Best day ever!

I know I haven't written in here in a few days, but I really have just one story to tell. (I can do more updates tomorrow!) I had probably my favorite moment of Ghana this afternoon at the night market!

I was buying pineapple from my favorite little vender, a 12 year old girl named Rejoice. Let's just say her name is VERY fitting. She's the happiest, most sweet and caring girl I've met. She saw my bracelet with different images of the saints and of Mary and she asked me if I was Christian. I told her that yes, I'm Catholic and she was so excited! She said she's Catholic, too, but she just moved to Legon from her village and here she can't go to Mass. She also told me that back home she had been learning about the faith but there's no one to teach her here. She then asked me if I knew how to pray the Rosary and asked me to teach her!

So I came back later with my Rosary and she was so happy! She pulled up a chair for me and out of nowhere all these other kids came up to learn too! I ended up writing out the Hail Mary and the Glory Be and teaching them how to say those prayers. I also taught them which prayer you say on which bead, which they really enjoyed. It was amazing!! There were some kids that were too little to read the words on the page but everyone stuck around and each Amen was so triumphant! I got more than one weird look from all the people passing by my little group of about 6 kids chanting Hail Mary's (remember we were in the middle of the night market!). I absolutely loved teaching them! They were just so happy to learn and to pray together. We ended up saying about 3 decades and Rejoice even prayed out loud for all the sick people in the hospitals. My heart pretty much melted right then and there. It was my favorite experience so far and I can't wait to go teach them some more! Rejoice asked me to come every night so we'll see what this leads to!

Thank you to everyone for all of your prayers. As you can see God is certainly working here in Ghana! I feel so happy and blessed after that time with the kids!