It Hit Me Like A Wave....

“In the heat of the moment things get very intense and we pushed thru strong but it is later in the calm that it hits me like a wave.” - Micah Mac

As I told you before I have been so dismayed by the horrible nature of some of the poverty, spiritual darkness, and unreal human abuse that I could not put it into words. We sat Monday night and wept and prayed together. I do not want to go into great detail but I know you are waiting for some kind of news.
Christian was not feeling well – by Monday evening it was getting bad – by yesterday he said he never had felt as bad as he was and he was shaking, knees week, and fever. I took him to the hospital in Ghana yesterday. He had multiple issues; from worms to bad allergic reaction & infection, but the most dangerous was malaria. He has a strong case of malaria. We exchanged our emergency funds as they were out due to the situation at the border.
The baby is healthy but Celine his wife is going back into surgery today. The need to rework the incision and put more stitches in as things are not healing right. The scan yesterday showed she had what they are calling pneumonia in her chest. Christian was too sick yesterday to be as frustrated to get home as his attention had to turn to getting better, he is really worried about his wife but thankful people are praying.
The human suffering and corruption in certain places in Togo and West Africa is very heart retching. We were caught in a mess on Monday at the border where Christian and a guy we were trying to help were really mistreated. Because all my papers were so square I was pushed thru and on the other side for 3 hrs waiting. He was so shook up by the time he came thru that he began to cry when we found a taxi, which is very big for him. He was left with no choice but to pay the officials bribe for his passage and the American we were helping. On the other side of the boarder I was trying to help 2 Liberian refugees who were pleading with me to aid them as they felt a white man as an advocate would help their case. What I saw them go thru and tried to help them with at the border and what they had been thru was sickening. Severely harassed, money stolen, and almost all there belonging were stripped. This does not count the horrible things they faced earlier where one of them was beat so severely that he had to have a blood transfusion.
In the heat of the moment things get very intense and we pushed thru strong but it is later in the calm that it hits me like a wave. We covered there transport to Accra Ghana after they bribed their way thru the border though they have every right to legally pass. We also gave them half of the clothes that we had and half of the money as they were heading to a refugee camp where repatriation in starting. We are now using my visa at a hotel that took it and that is why we have internet.
I was a little confused monday and tuesday – but as I reflected on Rom 12 we feel we have done the right things, no matter how hard to decipher friend from foe, as best we can. Audrey I miss you and love you but am so glad you are not on this trip as I would not want you to see some of the evil.
We feel that in light of all we have seen multiple centers are very necessary, as who will change the climate if not Christ in the next generation.

Life is short, Micah Mac