Greetings from Ghana,

We have made it to Ghana successfully! It is very HOT! We had a long trip to actually get here but God is good and we are here. We are staying in a brand new house and so with every new house you have some things that dont quite work yet or need to be hooked up. We have two bedrooms with 3 beds in each and a living room. We dont have a refrigerator yet and the stove has not been hooked up, but we will be patient and get there soon. We have enjoyed some wonderful meals from Rueben and the GMT will love his cooking. We enjoyed a tremendous worship service this morning, class at 9:00, worship 10-12. After the service was completed we got to participate in the praying over 15 new children that just arrived the same night we arrived. It was beautiful. They have the fifteen children sit in front of everyone, then they have 15 men come forward and have the new children rise from their seats and let the men sit down, then the men lay hands on the new children. The rest of the children extend their hands out to the new children and one person leads the prayer and we collectively pray over the children and their new lives. I cried like a baby! It was precious and very moving. It made me realize just how blessed we are and in our process of glorifying God we must be renewed just like these little children. We must be renewed daily. My time is limited as to how much I can write at the present time so I will just say we love and miss everyone. We are all doing fine. We have had electricity most of the time and we consider ourselves blessed for being here. The kids are doing well, really meeting and interacting with the children. Camille was like a rock star the first night we went out and met children. I have pictures. They crowded around and just stared at her and smiled when she said anything. They wanted to touch her hair and white skin. Well we will write more later.

Love to All and God bless.
The Riders