bethany office, beach, & beats *ghana day three*

just a quick post tonight. the long, full, hot days make for tired evenings! plus, the air conditioner in our room decided to stop working and start griiiinding at about 2:30am this morning. the hotel staff took care of us, though, and moved us to a new room....but we lost precious hours of sleep.

today, we started early again and drove to the bethany christian services office on the other side of accra about an hour away. we were able to see a lot of the heart of the city and snapped a few more pictures as we drove. the bethany office is very nice and the well-suited facility makes the staff's job just a bit easier. we were able to meet all the lovely people that have worked so diligently to help bring solomon into our family: joe, ida, ebe, victoria, precious, and solomon (good name, right?). it was a joy to talk with joe, the country director, and hear his heart for the children of ghana. bethany not only works to place orphans with american families, but has also trained over 80 ghanaian families to be foster parents. there is so much work to be done and these lovely people are seeking to serve "the least of these."

a large portion of our day was spent driving...or rather sitting in the car in traffic. we were spoiled with the easy traffic conditions over the weekend! ida needed to stop by the registrar's office to pick up birth certificates for some of the children awaiting adoption placements (yay!). before lunch, we stopped to put our toes in the gulf of guinea. then with full bellies, we headed to the cultural arts centre for ben's drum lessons. there are so many vendors trying to sell their wares so the master drummer took us around the corner to a shady spot behind the centre and just by the gulf of guinea. ben enjoyed every second with his very patient and talented instructor...the lesson stretched ben's brain for about 2 hours.

by then, it was dark and the mosquitoes were imminent. we were not able to visit solomon today, but will pick him up bright and early at 7:00am for court!!! we have been told that the judge plans to keep her court appointments tomorrow so we are hopeful that our case will not be delayed. please pray that the judge will rule in favor of solomon becoming a cain!! if all goes well, we will flood the blog with solomon pictures tomorrow. HOORAY!

continuing to praise God for the people He has put in our path and the time we can spend with His children here in ghana. our hearts are full of love for this beautiful country and the good work God is doing!

by the way....check out the very last picture. we had a celebrity citing at lunch! the host of the ghanaian version of "who wants to be a millionaire" was sitting just behind us. ida helped us take a sneaky picture....heehee