February was quite a month. Karen’s father passed away on February 3rd, just days before we were to go to Ghana, West Africa. I went on, but Karen stayed with her Mom. Her reflection is on the flip side of this letter.This trip was to help our new President experience Africa. The timing was great because a work team from a church in Colorado Springs would be there, along with an HCJB Global medical team from Ecuador. Mix in several new partner radio stations and you have a perfect storm of Global Voice and Hands ministry! Here’s a sampling:
15th & 16th Feb - Visit to Tamale and Bolgatanga in Northern Ghana to meet new radio partners (FM station in Bolgatanga should be on the air soon)
17th & 18th Feb - Joined work/medical team in town of Assin Fosu. I counted pills and triaged patients. The teams saw an average 350 patients per day for 8 days!
20th & 21st Feb - New FM radio station dedications in Assin Fosu and Asamankese with chiefs and queen mothers attending. First community radio stations in this part of Ghana. Amazing to hear the stations blaring from every radio in town.
Whew! It was busy, hot and “red-dirt” dusty but incredible to see what God is doing through health care and media. We even squeezed in some time with children, who never tire of seeing their smiles on the digital camera.
April finds both Karen and me back in Ghana! We’ll be helping with our first media partner training event and a regional team sabbatical retreat for our missionaries. Thanks for praying and standing by us.
Curt & Karen
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