Epik Missions

Peter’s Entry (6-27-08)

June 22 – Arrived in Accra, Ghana at 8:30 AM. After meeting with some of Chad’s friends we traveled to Koforidua and began adjusting the first group of Ghanaians. I was stationed at a Methodist church with Paul Opoku jr. He delivered many health care classes while I adjusted about 150 people in a tiny, cramped, hot, and humid room. Tomorrow I will head off solo to the cities near Lake Volta and adjust people in the small communities.

June 23 – Met with Sosu who is the MP’s (Member of parliament) personal assistant. He drove Paul and me to Akosombo and we met the MP, Honarable Kofi Osei-Ameyaw, who is also the Deputy Minister for Tourism of Ghana. I adjusted him and his staff before we went to Anum and adjusted about 200 people at the health office. It was very hot and humid here. The room was again very tiny as I was able to adjust about 5 people at a time.

June 24 – Sosu told me he had to turn off his phone last night because people kept calling with success stories. Today we went to Akrad and met with the deputy chief of the community before adjusting at the local community centre. There were at least 100 people waiting in plastic chairs for me at 8:30 AM. By noon I had seen 350 people, including a little 8 year-old girl who was no taller than 1.5 feet and had many extra joints and bones in her extremities. She could barely be touched without pain. I was able to adjust her neck with my hands and her spine with the integrator. She was much happier and had a smile on her face when I was finished. Her pictures are precious.

June 25 – Adjusted 300 students and teachers from 7:15 – 7:45 AM at the Akosombo primary school. They were just lined up about 30 at a time on one long bench and I just worked them up and down the benches until they were all finished. We drove back to Koforidua and met at another school and adjusted almost 400 more children before heading to Winneba.

June 26 – Went to St. Paul and Uncle Rich Primary schools where we adjusted about 360 and 1020 children and teachers, respectively in 2 hours. This was absolutely amazing. The children were lined up in 4 rows of seats, with anywhere between 30 and 80 children in one room. We each took a row and had some rooms adjusted in less than a minute. The video and pictures are amazing. Later today we had some R & R time and went to the beach. The beach and immediate areas around the beach were beautiful.

June 27 – We all met with the Chief Executive Director of Winneba today to discuss Charlottesville, VA and Winneba becoming Sister Cities as well as setting up a clinic here. The meeting went very well as a friend of ours here, Joe Bami, was crucial in making good connections and aggressively making the action happen.

My Thoughts
Winneba is certainly the most poor, typical “African” place we will see. People are naked, homeless, dirty, and there is a distinct “sick” smell amongst the city. This just indicates the absolute necessity for care here. People are very ill, yet the incredible part is they are still very kind and friendly despite their peril. We encountered a few little children who upon seeing white people, absolutely freaked out. Their faces of shear terror were priceless. The funny part is just moments later after going to their friends or family, they were waving goodbye and smiling seconds later. I wish we could have spent more time in Winneba adjusting more people… they need it. All in all this has been a very humble experience. I am a patient, respectful person anyway, but the people and settings I have seen here put my life in perspective. I am very thankful for everything I have and will certainly remember the villages and communities here when things go “bad” back home.

The adjusting has been a trial as well. Some of the rooms I was stationed in were very compact and quickly heated up



Chad’s

There so many wonderful opportunities that have occurred each and every day. Whether it is an opportunity to learn, someone to serve, a friendship to be made or a personal challenge to work through, everyone has been tested. We all have been tested physically. Mark, Peter and I have never adjusted so many people in a day. Jamie has had to learn how to perform adjustments. We all have had to accommodate to gallons of sweat pouring out of our skin from the high humidity. It is not as hot as the last time I was here, but the rainy season means an hour or so of rain followed by stifling moisture in the air. Emotionally, we have been stretched in ways that have allowed to us grow and improve as a person.


Aqwaaba (welcome) from Mark!

This mission has just continued to provide our team with opportunities to serve...both the people of Ghana and one another. Since my last entry we have served thousands more people in Koforidua and Winneba, and now we have returned to the huge metropolis of Accra to complete our journey. In Winneba, we served several schools and nearly 2000 children in one day. We also had an opportunity to visit the beach and relax for awhile. This was a great opportunity for our team to refresh and share some stories about our experiences. On our last evening in Koforidua, I also had my first opportunity to preach at our host family’s church. It was such a wonderful experience! There was such life and energy there, and we were blessed to just worship with them. All of these experiences have stretched us physically, emotionally and spiritually, and as a result, we have each grown in our own way. Praise God for the miracles we have seen, the love we have shared, the warmth we have felt from our Ghanaian friends and the support we have enjoyed from each other. I look forward to what will be accomplished in Accra before we head home, and I really look forward to sharing some detailed experiences when I return home. Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers, we feel them everyday, and we look forward to seeing you soon. Love, Mark.