Update on Updates 7/12/25

Apologies for the small number of updates over the past few weeks. We have been

facing many challenges, both in Ghana and elsewhere. Among other things, the rains

in Ghana did considerable damage to the Ghana location and to our primary workers

there, destroying not only property such as clothing, personal documents and food

but also the cellphones that are their only real means of communication with the

outside world. In all the years we have worked with our friends in Ghana we have

never seen this level of destruction on such a wide scale.

Cellphones have become a necessity in order to be linked into the modern world in

Western countries such as the US, but imagine how important they are in countries

like Ghana where there is literally no other way to reach out to others. In America

one becomes a virtual nonperson without a cellphone but at least we can always get

in our cars and drive to the bank or to a store or government office. Imagine what

that is like when you have no car, no public transportation, and no alternative

means of communication. It is more than a mere inconvenience. It cuts off access

not only to friends, family, and helpers but also to bank accounts (mobile money,

in Ghana) and any possible means of help in impossibly difficult situations. And

this is what has happened to many of our friends in Ghana. The rains have damaged

their cellphones, in many cases literally the only possession they have of any real

worth, and has cut them off from every means of survival.

Right now, we are trying to access the damage and find out what the situation is

with all of our friends there. Many of them are in desperate circumstances. At the

present time John hasn't even been able to contact the care center where Anabel is

staying to find out what is happening there. And some of the other children are in

even more precarious circumstances.

Hopefully we will be able to resolve some of this over the coming week.