Venice

The second week on our trip we went to the San Marco Church in Venice. This was a very beautiful church in the island city. This visit to the church taught me many things. One of these things was that the people that made these beautiful works of art were very skilled. These were great people that God had blessed with an awesome skill. These people could have used the gifts and skills that they were given for whatever they wanted to use it for. These people instead decided to use these gifts to teach others about God. They made three main domes with mosaics. These domes went from the depicting the Old Testament, depicting the New Testament, and Jesus' ascension, and the Pentecost. This was a great way of visualizing the gospel to those who can't necessarily read. These artists wanted to use their gifts to fill a need in their world. It just makes me think of all the great things and gifts hat God has given me. And it makes me question if I am using those gifts to truly glorify Him.
However this is not all that I got from this beautiful trip. God really wanted me to see how even little details matter. Let me explain: The mosaics by definition are made of little tiny pieces of tile and these pieces make a bigger picture. Without some of the little tiles the mosaic would not be complete. This is also true of the family of God how everyone has a purpose and that these purposes are important to His plan. Likewise the artisans made everything to have a purpose; from the colors to the fact that the book Jesus was holding was closed (He is the Word), to even the direction of the church (entered in the west and went to the east, from the darkness to the world to the brightness of the Kingdom of Heaven – sunrise from sunset). This apparently little things all add up to a beautiful church that is used to further the kingdom of heaven through its artwork. You can see that something so small and apparently useless can be used by God to His glory. While this is a lesson that we have be taught since Sunday School, God wanted to remind me through this trip about the fact that he has a plan for little old me.

God bless!

Switzerland

We are on vacation at last (or were at least)! We arrived in Milan and after a night we drove up to Interlaken, Switzerland, where we stayed in the YWAM guest house there. It was very nice there despite the cold. It was a great change from hot, humid Ghana to cold (to me at least), dry Switzerland. This segment of our trip provided a place for relaxation and some sightseeing. We even got to ride in some ski lifts, which Ken insisted were ‘helicopters’. Unfortunately though we did not get to ski as it is summer (doesn’t feel like it at all). The view was great and it just makes me more in awe of God’s great ability, creativity, and awesomeness. It also reminds me of His kindness because we can talk to the God that did this and He loves us. It’s amazing!

We then continued to Trun (not Thun) also in Switzerland. This is a very small town where my mother’s ancestors lived. It was cool because when they were living here in the 17 to 18 hundreds, the de Caprez family (our ancestors) owned and ran an inn. This in is still here today and that was the hotel that we stayed in. So we were like staying in our family’s house from long ago. That was very cool. I can’t imagine what it would have been like to live there that long ago. It reminded me about how privaledged we are to live in this world. And though I ocasionaly complain about the quality of life in Ghana it is still probably better than it ws for my ancestors who lived here. I thank God for His provision for me and my family.

That’s all from our trip for now but there’s more to come later.

God bless!

We are back!

Finally we are back in Ghana!

We had a great trip in Europe, but it is still great to be back home. God has taught me many things on this trip that He has given me and my family. On this trip I have had a chance to relax, spend time with my family, and even learn some new things.

We didn't have much internet on our trip so I will just write my reflections retrospectively.

More about our trip later.

God bless!