We have been driving back and forth between Barb and Roy’s house and the school, which is deeper in the city, as finishing touches are put our apartment building. The distance is only about fifteen miles, but because of rough roads and traffic, this takes between thirty minutes to an hour. The journey has provided time to see different walks of life in Accra.
Like many third world countries, the gap between rich and poor is very wide. In one area, we see goats, chickens, and children roaming among rickety wood or metal one-room houses. On the next block, a beautiful three-story home rises above a security wall topped with barbed wire. The people may be wearing a collared shirt, tie, and dress shoes as they wait for a taxi, or they may be wearing rags as they clamber on a tro-tro.
We’ve seen such poverty on short term mission trips and in documentaries, but it’s different when it’s right outside the front door. It cuts deeper. It will definitely be challenging to live and serve in the tension of this in between.
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| Nice house on our route to school. Notice the giant satellite dish. |
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| This chicken may have belonged to the owner of the shop. But then again, maybe not. |
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