Day 1: Akwaaba!

Akwaaba (welcome) from Ghana!

Amara and I just arrived in Accra, the capital of Ghana a couple of hours ago (11pm GMT local time) and were pleasantly greeted by Jimmy, a missionary worker at the Ghana Baptist Mission. It's cool to be greeted at the airport with a person waiting with your last name on it. Made me feel special.. heh

It's been a long journey so far, but we're almost there! Here's a recap of our travels until now..

Friday - Send off pizza dinner with Chanda, Heather, Heidi & Mike; hit the road at 10pm, leaving from Portland, OR on our way down to Union City, CA.
Saturday - Arrived at Jerki's home in Union City at 8:30am, had breakfast, got cleaned up, had lunch together with Jerm and Vince (our last meal on U.S. soil), and then whisked off to the airport. Departed from SFO at 4:15pm heading towards Heathrow airport in London, UK.
Sunday - Arrived in London at 10:00am, walked around the airport shops, had a yummy lunch at Pret A Manger (I had a Swedish meatball wrap and Amara had a five-bean cassoulet), then departed for Ghana at around 3:00pm (our flight was delayed about an hour). Got here at 11pm, spent a long time going through immigration, but made it through customs, got our luggage, and got a ride to the Accra Guesthouse here.

Tomorrow, we'll be leaving bright and early at 5am to go back to the airport and take a flight to Tamale (in Northern Ghana). Then, we'll be driving a few hours to get to our final destination, the Baptist Medical Centre in Nalerigu.

Please continue to pray for us as we finish our travel, get acclimated/oriented to a new place, meet new people, and begin our work. Thanks!