Well, for those of you who may have been trying to keep up with our blog, I apologize. My intention was to have, by now, several posts describing our thoughts about and "lessons learned" during our time in Ghana. I actually have a lot to say about that and it has taken some time to collect our thoughts on the subject. While my plan was to share this with you much sooner, it may have been better that we had some time to digest and recollect our thoughts and feelings as we have re-entered American culture.
As we had expected, it didn't take too long to become entangled in the "busy"ness and chaos of life in America. We have gotten to share at 2 different churches about our time in Ghana (our home church and my sister's church in Alabama) and have been invited to at least 2 more.
The kids are all back in school and doing well. It seems that they are actually ahead of their classmates in a lot of the classes we started in Ghana. That is a good feeling to start the semester ahead of the game!
Evan just finished soccer season. His team finished second in the district and went to the first round of play-offs. Now we are are in full-force with college planning for him. We spent this past weekend at Mississippi College at a scholarship recognition / interview time for him. He has already been named a Presidential Scholar and received a very nice scholarship for that which qualified him to be interviewed (along with about 100 other incoming freshman) for one of 25 Presidential Scholar "with distinction" scholarships or one of 5 Trustee scholarship. If chosen, he will receive a substantial addition to his scholarship package. He has also started working part-time at FATCO (fitness and tanning company). He loves getting to work out while he's getting paid to "man" the gym.
Allie has joined the Crown Club, a community service organization for teenage girls that is sponsored by the Junior Auxiliary. She was behind in service hours since the other girls began accruing hours in the fall, but they voted to let her join mid-year deeming her time in Ghana as appropriate "community service." They will be having their Charity Ball in two weeks so we have been getting things ready for that. She is so excited. She has also really gotten involved with the Devotional Club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes at school. She led the devotion there last week. She will be inducted into the high school beta club next week.
Natalie has started sixth grade band now and is learning to play the flute. She loves it and is already excelling at it! They had their first band test for the semester and she made first chair! Even above the other flute players who had already had a whole semester of lessons. She also just placed first in her division in the elementary school science fair and will go to Mississippi State for the next level of competition.
Cindy is now leading a Beth Moore Bible study on the book of "James." She is leading 3 different sessions of it -- at our home on Tuesday morning for some stay-home moms and Tuesday night with teenage girls and Sunday afternoon at church with another large group of ladies. I think the men are jealous so we are considering a "men's Beth Moore Bible study".
Keenan is back at work, but is not having to work quite as much as he did before we went to Ghana.
On a sad note, we lost a dear member of our family last week -- Rocket. Our rat terrier who had been with us for almost 10 years was found to have bladder cancer that was essentially untreatable. It was sad, but he is now in doggie heaven. We will miss him.
Guess this is enough of an update of our life back in America. Stay tuned for more over the coming days.
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