BACK IN CANADA

I arrived back after travelling for 36 hours, I am well, a little disorientated but that will subside soon. I am discontinuing writing the blog while back but will resume in October when I return to Ghana thanks for everyone who have followed my adventures and made comments. Have a fun summer!!11 Betty

almost closed the suitcases

came with 4 going home with 2, much less to keep track of for me ---- one of the students Mom died this am, so sad, I could only phone as the group from the cathedral were going to the house now, leaving in an hour for the airport

GETTING READY TO RETURN

cleaning, laundry, packing...all fun tasks but sad to leave and excited to get back, funny how that works eh! my flight from Sunyani to Accra is at 1030 am and the flight out is not until late evening so I will sit in a corner to read and people watch trying to buy chocolate made in Ghana but unsuccessful so far, my last resort is the airport

INSTALLATION

INSTALLATION OF THE THIRD DEAN OF THE ST. ANSELM’S CATHEDRAL The Rev. Canon Timothy Kankam Dwumfour was duly installed as the Dean. I was asked today if services in Toronto are a long as they are here, a big NO was my answer. – Today started @ 9am, I started preaching at 1020, then lots of music, started the celebration of the Eucharist at 1145, Announcement at about 1215, blessing of the new dean and his family 1240 and then anyone else came forward, recessional started at 2pm Pics 1– The dean to the left of the bishop and to the dean’s left his wife and two daughters 2- Everyone is the cathedral came up to welcome and congratulate the new dean, 3. Bishop blessing dean and his family 4. on the steps of the cathedral with the Guild of the Good Shepherd (women with blue cloth on)

BIRTHDAYS

Today is the Bishop's birthday and Fr. Martin The Bishop invited folks for lunch after celebrating mass at 530am (yes I was there) Pics of lunch, In the group pic Martin is the one in the light blue clergy shirt to your right Fr. Timothy (Dean Elect) has a bib on, as he is eating Fufu with his hands (the traditional way that everyone eats it)

a drum

I went to the market with Nat, visited 3 locations and got a drum, in my travels I met the craftsman who made the one I purchased . He says it takes 3 days to hollow out the trunk and craft the drum. To put this work I perspective, the finished drum costs 50 Ghana Cedis = 25 Canadian dollars or 3 days work. I did not haggle the price. Pic of the tool used to hollow the trunk, it is a blade on the end of a long stick and he works it like a scraper getting ice off the sidewalk and pic of drum, the third pic is seeing it's height relative to the sofa

Bulletin has gone to print

Thanks be to God. Election Irregularities, THIS IS A LAND MARK CASE AND WILl CHANGE THE VOTING PROCESS AND MAY BRING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT In 2012 Presidential Election, the opposition file charges against the government that there were a number of voting irregularities and laws broken which they feel that the election is not valid. Today the case started to be heard by the Supreme Court of Ghana. problem; Over voting, summery sheets not signed by the Poll Station Director, too many ballots for the number of listed eligible voters, duplication of summery sheets between polling station and polling stations in places that were not officially declared. So every tv and radio is broadcasting live the court proceedings. The fact everyone is listening reminds me of the OJ trial. It is the talk of the town. When I get home I will need to follow it on the Internet :(

another day with Publisher

It is logical once you learn the ways. hope to go to print tomorrow

LEARNING PUBLISHER

I have spent most of today learning about Publisher and reformating the original buleting for th Installation into Publisher, Sr. Mavis OHP (Anglian Order of the Holy Paraclete) got me started and is coming back tomorrow to get it finished so it can go to the printer and not wait until Friday, needless to say I am learning lots about the computer

I thought I was escaping Vestry

I left t. Paul', at the end of the year, before the Vestry, whew, off the hook well today as Vestry at St. Anslms I was not chairing BUT vestries are the same all over details, questions, challenges about the money but everyone survivied including the bishop who has been the Interin Dean, good for him

almost in a panic

computer was working and then was not, I could open a document but could not save it or print it which meant the 20 page bulletin for the Installation and the newsletter would need to be re-entered, hours of inputing, not my idea of a way to spend the weekend and I would need to rustle up another computer, so .... after a couple of hours of fiddling, me and a fellow who knows computers, he thought my microsoft programme was damaged, I mean what do I know so I went home, and thought maybe just maybe it would work in the home environment, I know it has no bearing on function but I was looking for a miracle ok? sooooo I plugged everything in and guess what WORK LIKE A CHARM SO I PUT THE DOCUMENTS ON A PEN DRIVE,and prnted them and took them to the office, so that if this computer decided to act up again, at least these two are useable and I do not have to re-input, A MIRACLE FOR SURE!! so now my weekend is free to get some words together to preach at the Induction ... life in the electronic age oh my...

airport and duck tape in one day

drove to the airport,my next door neighbour ATTA, as navigator, got my ticket to go from here to Accra, 45 minutes flying, 8 hours driving, not up for discussion, worth ever cedi watch band gave up the ghost, leather and perspiration and age do not go together so RED DUCK TAPE to the rescue,, I m sure it will last for years if I want it to.DUCK TAPE, THE BEST TAPE IN THE WORLD,dont leave home without it

Installation of new dean on the 21st

wow getting ready for this is +++ work, I have been working on the bulletin, 20 pages with pics and all, hopefully someone else is going to format it into Publisher as I do not have it on this computer, service forms I have never encountered before with all the pomp and circumstance that the cathedral has, I am waiting for a fellow who has set up a web site for the diocese, he said 9am and it is 1020 so perhaps by noon, the present web site does not say much so hopefully the new one will be interactive and can be updated as needed, his arrival time 1140, before it is put up the web, will keep you posted, he did a great job in setting it up, now it is adding info and tweeking the wording

Diocese of Toronto have a new bishop

It is just beofore 8pm on Saturday...news does travel fast I just got a phone call that Peter Fenty is our new Bishop Elect God bless him and his ministry

article in the APRIL ANGLICAN Diocese of Toronto newspaper

page 13

finaly I get to the pics

I have no idea where the day of Wednesday went but here it is Thursday already the Episcopal election is Saturday, would someone please email me the final result! Fr. Martin getting us orgaized; Bishop with the hat, giving advice; the cheering section under the tree; the tug of war with the men and then I put my camera away

CHURCH PICNIC EASTER MONDAY

I gather that it is tradition that churches have a celebration on Easter Monday, we had a picnic, games, food, etc and then the rains came and I ran home will insert pics when I get more internet time