An update on that first, unexpected post!

"It's Ghana be a great year!"
~Trent McKnight, AgriCorps Founder

If you're a pun-lover, you may catch up on the irony and informative nature of this sentence... yep, we will be going to GHANA!

Due to the severe and growing concern of Ebola in Liberia right now, we will be re-assigned to work with 4-H Ghana for the coming year! There still remains much to plan/organize/discover, but we are so excited to still be going to West Africa - even if we are upset it is not to Liberia.

Ghana is several countries removed from the Ebola situation and currently has prevalence of the disease. While there still remain the typical concerns of traveling to a developing country in West Africa, we feel prepared and motivated to learn all about the country and its agriculture in preparation for departure.

So when is departure? We are hoping to leave within 2-3 weeks from Texas.
But before we do that, we are driving to Fort Myers, Florida this weekend for a full week of volunteer training at the ECHO international tropical ag farm!!! I'm really excited, as I've always wanted to go there!
What comes after that? I'm not quite sure, but I know it will be great...

I am glad that we don't have to go home, considering we have all prepared our hearts and minds to leave home and go abroad. I think it would just be too confusing and difficult a transition to go home for a few weeks... and I love this group of people, so I am excited to continue spending life with them!

Okay, that's enough blogging for one week. I'll keep you in the loop!!

Keep West Africa in your prayers! Ebola is a dangerous evil that seems to be out of control and ruthlessly claiming several lives - we should pray for patience, peace, healing, and a cure.