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The Number 13

We have 13 days left… I hate that number! It’s no wonder hotels skip that level, airplanes bypass straight from 12 to 14 and that Friday the 13th is haunted!

Everyone. Hates. 13. And especially I today.

We have 13 days left to make our mark but more than that, we have 13 days left to ravish in the mark these people have made on us. 13 more nights to dance until all the water has been drained from our bodies, 13 days for the boys to utterly destroy us in fútbol (while making fun of us along the way, of course), 13 more mornings of waking up to freshly cut bread, 13 more moments of ministry as we collaborate with the women, teach the children or tackle the shed, 13 more attempts they get to make me throw up on the “spiny thing of death”.

It took me 4 days to genuinely fall in love with these people and it’s going to take me a lot longer than these next 13 days to get over them. Moses, Matthew, Amenyo, Grace, Abigail, Samuel, Enoch, Mercy, Miracle, Rafael, Winfred, Peace and Blessings: 13 names of the 90+ that we get to see every day but also 13 of the ones that will make this goodbye impossible. So Ghana, give me all you’ve got for these next 13 days; but on day 14, take it easy on me because leaving you will never be easy.

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