Final thoughts?

The photo above is a baby that was dedicated at the end of worhsip on Sunday, she was so sweet and cute. There dedication ceremony is almost identical to ours. The photo on the right are some of the people that we got to spend time with while we were here. You know the Genesis humans seated, standing from left to right are Pastor Earnest, who is in charge of all of the branch campuses of Living Streams International, his wife Gladys is Director for HIV/AIDS programming for World Vision. Pastor Markwei is the Head Pastor at Living Streams, our host for the time we were here. I don't know if I've mentioned it, but Pastor Markwei has instituted what they call "executive protocol" during our stay here. That means that he arranges a driver for us whenever we need to go somewhere, he feeds us food that is most often brought in from a local hotel, two meals a day (amazing food!), and he simply makes a phone call whenever we need anything. He has been so generous and gracious, it has just been amazing!

So we are leaving tomorrow night, and I probably won't have email access until we land on Phoenix on Tuesday afternoon. It's weird we begin our flight from Accra on Monday night and land in PHoenix on Tuesday afternoon. We have had a good trip...no, a great trip. There are some things that have happened even in the last 24 hours that I will share with you all when we return. God has watched over us, protected us, and showed us things that we never could have planned for. We all really, really appreciate all of your prayers, comments, and support, without the body of Genesis, it would not have been possible to experience what we have. We still have some things to process, but we are confident that God has a place for Genesis here in Ghana. I really think we can make a difference in some lives in the name of Jesus. In fact, I think that God is already doing some things here because of our presence here. I miss all of you greatly. I miss my kids a lot. We spoke with them tonight, and I showed their pictures in church, and got a little Misty. I can't wait to worship with you all, and I can't wait to have some time to share with you our pictures, video, and experiences.

Love to you all,

Pat, Karen, Andy