Today Is The Day!!!

Creative minds were collaborating

to create a work of art.

A work of love, actually.

for a brother who had been gone for eight weeks.

For a young man who left part of his heart here.

Well, it would have been ok to leave these behind...

But these are welcome additions.

This much loved

very missed,

extremely precious man is home!

We LOVE you Grant!!!!

Welcome home!!!!!

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Update on Grant in Ghana

I thought I would update you on how Grant is doing in Ghana.

We have heard bits and pieces of the work he is helping with out there and were able to talk to him on the phone a few times and the word is he is doing very good! He has been in Ghana for 5 weeks and will be back here in Minnesota November 19th. He has a few more weeks left. He has been enjoying his time.

Here are a few pictures I took from ASON's Facebook page for those of you who do not get onto Facebook much. I think Grant will really miss Ghana when he gets home.

Love you Grant!!!

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

And Grant Is Gone!

Grant flew to Florida this morning.

He is spending a few days in Florida before he heads to Ghana on Monday.

It is actually happening!

So far this mom is doing ok.

It will be very different once Grant leaves the US.

But being in a melancholy mood, I decided to post a few picture of Grant.

Most of these, if not all, are somewhere on my blog but for our enjoyment I thought I would post them together so we did not have to search each post spanning the past five years to catch a glimpse of my second oldest,

My dear Grant.

I thought I would save you some work.

Grant,Elena,and I on the set of Jingle All The Way in St. Paul

Grant at three month recovering from his heart surgery and now look at him!

Off to Ghana!

Only the Lord could see his future.

What an awesome young man Grant grew up to be.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Should I Be Worried?

Grant's departure countdown is near it's end.

Grant leaves for the airport in about five or six hours.

Eight weeks is a long time to live on what is in this bag so far.

Some very fast packing will need to be done.

But I am not worried.

Not real worried.

Ok, just a tiny bit worried we will not get everything packed in time.

Maybe more concerned Grant will have forgotten something important.

~Sigh~

I am missing Grant already.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Grant is Going to Ghana, West Africa!!!!!

I hope you do not mind my adding Grant's Ghana support letter on my blog.

Grant leaves at the beginning of October for 6 weeks!! Yikes!! It will be a great opportunity for him!!

I added a great video after Grant's letter. Really, it is very good.

I also added some pictures of his trip last year at the bottom of the letter.

Enjoy!!!

August 11, 2013

Dear Friends and Family,

I hope your summer is going well!

First of all I want to thank all of you who supported me either by your prayers and/or your financial gifts last year that allowed me to go on my mission trip to Ghana, West Africa last fall.

The trip was truly an amazing and faith building experience for me. I really felt like God used me in a special way there as my team and I reached out to the people of Ghana. One of my most memorable experiences from that trip was going to a rural village and attracting a crowd by spinning a basketball on a stick and performing some other basketball tricks I had learned. A crowd gathered very quickly and everyone came out of their houses to see what was going on. It was a fun way to help start our ministry there and prepared the way for the message that would be shared later by the pastor.

In addition to the good feeling of God using the gifts I had to offer, I found that I truly enjoyed spending time with the people I met there. There were several people that I got to know pretty well during that time and was sad when it was time to go.

After that mission trip, I came home knowing that this was something I wanted to do more of in the future. In the months following the mission trip, I was busy doing things at home in Waseca such as finishing my schoolwork and graduating, working a lot of hours at my job, and purchasing (and repairing) my first car. However I still kept in my mind the desire to be involved in future missions work in Ghana when the right opportunity came along.

A new opportunity has now come up which I am very excited about, This new opportunity is a second and more extended trip to minister to the people of Ghana. It is again under the direction of ASON International (Americans Serving Other Nations).

For this mission trip, which will be approximately 6 weeks beginning October 1st, 2013, I will be serving Pastor Peter with a team that will be lead by Ellen from ASON and the team will also include the Dominican Republic pastor, his wife, and their interpreter. The work will include the construction of a guest house for the church in Ghana that would allow future missionaries that come there to have a place to stay. I will help build a septic drainage system for the school on the grounds. I will also work with the youth in the Ghana church by filming skits and such that they do which will be made into evangelistic videos to help further the Gospel to the Ghana people. In addition to these projects, our team will also be involved in other outreach activities aimed at sharing the Message of Jesus with the people in the near by villages and ministering to their needs.

I am very thankful for the chance to go on this second mission trip to Ghana. I think this one is even more exciting than the first one because I have much more of a vision of how God might use me there. As with my other trip, I again ask for your prayers for me that God would prepare me to serve there and also for the people I will work with and those who we will minister to.

The other need that I have will be for financial support. Since this trip is longer than my trip last year, the amount needed will be slightly higher. In order to cover six weeks of living expenses, I will need to raise $3,500 more by late September.

I would really appreciate it if you took the time to prayerfully consider whether this is something that you would like to help with.

If you do decide to contribute financially you can mail a check to this address below with a note mentioning that you are contributing to Grant's Ghana fund. The address is:

ASON International, Inc.
1840 Sarno Road
Melbourne, FL 32935

If you would rather contribute via a credit or debit card you can call ASON directly at:

321-757-7252 

Thank you very much!

In Christ,

Grant Frye


Pastor Peter is the pastor of the Ghana church Grant and the others in the ASON team will be helping.

Now the pictures!!

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy