Baking, Power outs, and Late Night Disturbances

My Boii Elder Okwii

Subsistence Monday! We did the usual washing and cleaning, went to the market. I got some things to make Geloff and Stew. It rained for the first half of the day which cooled everything down which was a nice change. I made Zucchini bread as well! They call it squash here.... but it's Zucchini. We rested for the rest of the day and then went and saw the light house. It's abandoned and people live there now but it's still way cool.

Emailing was the usual. Only this time, a few seconds after hitting 'send' for my long weekly email, the power went out.... The Lord gives us small and simple mercies each and every day. :)

Lawrencia, an investigator who is only 6 days younger than me, fed us banku which was way nice of her. :)

They call it squash...
it's a zucchini. :)

Busy busy busy! Tuesday's Zone Meeting was splendid. We discussed more on being obedient, Missionary Handbook (MHB), Preach My Gospel (PMG) missionaries. It was filled with great reminders. After that we went to DIS for a second visit. This time they diagnosed it as fungal...... I think they're guessing at this point. So they gave me another set of meds to "try". Aside from that our day was normal.

How we blend things

I baked more banana bread for Lawrencia since I promised her I'd make her some. We only had one lesson, which I guess is better than none. Hopefully we'll have more success.

The first conversation we had on Wednesday was with a man who claimed to see Christ every day face to face and said he was a prophet as well. And then said a whole bunch of other self-righteous things that were kind of ridiculous. Plus he just couldn't stop talking. So we sat there patiently for an hour and a half..... trying to listen/ correct gently. :) but it came to a point where I had to say "it's time for us to go" otherwise my compa might have kept conversing for another hour or 2. Man some people paaa...

Cape Coast light house. :)

Our appointments were very spread out, so we spent most of the day walking, and only 2 people were able to see us. It seems we have weeks that are very productive and weeks that aren't. So patience is the key and to work hard, relying on the Lord that he'll provide IF we do all that we can as well.

I have to take 9 pills a day for my rash.... that's right, 9.
1. 2, 4 times a day
2. 1 every morning.
These 'doctors' are guessing..... comforting ehh? :)

Round 2.....

Thursday had its ups and downs. The morning was very productive. We got supplies and equipment for the apartment and planned for the week. We went and got Fufu for lunch which was tasty paaa. :) Every single appointment fell through. Not a single lesson was taught. It seems that people don't understand just how far we walk just to see them, and the importance of our visits. Their eternal salvation is at stake!  The power was out today, which also discourages people from seeing us. :/ Lawrencia fed us Banku again, this time she made it herself, she is such a sweet gal.

What 3 months of sun will do....

Friday was my 3-month mark! Eeh! Where did that time go!? My mission is going too too fast. Elder Ofordeme and Elder Assibey (One of my Zone leaders) had a meeting to attend to, so I spent the day with his compa Elder Okwii. He's from Uganda. It was nice getting to know him and to see that he's a really sweet guy. We interviewed 2 investigators for baptism for Elder Nwatah and Elder Tom. We only taught Emmanuel and Suzy. Everyone else fell through including all of the ones Elder Okwii had planned to see in his area. Lot of walking took place. We were so close to the light house since it's in his area, we went and I showed him around for a bit since he's only been in the area for a 2 weeks.

Saturday was hot! Like, hotter than normal. Plus my knuckles aren't improving, in-fact it's spreading.... Joy! It's been nearly 6 weeks now. It doesn't hurt, it's a bother.

The day was good though. we visited with a few people and brought Emmanuel and Suzy to Elder Nwatah and Elder Toms baptisms. After that we went and saw TillyWendy, Araba and Eko (siblings). All of them are recent converts.

And round 3....
But it's made in America!
So I trust this one :)

I am so grateful we have sound/noise laws in America. Here there are no such things. Muslims pray 5 times a day, and their prayers begin at 4am.... If you don't have an alarm clock then settle for a 4am alarm. They are very prompt.... Also, each evening you get the wonderful white noise of either what sounds like someone getting beat, or cats brawling it out. Sunday morning began nice and early. I woke up at 12:30 and at 2:30 to expel everything that could have possibly been in my body. Sleep did not happen which is always a pleasant way to start your day. So it wasn't the best Sunday I've had. Thankfully President and Sister Stevenson came and visited the ward after ours and they gave me a cream made in New York that should work for my knuckles since nothing made in Africa works. So hopefully the third time's the charm. :)

Mami Sopa fed us some nice rice and stew. We visited with Christian for some time which was quite nice. He really really really wants to serve a mission, only he's too old to go. :/ But this was my week. :)