Ted and Troy Wheeler, Jeff Sole, and I find ourselves sitting at our gate in the Tampa International Airport waiting for our flight! The heavy rain may hold up our flight which will eat up our eating time in Washington. This would not be good. DC will be our last chance for burgers!
We have checked our bags after a bit of a mix up with the airlines on how much luggage each of us could check. They said one, we said two. After some discussion, we were granted two. So, the orphans will get their clothes and the church will get their materials!
Hugs and kisses exchanged and our wives are off to take care of things while we are gone. God bless them for their sacrifice. They will miss and be missed.
I sit across from Jeff Sole. He is the assistant director at the West Virginia School of Preaching. This will be his first mission trip, and with Ted, it will prove to be an adventure!
Ted Wheeler preaches at the Venice Church of Christ. He has been working with Ghana missions for 31 years. His son Troy accompanies us and has been going on the Ghana campaigns his whole life. Ted is off getting our last Starbucks for a while.
I am tim. My first trip to Ghana was in 2006. This will be my second. The in-between years were spent in the mission fields of Panama. It will be great to see my Ghanaian brothers and sisters after being away so long. You make lifelong friendships on these trips. I feel I have family all over this crazy world! Time to board…
Washington Dulles Airport, now. Walking we see the Tampa gate, London, then Paris, Germany and finally Accra – Ghana. Unbelievably, Ted passed by two Starbucks without getting his Vente White Mocha Latte with 2 extra shots of espresso. That does not happen often! I, however, could not pass up a little airport chocolate. Today it was Ghirardelli Dark chocolate Raspberry! Yes!!!
Once again we begin boarding, but not before Ted gets us our Starbucks fix! Its 10 PM and should wake up after a nice 12 hour nap, in Accra. Bring on the work! Ready. I love the work!
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