Re-Entry - African Beat

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We're back not one full day yet and have unpacked and are doing laundry, paying bills, processing many thoughts and images.



A pastor friend of ours stopped by and listened to our stories. It's important to have this. He & his wife are coming over for lunch tomorrow. It'll be nice.



I had to take a nap afterward though. I laid there feeling like i have this better than gold gift and when I share it with others, if they don't seem as excited about it as I do, then somehow it is devalued.



So I almost feel like just closing the doors, taking the phone off the hook and being alone with my thoughts for a few days, maybe a week at least. Let them process themselves out of our frontal lobes.



Fan into flame the ones that we don't want to let die away. And gradually move back into the "swing of things" here.



The enemy was busy before we left and is at it again on our return. We'll not even entertain it's futile efforts to steal our joy!



Amen!



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We're listening to some Ghanaian music and feeling home sick for Ghana.



So many things, like breakfast this morning. We had no milk, so we figured we'd go get some good old southern grits and eggs. One place don't open for breakfast any more and the other is shut down.



So we went to the store and got some milk for cereal with blueberries and banana.



It's just not the same. We had "Rice Watah" in Ghana nearly every morning with sweet bread and strawberry jam and of course fresh pineapple.



We're not greeted by the pitter-patter of tiny feet on the tile, entering our bedroom to play and get a toffee before having to get dressed, eat and go to school.



Our place is in great shape, Frances took great care of the house, plants and our fur babies while we were gone.



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Anita and I were just talking about Sunday service in Ghana. Rev James would allow us to speak and burning the time he would normally use for a sermon, and not feeling very well due to some lingering effects of malaria, he would lead worship and the celebration of Christ in our lives was ON!



He's not a great singer, but has passion like I do. And every body and voice rises to join with him as he praises his King.



He took the time, after a long day of travel to Norway, to call and speak to each of us before we left.



We love him more than we can express. He's never asked us for a single thing.



I've some things to process, there are many needs there and we'll set up programs for them so you can seek GOD to find your involvement in them and assist us through pray & sharing these causes far and wide.



We may be back in the USA but our hearts are lingering in Ghana.



Tears already stinging our eyes. We've hung a few gifts on the wall and placed a few on shelves.



Reminders of our role in the Kingdom. Hope that we will once again, be in Ghana, serving side by side with our brothers and sisters there.



It's a place where there is no division because of any thing. It's a place we long for and hope for and pray for.



I can't fully articulate all that it is.




Once that African Rhythm is in you, you just can't shake it off!

It is simply wonderful!



And it is wonderful that GOD brought Anita and I together and that we share the same passion to serve the least of these.



Wonderful is HIS name!



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David Lee Waters Sr.,



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