This past Thursday, 6 March, was the Ghana Independence Day!
There would have been plenty celebrations if a massive rain storm had not came
and blew everything away!
This week I have thought a lot about looking out for others
before caring about myself. Saturday night, we had closed for the day and were
walking the long 30 minute walk to the apartment. As we were going it was
slowly getting darker at a normal pace, but in the distance we saw a dark black
sky looming towards us. With faith we said we would be able to make it home
before it hit, but God had other plans. We were walking up a big hill and the
wind started to pick up and it got very very dark. When the rain started
picking up, I wanted to start bolting towards the house to prevent myself from
getting wet. But like I said, God had other plans. A woman a bit down the hill
was struggling to run with two large bags and a baby on her back. I turned
around and went down and took the bags from her and started to run. For what
felt like a long time, the woman and I ran through the indiscernible paths
through the plantain trees with my tiny torch light. I ran with her all the way
till I got to her house and I put the thing inside and ran away. Along the way,
I got that her name is Mary and that she was leaving in the morning to another
town. In the rush, there wasn't really enough time to explain to her that I was
a missionary from the True church on the Earth, but hopefully Mary will never
forget the guy in the white shirt and tie that ran her home in the
Hurricane.
This week we made preparations for the baptism we postponed
last Sunday. We made sure Friday that the font (which is out side the chapel)
in Eshiem would be full and ready for Sunday. All was well! Water was on! Font
was full! But.... Sunday morning. Water was off and the Font was not filled. We
found out that a leak along the side allowed all the water to spill out and
there was no water with in 5 mile radius to replace it. But alas! All was not
lost! We happened to be having another baptism planned for the same day in the
other ward, Nketsiekrom. So after, church in Eshiem, we made a little branch
caravan of taxis down the road and was able to complete the baptism. God always
has a plan and all we have to do is humbly follow it.
"A life lived for others is a life worthwhile"
Albert Einstein
Elder Riehle
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