Road Trip(s)

Hey! It's crazy that things are going to start to be wrapping up.... I can't beleive I only have a few more days. I'll be home on saturday night....

I just wanted to write something real quick about what we've been up to the past couple of days. On Saturday we went to a Navs conference in Tacoradi, another major city which is to the west, past Cape Coast. Now, as to exactly how far away it is, I'll have to do some "conversions." To just get from Accra to Tacoradi, if it were in the U.S., it would take maybe about an hour and a half. But as it it with the roads and the driving in Ghana, it took us about 4 hours to get there and 6 hours to get back. And we were in the city for like 3 hours (by the way, the conferenece was on "living and discipling among the lost," an element of the Navs' mission statement). So yeah, long day lol.

Then on Sunday we went to Church with Rich again and had a least a little bit of free time in the evenening.

And on Monday [yesterday], we went to go see a dam/manmade lake (the only one in Africa) that's about 2 hours away to the northeast. It was the birthday of one of the other host dads, so he had the day off and was able to take us up there (the city is called Akusumbo). The scenery was really, really pretty. Definitely a contrast to the cities we've seen for pretty much the entirety of our trip. There were mountains and trees and lake and fields. It was really cool. I'm glad we got to see that side of the country as well. (It's kind of closer to the images that come to mind when you think "Africa" -- at least for me lol.) And by the way, I'll definitely be getting pictures of all this stuff up once I get home....

[And this morning we got to gloriously sleep in a bit for like the first time in a week and half or so -- it was much-needed and much-appreciated lol.]