Greeted by a Naked Man

Chopped my mane ;)
(It wasn't that long
but it sure felt like it)

Diamond Anniversary for Ghana! They celebrated their 60th year of independence. We went to play football with the ward, but no one showed so we ended up playing pool instead. (It was 1 cedi a game.) We went to Tadi and played Volleyball and Rugby with a bunch of other missionaries. The sun roasted me bad. Went home and prepared curry, but I made a massive batch.... Sister Terresa invited us over for FHE and we watched the Testaments video.

There was no District meeting. So we went to Takoradi to email, since Monday was crazy. After emailing it rained hecka hard. So hard that some of the roads flooded, but that's also because they throw trash in their gutters which fills the drains... Cockroaches were swimming due to their submerged living quarters. Literally swimming. They were like mini jet skies. We gooshed all the ones that wanted to share our dry spot.

Wednesday we met a woman named Rita, and we had her tailor some of our clothes. White shirts and trousers. All but Gloria bounced us. She just needs time. We went to Jennifer and Ophelias and gave a woman that lives just below them a blessing. She has a serious infection on the left leg. Things like that rarely resolve here.... :(

Thursday was the Mission Tour. We had to be in Takoradi by 9. Elder Stanfill and his wife came and instructed on wonderful things. I love being able to sit and listen to old men of the church that have a massive store of experience and wisdom. It lasted nearly all day. On the way to the station though, a naked man (we encountered him earlier in the morning with clothes on) came rushing over to us very much desiring that we all shake hands with him. Some things you'll never forget. In the evening Elder Iumalo gave me a hair cut. I had more hair than I thought.

Half the apartment went to their finish strong meeting, so Elder Etim came with us for the day. We got bounced by all of our and his investigators. The only one that worked out was Gloria. We spent some time with Judith and sent her to get some Polo (coconut mixed with flour and fried) turns out she got a lot more that we thought the money would purchase. Plenty! On the way home in the evening we gave Rita's daughter a blessing, but she was squirming and pushing the hands because she's afraid of Obruni Hands.

I  woke up to another spider in my bed, this time it was chilling on my net... I don't understand because I even tuck my net....

We picked Ophelia and she spent the whole day with us. We first saw Dina, but she was distracted. :/ And then Gloria which was good. Doris gave us rice when we went to visit her. And then in the evening when we popped into Sister Terresa's for a visit, she gave us rice with Kontombre stew. It's nice knowing that members like you. :)

It's so disappointing when reliable investigators promise to come to church and then fail. Church was Fante. After we went home and ate lunch, just after eating though it started to rain and it rained hard. Turning our area into mud. So while it rained we took a nap. When we went out, we visited several members, and the Owus gave us Fufu with mystery meat.... Sister Owu loves me so much and I love that whole family. Every time we sit down at their place they try to feed us. I love them. :)