It's the first Monday of 2009 and I've just replied to an email from Michael Bentum (project manager) who is back from training in Mozambique. It looks like he has at least two more months of work to get the new Outpatient Centre completed.
I am eagerly waiting to see what funds came in designated to Project 611 (the account for Lake Bosomtwe Clinic) at The Mission Society in December to see how fast the materials can be purchased and how many laborers can be on the job.
It's lacking finishing tiling some rooms, about 40 doors, cement, delivery of sand, and the unexpected items. As I write I am transported back in time mentally from this bustling metropolis of Belo Horizonte (6 million people) back to life in Amakom (600 people). I am SO very grateful that Michael is willing to continue working with us until the construction is complete. I had thought that the tiling of the bathroom walls and the other remaining rooms had been completed, but it appears not.
All this weighs heavy on my mind as I wish that I could have completed it before leaving Ghana. For the safety of our family I am VERY glad that we left when we did, yet it does make me sad to not have seen it done myself. It's 90% finished - but that remaining bit seems gigantic from this distance, from Brazil to Ghana. I ask you to pray for Michael and James as they work so diligently to wrap it up. Pray the clinic workers, for the people in the villages of Lake Bosomtwe, pray for the supporters that have made the improvements there possible, and pray for us as we transition and seek God on the new work He has for us in urban ministry in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Thank you so very much!
Andrew Jernigan
