The Trip to Accra
It has been an arduous few days, but we made it to Wa last night. Our plane landed in Accra around 8am on Tuesday. God's grace was upon us because we cleared customs and immigration without any trouble, negotiated a taxi to the bus station, purchased tickets to Wa for Wednesday, took the taxi to a nearby guest house, and secured a room all by 9:30am. It was pretty amazing how everything seemed to work together. Really brings to mind Romans 8:28: "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

In Accra
After getting settled at the guest house, we ventured out into Accra walking down Ring Road (a main thoroughfare in Accra) past Kwame Nkrumah Circle (famous Accra landmark) and down through the West part of town. Along the way we "happened" across a Melcom store (something like a Ghanaian Walmart) where we were able to purchase an electrical plug adapter/power strip that we needed (God is good!). We made our way past the Paloma hotel (another landmark on Ring Road) back to our guest house. Having satisfactorily stretched our legs we purchased some chilled bottled water to refresh ourselves and made our way up to our room. We took a nap (we were pretty tired) and then went downstairs to the guest house restaurant for some fufu (pounded cassava and plantain) in soup. After a day of sandwiches and airline food, it was really nice to have a real meal.

Traveling to Wa
The next morning we left for the bus station around 7am. We had considered taking a taxi, but in the end decided to walk. The station was not too far and we made it in plenty of time before the bus left. We weren't sure what to expect, but the bus was actually quite nice (it even had air conditioning!). We settled in for the ride. The bus left the terminal around 9am and we arrived in Wa around 10pm. We arrived at the SARI (Savanna Agricultural Research Institute) guest house by 11pm. We set up our mosquito nets and showered as best we could (apparently water is under limited supply) and collapsed into bed.

God is With Us
This morning we had a time of prayer and reflection on the many ways that God has blessed us to bring us here to Wa. Ryan read from a couple of Psalms and from Exodus 14:14, which says "The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." That has certainly been our experience so far. Please pray for God's continued protection and provision for us as we seek to be useful for him. Pray specifically that we can get in contact with Pastor Dan and the people of God's Glory Baptist Church so that we can encourage them and join with them in evangelizing and discipling the Wala people.

To God be the Glory! Great things he has done!