In 2020, HOMe took up residency in our first, newly completed building. This was the beginning of the development of the property God had provided for us in Teiman. But it was only the beginning. Since then God has provided a second house which will allow HOMe to have one house for boys and one for girls. But again, that is not the end of our dream/prayers.

Ultimately we would love to see four houses on the property along with an office/medical clinic and a summer hut which would allow for more outside activities out of the sun and rain. Below is a computer rendering of what we envisioned back in 2018 when the property was purchased. The addition of two more houses would allow us to have an infant and toddler home as well as a dedicated hospice home. Again, man proposes, but God disposes. This is our prayer, “nevertheless, thy will be done.”

In 2023, God unexpectedly provided a wonderful gift to HOMe, a solar panel and a battery back-up system for the frequent times that the power is out in our area. This system allows fans and lights to operate for approximately 4 hours when outages occur, without having to start up the diesel generator. This system was a surprise to Debbie and me when we returned to Ghana that summer.

In addition to generating thanks to God for this provision, this gift has also generated some thinking about a solar power system that would be big enough to run all of HOMe—allowing us to not have to rely on the Electric Company of Ghana for their expensive and sporadic electrical service.

Ghana has a phrase they use when it comes to God’s provision: Man proposes but God disposes (taken from Proverbs 19:21). That is how we are approaching a solar power system. We are bringing our proposal to the Lord, but leaving the disposition of that request up to him.

In January of 2025, Pastor William found it necessary to have HOMe’s water tested for impurities. That test revealed that the well water we have been using is rather caustic, resulting in the failure of multiple hot water heaters in the children’s home due to corrosion. This meant that HOMe had three options: 1) Continue to use the well and risk future failure of plumbing equipment, 2) reconnect to the city water supplied by Ghana Water Company which, like the electric company, had proven to be unreliable (the reason we had a well drilled in the first place), or 3) invest in a water filtration system which would remove the caustic contaminates from our well water.