Morgan and I left for Ghana on June 11th, just two days after she graduated from High School. We were so excited! We had our talking bibles in our bags and our passports in our hands and we were ready for an adventure with the Lord.
WOW, litte did we know that we were embarking on a journey that would draw us closer to the Lord and bring us to a deeper mother/daughter relationship.
The 4th day into our trip, Morgan came out of our room at Catherine's lodge looking very pale. She then proceeded to faint on the floor, here is where we would be tested in our faith and our believing in our God who heals, before the rest of the team would arrive days later.
We took her to the hospital, frail and weak, to be sick in a foreign country not good, to be hospitalized even worse! We helped her past many of the sick Africans, back into the lab where they drew her blood and promptly diagnosed her with Malaria! What God, are you kidding me?
We spent hours in the hospital on IV medicine. Fear wanted to overtake us as you can imagine.
Feeling alone in Africa as Morgan layed in the hospital bed caused me/us to really understand when Jesus is all you have, Jesus is all you need. Believing in Jehovah Rapha... our healer would now come into full light.
Morgan and I watched our Lord heal her... as I read scriptures over her (fighting off fear) and BELIEVING.
Morgan rested in bed the next day. While I spent the day with Becca (the missionary) and Grace (the local) going to the bush... to churches... setting up bible distros. The weather was VERY hot and VERY humid, sweating became a natural state on a daily basis! We literally walked for miles and they kept telling me "its just down there"... well THAT is Ghana talk for, just keep walking! haha
The Bible distro's are set up. Morgan is resting and healing. We are excited things are back on track! Then I get the call, the team is delayed for 2 days in New York City! YIKES!
Wait, we've done all of this work! We have bible distro's set up. We had no choice but to WAIT and REST in what the LORD was doing. THAT my friends was NOT an easy task! I told the team to rest while they could because they would "hit the road running" for we had lots of distros to do and no time to waste!
Yay, the team has arrived and yes, WE hit the road running.
We went to a Culture day where hundreds of children danced and played drums and showed the beautiful skills they had been working on. Wow, the amazing rythm and talet! It was very hot and humid (remember the sweating)
I looked to my left as I watched Morgan in slow motion...fall into the arms of Barbara one if the team... and slowing faint to the ground!
Many Africans surrounded, showing great concern for the little white girl When she came to... she was pale and weak. Off to the hospital again, where they now diagnosed her with Typhoid!
What ARE you kidding me?
I am NOT recieving that! So we begin to pray over her again!
You dont understand, we have a Bible Distro in the morning. So we leave the hospital after hours of IV drip. They wanted to keep her, but she said "Mama, dont leave me here" (like i would!)
We had to promise to be at the hospital at 5AM the next day to give her more drugs and and IV drip.
We wake up prompty at 4am and begin our 4 mile walk to the hospital in the dark with Becca. Thank goodness we see lights in the distance as the Dr had sent his driver to pick us up! YAY GOD!
We are leaving for the bush at 7:30 so we have 2 hours to watch the drip drip drip of the IV slowly go into her body!
Morgan said "Mom, I want to go with you" at that moment... we had to make a decision. Do we keep her in the hospital... or DOES FAITH WALK? at 7:30 the nurse came in and we asked them to take the IV out. What? shes not done? This is where we told them we have to give out bibles...
We had to GO ABOUT our FATHER's business. We were going to do Bible Ditros to the Illiterate people! God sent us here to do a job and we were going to do it!
Morgan Got UP they removed the IV... and her FAITH WALKED.
When I had them take the IV from her arm... MY FAITH WALKED.
People have said to me, "HOW could you do that, weren't you afraid?"
I BELIEVED! against dr's orders, against fear. and FAITH WALKED when it didnt make sense!
~We took 300 Talking Bibles to Ghana...we had a beautiful team of 10 people.
~We worked at an orphange Ryvanz-Mia - helped them, supported them, THEY blessed US.
~We went where they had never seen white people.
~We went way out to villages where they HAD NO HOPE. We prayed for the whole village for healing they had no DR. they needed THE HEALER. Many were healed! Blind eyes were OPEN! FOR REAL!
~We visited a leper colony - NO one visits the leper colony. We gave out 50 talking bibles. The look on their faces... PRICELESS. We layed our hands on EVERY Leper. We asked the Lord to heal them and end their suffering. BEAUTIFUL.
The journey was incredible The FAITH was amazing. The people were beautiful.... and the moments with God were more real than I have EVER experienced.
There is so much more to this journey... so many moments at the orphange with the beautiful people.
So many moments with the team that are unforgettable.
Moments when I had to pinch myself and say "Is this FOR REAL" am really in the middle of bush where they had no hope until today?
Did we really lead all of those young people to Jesus with an EvangeCube?
Did Jesus the Healer show up for these beautiful people and bring them Incredible Hope?
Did I preach the word of God under a tree at the woodcarvers business, and lead many to Christ?
Wow, I/we got to be used by the Lord, to bring hope and healing and the Word of God to the Illiterate people.
And in the end... it simply boiled down to this. "How will they know unless THEY HEAR"
How will they hear unless SOMEONE goes...
How lovely are the feet of those, who bring good news, who bring hope, who bring Salvation.
