A long-awaited Update

Hello friends!
I've had many intentions of writing blog posts, but I've failed miserably. I see it's been a month now! Sorry for the long wait. You deserve a bit of an update.

Near the end of August, I left Nkwanta to spend a week and a half in Accra. I needed to see the doctor about a potential blod clot in my arm and then I was going to join up with the Wycliffe Discovery Team for some of their debriefing talks. My visit with the doctor did confirm that I had a clot in my arm so I got passed on to a specialist to see whether it was serious or not. After a 4 hour wait, an hour long ultrasound, and another few hours wait for the results, I found out that my deep veins were fine. It was only my superficial veins that were not working because of damage from the IV at the hospital and the medicine injected into my arm. Fortunately, nothing too serious. Unfortunately, my veins are still not working. Guess it takes quite awhile to heal... (No pain anymore, though, so that's good.)

With all the medical issues I was dealing with, we decided to have me spend a longer time in Accra. Eventually we decided that it would be better for me to move on to a different project instead of going back to Nkwanta. God has been incredibly faithful through this transition so far. When I left Nkwanta, it was actually right after finishing the recording of the newly composed Akyode worship songs. Therefore, I had already a finished a big project there. Right now we are planning on me continuing to Tamale to do similar work with a different ethnic group there. More on that when I know when I'm leaving and where I'll be staying!

In the meantime, I've been staying at a missionary family's house in Accra. Ed and Dayle Lauber are both working at the new GILLBT office here and so I've been able to spend some more time with GILLBT staff which has been valuable since it has taught me much more about the organization that I am interning with. I've spent some times at the office and have gotten to speak with the director about some possiblities of creating an ethnodoxology related program as a part of GILLBT. It has been very encouraging to say how he and others here see this music and arts work as so exciting and so crucial to the further development of the church in Ghana! It is exciting to be here at this time!

At home with the Laubers, I've gotten lots of time to rest and recooperate! They have welcomed me in as part of their family which has been wonderful. Dayle and I have enjoyed playing Settlers of Catan and Cribbage together many times! I've learned a lot about missionary life while being here and it has been really interesting. It's amazing how much there is to learn no matter where you are! Thanks for all your prayers during these past few months!