A Good Day and a Big Surprise!

Today stated off like every other day. I woke up, read my Bible, practiced my guitar, and got ready for the day. We had oatmeal and leftover pancakes for breakfast. After breakfast, I finished up my Fante home work and then studied for my Bible Institute classes, which are resuming on Tuesday.

We had a good Fante class. I am steadily learning. Bro. Ruckman said that I will not be needing the extra thirty minute lesson before everyone else; he thinks I have caught up enough to where I can stay with them. After Fante class, we all chatted for a while.

Once the Kenneys and our teacher had left, we ate lunch. We ate the leftover pizza from the other day. After we ate, Bro. Ruckman and Mrs. Angie got ready to go shopping. While they were getting ready, I started working on a project on my computer. Even after they left, I continued working on it. I was working on a prayer card for a missionary from Liberia. Apparently, I lost track of time and ended up working on this project for four hours. 🙂 When I decided to take a break, Bro. Ruckman and Mrs. Angie got home. When they got home, I asked Bro. Ruckman for his suggestions for the prayer card. He was able to help me perfect it.

Once we had unloaded all the groceries, Bro. Ruckman and Mrs. Angie worked on supper. We had burgers and fries. Everything was delicious, as usual. During supper, Pastor Prince told us he would be stopping by the house to visit. He did not say who he was going to visit or why he was going to visit, but we were prepared for him to come.

Once we had finished supper, we cleared the dishes and waited for Prince to arrive. When he arrived, I heard an unfamiliar voice from the car. Pastor Prince had brought one of my best friends that I have not seen in over ten years. When we lived here ten years ago, Martin was just like a brother to us (He still is). That is one of the things I have missed most – friends. He has been living in the U.S. for a few years now, but we live a long way from him; so we never got the chance to go visit. When he first told me he was going to come to Ghana, I was so excited. I had my mom send him a few things that I had forgotten from home, and I also ordered a very pricy package and had it sent to his house for him to bring to me. I used some of my graduation money to order a drone over a month ago and have been waiting for his arrival ever since. He was supposed to get here a day or two ago, but he had issues at the airport and was not able to get here until today. I was not sure if he was going to be able to come. He and Prince surprised us all, big time. I thought I would be a little shy at first because I am usually shy around people I have not seen in a long time; but when he got out of the car, we were already giving hugs and laughing.

We were able to fellowship for a while, but he was exhausted from his trip; so, he went home for the night. He is here for his grandpa’s funeral, which is sad; but, I am really glad I got to see him again after ten years. I know this is going to make my family jealous. 🙂

I am now working on getting my drone set up. I will be going to a church in Shamah tomorrow morning with Pastor Prince. We are going to help the pastor get a video ready for the upcoming missions conference. Pastor Prince is also very excited that I bought a drone; he has been wanting one all his life. I’m sure I will let him fly it, at least for a few seconds. 🙂