Home Sweet Home

Winneba is starting to feel like my home. I feel like I am accepted here. It is a wonderful feeling when I walk down the street and I recognize neighbors, I go into a store and see a fellow church member, I have the number of store owners who call me when orders are in, and I am a regular visitor at the school. These people make me feel so welcome. Ghana is a very hospitable country and I have definitely been a witness of this. Whenever I go to the school, I feel like that mom that checks up on her kid at school everyday. Fortunately, I am only there once a week. The girls all bring home different information about holidays, school books, fees, so I have to go and get the real information. I am that girl that has "my chair" when I walk into the office. I really enjoy living in a community where I can feel involved and I am always graciously welcomed anywhere I go. It is fun to show off my knowledge of Winneba; the junction names, the back roads to walk to town, where the less expensive coke is. The people I live with also make me feel like I belong. Yes, there are times I struggle, but I love learning from and being encouraged by these women. Every Thursday we pray for each other after the girls leave for school and these three women are people that I know that are praying for me after we leave the prayer circle. God has placed The Pearl House in a spot where it will be able to serve the community and be lifted up by the fellowship.