Monday, April 16, 2007
March 23 group
They came with only a two day break between sessions, but how very welcome they were. Our large groups are great, but you just don't get to know them well - so when these 20 came, they were a welcome relief from the overwhelming 37 of the previous group. Three firsts were evident with this group: 1) We had the first sister coming from Tongo while we have been here - Sister Fakatou - she will be serving in the Cape Coast Mission (along with the other three sisters in this group. 2) This is the first missionary we've had who will be returning to serve in his home country of Madagascar - he came here because he will be teaching to the French speaking population - he is the first, but a sister will be coming with the next french group for the same purpose. 3) This is the group that helped us start our 19 day program - they were very cooperative and obedient, and we even threatened once to keep them full time here rather than take our chances on future groups who may not be as great as they are. Countries represented in this group are Madagascar, Tonga, South Africa, Liberia, Ghana and Nigeria. One little challenge we faced was the sending of the missionaries going to Port Harcourt - due to political and election unrest, we sent two missionaries at a time - needing four days to send all seven - it was a very different farewell devotional with a third of our missionaries already gone - hopefully that won't be necessary too often.# posted by Ghana Gazette @ 10:47 AM 
