This weekend was all about the upcoming Ghana trip for Ralph and Jeffrey.\u00a0 To help them with funding, I created a powerpoint for the church.\u00a0 I tried some new techniques and it turned out to be some of the best work I have ever done in powerpoint.\u00a0 I\u2019ll have to remember what I did!\u00a0 I hope the visuals, plus mini-testimonials from both guys, really brings in some money.\u00a0 The trip is super expensive this year because international travel has gone up and because they are going deep into the interior of the country so transportation costs are higher.\u00a0 Any money not funded for Jeffrey means money I have to pay.\u00a0 In theory, the deadline for funding for this trip ended yesterday.\u00a0 I\u2019m holding off on paying because the church has not yet sent their portion for this trip, and because donations keep trickling in.\u00a0 Any money sent to the trip organizer after I pay in full does not come back to me, but gets donated to future trips \u2013 another reason why I\u2019m delaying.\u00a0 This one way policy of theirs is killing me, and will kill me financially if I pay right now.\u00a0 I simply can\u2019t afford to fund someone else’s future trip.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, the three of us held another training session, this time with two other Ghana team members Skyped in from Connecticut.\u00a0 They went to Ghana last year, so their information and advice was simply wonderful.\u00a0 The training session itself was simply stellar this time around.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t put a great deal of effort into the preparation of it, but it just sort of came together beautifully.\u00a0 I give all credit to God.\u00a0 I was also reminded of some of my own past trips as we read sections from my trip journals that applied to the topic of the day (working together as a team & finding the good in the country and people you are visiting).\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if this is wrong or prideful \u2013 probably is \u2013 but I was really impressed with how well the journals were written and how well they conveyed my thoughts at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This weekend was all about the upcoming Ghana trip for Ralph and Jeffrey.\u00a0 To help them with funding, I created a powerpoint for the church.\u00a0 I tried some new techniques and it turned out to be some of the best … Continue reading