Hi from Ghana

Well,

Wanted to say a quick hi from Ghana. Things have been going really well so far.

I won't have a lot of time to be updating this, but the team as a whole has a blog at http://ghanateam.tumblr.com/.    I hope you get a chance to follow that.

However, was going to put up a quick post a little more personalized to me rather than the team as a whole.

Our first 10 days of "outreach" was actually spent in Leicester, U.K.. There, we were involved wholly in homeless ministries. It was a really good week. Parts were stretching and new for me, but were really good. The main thing I got out of the week was how much just being there for someone to talk to can make a difference. Spent the night one night in a homeless shelter on Dec. 26th. It was actually pretty fun, (while also far beyond my comfort zone.

It has been two weeks today that we have been in Ghana. The first was actually really hard for me. I had kind of gotten into a rut and I had lost sight of my motivation for being here. I talked through it with one of my leaders, and he assured me that I wasn't feeling anything uncommon. Since the end of the first weekend though, I have been given a refreshed passion for our work here and a new perspective on serving. I led a bible study last Sunday, and gave a short sermon on Monday. Neither experience was totally new to me, but it was definitely  in a context very different than anything I had experienced before. The orphanage we are working with is awesome, the kids are awesome, and my teammates are awesome. I am truly thankful to God for the opportunity to be here.

On to prayer requests:
-That we as individuals and as a team will see break through. Both for ourselves in our relationship with God and in those around us that we server and work with.
-Health/safety for all our team
-Energy to face a very demanding schedule.

Thank you so much for your prayers!!
God bless,

Will Clegg