After miles of rough, red roads, today’s first stop was a small village of clay huts just outside of Tamale. As our vans pulled up to the village school, kids ran in excitement to wave out the windows and greet us. We toured each classroom, which were split up by ages, and high-fived and sang …
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Tuesday Travels to Toasty Tamale (tah-ma-lay)
We got off to a good start today with everyone making it to breakfast on time and ready to go. After breakfast we had some time to be with the Word and reflect on the trip so far. Some people spent this time in the heat on the deck and others chose to stay in …
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Off to Tamale!
The team is off to Tamale this morning (Tuesday), a city in the northern part of the country to run a day camp and connect with local coaches and churches. Internet might be limited while we are away from Accra, so we will do our best to post to the blog and keep everyone updated …
Piggybacks and Unplanned Acts of God
Today marked our first full day since touching down in Accra and wow it was a good one! We began the day like any other and enjoyed breakfast at 8:30 followed by the rallying of all 20 of us back into the two vans. From there, a quick ride took us to the SIM Ghana …
We’re Here!
After an *exhausting* 7-hour red eye flight from Chicago, the team landed in London all safe and sound. Since we were divided into three different flights, we regrouped at the airport shortly after landing. We napped and snacked for several hours in the Heathrow airport before boarding our next flight to Accra. This time, our …
Delayed but Determined
After months of training and preparation, today was finally the day to begin our journey. We began the morning with more meetings to get to know each other and practice telling our stories. We finished meetings and headed out for a brief break. While on this break we learned that our flight from Chicago to …
One Week To Go!
The semester is wrapping up and as we make the transition to summer, we can’t wait to launch our first SEED team of 2018 next Friday, May 11! While in Ghana, the group will partner in the on-going work of Sports Friends and distribute Sawyer water filters. Sports Friends believes, “Sports serve as a powerful and effective tool …
Apply Now for Summer 2018!
Applications are now open for summer of 2018! “Regardless of where you are in your faith journey, this experience is one of the most transformative and eye-opening experiences that you can get involved with as an athlete.” – SEED Zambia Team Member, 2017 To apply, visit travel.hope.edu and search “SEED” program. Please submit an application to your first trip …