Through Darren's Eyes

Ninety percent of the people I know are "into photography," which is completely fantastic: the more pictures the merrier! But when Darren first mentioned owning a photography business (Common Grace) I didn't really think anything of it. Cue sixish months later, when I opened a file containing all of his pictures from our trip to Ghana and spent the remainder of the day weeping/laughing/rejoicing over my computer screen as I flicked through the images. This isn't an advertisement or anything, simply a profession that Darren has TALENT and I'm thrilled that he used it capture the place and the people near and dear to our hearts. Believe it or not, I spent foorrreeevvverrrr deciding which photos to share on here and could not narrow it down to less than 60. My apologies if this post takes a million years to load.

Arrival + Hugs

Lunch time!

Cutting oranges

A Dina smile!!

Attempting (unsuccessfully) to play a Ghanaian game with Gloria. I'm easily the worst: Lucky is probably the best.

Regina + Richlove

With Mama.

Richlove, Regina, Lucky

Sarah

Gloria

Davi Mercy

Dina cooking (she looks very grown up here...not sure how I feel about it:)

God's Way

God's Way actually took this picture and it's one of my favorites.

Regina in the doorway

Neighbors

Lucky with bubbles

Dina with beach ball

Our favorite thing to do: COLOR!

Teddy's sister Emmie picked out these books/crayons for the girls on HER birthday. They were a huge hit!

Richlove

Mercy is also going to school part-time. She inspires me!

My time in Ghana has brought me to the realization that I'm not a huge fan of chickens. But we can't escape them.

I'll post more about this story later: we visited a family who sent us home with dozens of fresh coconuts. The neighbor boys just shimmied up these trees like it was nothing.

Richlove playing keeper. I'll say it again: She was AMAZING.

Kids walking home from school.

Mercy

I'm SO GLAD that this moment was captured. The older girls coming home from school.

This is our Ghanaian board. We had a great meeting while we were there: more updates about that coming soon viagra kaufen.

Sarah

Mama and Gloria

Performing a dance

One of the few times Darren got out from behind the camera (with Sarah and Regina)

I could dedicate an entire blog post to Bernard and this house. He has been steadily and faithfully saving money and building this home for twenty-plus years. He usually gives us a tour when we visit: it's definitely coming along, but WOW. That is true dedication.