Day 2 in Peki

Hi from Peki!  Eddie and David spoke with us Wednesday evening by cell phone from Peki where the group does not have access to the internet and, therefore, is unable to update the blog directly.  We have agreed to relay some of their experiences from Day 2 in Peki.  The mission ambassadors met the school children and gave them the school supplies that the group had brought with them.  The children (fourth graders) were very cute and very polite.  The mission ambassadors then attended a formal welcome ceremony.  Among the attendees was the village chief.  The children performed a traditional dance as well as a dramatization of the Israelites escape from Egypt.  The mission ambassadors responded by singing a Ghanian song in the local language.  The group visited the church which has been under construction for 12 years.  The church has a frame and a roof, but no walls.  Worship is, therefore, open air.  The steeple has been framed and the top is accessible by stairs.  Eddie said that the view from the top of the steeple, which included the entire village and the surrounding valley, was amazing.  It is the rainy season in Ghana, but the clouds are keeping temperatures bearable and the daily rains are not dampening the spirits of the group.  Terry and Rick (on behalf of Eddie and David).