Aaaaaand there goes another week! So fast, I tell you. So.Fast.It was quite normal in terms of language learning. It has been fun...did I just say fun??? Hmmm...not exactly fun, but a good time of having my friends help me speak and say things correctly.Check out these kids from church. They have started their own praise and worship team. One kid is on the piano, one with the microphone, one on the drums and one with the guitar. HOW CLEVER!! 
In the middle of the week, missionaries from Sandema, in the Upper East Region, stopped by. They do a lot of marriage and family training. It is very needed here. They don't really do counseling but they teach and train church leaders about it. Families here are very broken. Church pastors and leaders are not immune. I have heard some very sad stories. I have even had couples tell me their problems and I am like, "uhhh, I got me no ring on my finger. Why are you asking a single person??!" But I was honored they talked to me about it.So, yes, Doug and Heather passed thru and stayed at the Sher-Damar house :) Heather needed to do a bit of shopping and Doug went to get their car repaired. We hopped a yellow-yellow and accomplished a lot.
In the middle of the week, missionaries from Sandema, in the Upper East Region, stopped by. They do a lot of marriage and family training. It is very needed here. They don't really do counseling but they teach and train church leaders about it. Families here are very broken. Church pastors and leaders are not immune. I have heard some very sad stories. I have even had couples tell me their problems and I am like, "uhhh, I got me no ring on my finger. Why are you asking a single person??!" But I was honored they talked to me about it.So, yes, Doug and Heather passed thru and stayed at the Sher-Damar house :) Heather needed to do a bit of shopping and Doug went to get their car repaired. We hopped a yellow-yellow and accomplished a lot.
For the past few months I have had some issues with a cyst on the bottom of my tailbone. It comes and I soak in hot water--can I just say, some days have been 90 degrees. And here I am, sitting in this big bowl of hot-hot water just sweating. UGH...not fun. But then it goes away. When I don't soak, it comes back. Heather is a nurse and we talked about it and she said to really take care of it I will need to have a procedure to rid myself of it.I then talked to Andrea, another SIM nurse who lives in Accra, and she asked if maybe I would want to do it at home. My sister asked me that too. I am going home for a holiday at Christmas but I am not going home to have surgery! AND, I found out that my insurance will cover everything if I have it done in Ghana and in America it would not be like that.So, I booked a ticket to Accra this coming Tuesday. That day I hope to see a doctor who can do this minor operation and get my insurance to be on board with it. Then in the afternoon I will fly back to Tamale. It is crazy. Accra has terrible traffic. But I think 6 hours is plenty of time to go from the airport to the clinic back to the airport. We will see. It all depends on the doctors at this clinic. BE PRAYING.I did freak out a bit at all this and trying to call the insurance etc, etc. But I sensed God have His hand on my shoulder. He was like, "Girl, you worship me in your quiet times and say how great I am. Why are you worrying?" Since then, any time a worry creeps into my brain I take the thought captive to the obedience of Christ. God can take care of this. I am smiling to see how God will lead me thru this. He is so good.Also, next week, on Friday we have a team meeting and then I will do my second language evaluation. I am at the point where I just want to get it over with! BE PRAYING.Then, Friday evening I have planned a Thanksgiving dinner for my team. Many of them have not had one before. I was going to do a turkey but these wild ones are so tough and just trying to bake a local, wild chicken was brutal. I gotta keep it simple. I found some frozen chickens and will bake them instead but the rest of the trimmings will be there! I am sure I am more excited than everyone. I have already prepared everything that can be prepared ahead of time. Apple bars, mango pie, rolls, potatoes, squash, etc, etc...Then after that, I should be FREEEEEEE! Free to say goodbyes to Tamale and drive to Accra and have this procedure. Then freeeee to fly home!! Woo-hoo.But until then, I will stay the course.Love You. Will Keep You Updated!