

My new Ghanaian dress!

Small Sarah and I

Regina and Gloria

 

Davi Mercy and Dina

Eating Akple and stew (or fish cereal as Landon calls it)

Godsway

Small Sarah and Regina

Lucky and Regina having a picnic :)

Lucky in her beautiful new dress!

Dina :)

Picture Post!

Happy Monday! It's been a pretty busy few weeks here at the Yellow House! The teachers of Ghana have been on strike again. Thankfully, the strike is over, and the girls went back to school today! They were so excited to be back. Here's a few pictures of what we've been up to.

Water balloons are the best form of entertainment
on a hot afternoon, which is every afternoon here!

Dina is incredible at any sport/game!
Such determination!

Small Sarah, on the other hand, usually
runs away from the balloon :) 

We celebrated Mama and Richlove's birthdays together.
Both are well loved, and such wonderful additions to the house. 

Snails! They're kinda cute, right?
We hid them in the bushes before anyone else could see them.
 Mercy and Helen send the girls on snail hunting
expeditions-they love to fry them up and eat them!

Dina blowing bubbles

Uncle's forts are improving!

This is what the girls do when they're bored: have weddings!
They are absolutely hilarious! Lucky was the bride this time,
 and Regina drew the short straw and played the groom.

Richlove
I love her laugh :)

The Praise Team for the ceremony

The following day, it was Dina's turn to be the bride. 

Beautiful Richlove

The lovely bride! 

They used this skirt as a headpiece/veil.
They're so creative! 

This is our new friend, Sidhu Baba. He's an Indian man
working as a farmer here in Akatsi!

Godsway wrote the sweetest note to Landon.
It says, "God told Uncle to love everyone.
Uncle is a good man.
Uncle is a good brother.
I like Uncle.
Uncle like God. "
She is so sweet! 

That's about all from here! Thanks for checking in! 

Much love to you all, 

Kate and Landon :)