Time to leave

Leaving people is always difficult, but leaving friends you’ve made over the years gets harder and harder each time I leave. Today has been a good day with time to go out and pick up a few things as well as visit with some. There was nothing on the schedule today except departure time around 5:30 p.m. to head to the airport. As if saying goodbye wasn’t difficult enough the news that Emmanuel got on our way was enough to bring silence into the car as we drive to the airport. Pastor Abel Smith, the pastor we tried to visit in Kakata, but he had headed for the hospital in Ganta, just passed away. He was at the hospital and I’m not sure what happened, but the grief of his wife and others calling Emmanuel is chilling as they cry out to him and look for comfort. Please pray for Herrietta, the wife, as she deals with this and the LCMI church in Kakata as they also deal with the loss of their pastor. We know that as a Christian, he is with the Father in heaven, but the grief is always difficult, especially with a younger person. I’ll write more later, but I’ll leave this post short as I also pray for those in mourning.