Greetings of peace. I am Tom Radel and I have been given permission by Sarah to post to her blog. I do not have the literary gifts of Sarah but will do my best.
My wife Paula & I will be leaving on the 24th of January to spend 3 weeks in Ghana with Sarah, Mary Clare, Sr. Stan and the children. We are very excited and are anxious to give so many hugs from the folks back home.
Because of the limitations of the computer Sarah is using in Ghana, she has not been able to post any pictures to her blog. Here is one from her trip last January:
We are not going empty handed to Ghana. Through the efforts of many, many people (and the generosity of Delta Airlines), we will be carrying 6 duffel bags full of vitamins, bandages, clothing, school supplies, and SO much more. It takes a village... Thank you to everyone for being so generous and working so many hours to purchase the items and in packIng the bags.
We are also carrying four water filters from a group called "Water With Blessings". These filters will allow us to drink the water delivered by tanker truck. They work like a kidney dialysis filter removing all of the bacteria and impurities from the water. According to the the coordinator of the program (Sr. Larraine), Ghana will now be the 26th country utilizing these filters through this organization. Maybe there will be fewer "runny stomachs" and fewer sick children. They have a wonderful web site: http://www.waterwithblessings.org/
Last October, a container of school supplies, clothes and various other items was sent from Buffalo to Accra. Paula and I will be meeting a truck driver in Accra and we will be escorting the container on the final leg of its journey to Sang. This will be a two day trip with an overnight stop in Kumasi. We are so looking forward to seeing the country. (Ghana is about the size of Oregon).
We humbly ask for your prayers for us, Sarah, Mary Clare, Sr. Stan and especially for the children. May God bless us all.
