March 21, 2008

It is hot here. I sweat constantly. We are very busy. Dad is a pro at getting contacts and people for the missionaries to teach. We have two missionaries here with us in HO. They are teaching 21 people now, over half of them are from dad. We have one investigator that we are actually teaching, we are practicing on her ha ha. One missionary is from Kenya, speaks English, but I still can't understand him very well. The other one is whte but is from So. Africa. Lived there all his life and so he is a very good missionary and we really enjoy them both. We go with them to teach or take them places when they need. We are planning a P day next Monday to go up to the monkey refuge about 2 hours from us up further into Ghana.




We saw 10 to 12 baboons on the road to Accra last Monday when we went. I tried to get pictures, it was hard because thhey were frightened and ran in the trees. But there was something on the road they were trying to eat and so kinda circled around.














The people for the most part are friendly and will talk to you, or do something for you. The girls all have short shaven hair until older and married. Children wear school uniforms, boys shorts, usually light tan and different colors of shirts, depending on their school. Girls all wear dresses or jumpers. Very few pants on any women or girls, bu tight shirts and colorful dresses and hats to church or just on the street. There are lots of seamstress, it is a profession as women make their own clothes. Everything is dirt , no grass. The food here is mostly cabbage, tomatoes, bananas and pineapples. It is hard to find a variety here in Ghana. We buy most of our groceries in Accra and they are very expensive. So much for dad saving money here. Every day is busy, can you believe it has only been 2 months since we left? Sometimes it seems like a life time. We are learning much. The people of Africa don't know what they are missing in life and are content with their life. The world mostlly US are trying to help modernize with big country. It's like picking away at a huge iceburg with a pin. There are much poorer places than here in Ghana, but it will take a long, long time for them to get it. It is not unusual for our power to go out. As I type it is out now for over an hour and it could be off another hour, no air conditioner when that happens and my small fridge starts to defrost. It doesnt hold much any way. The stove is a free standing small gas burner that runs off of a tank. It's almost like camping. Love you all.