SOS - BISHOP'S CAR BATTERY DEAD

                                       ALL ON BOARD TO PUSH

POT HOLDERS APLENTY

 I try to give business to the sewing kiosk down the lane. A place where sewing is taught. This year I thought pot holders made with colourful African fabric would be an article of economic development for them and I can bring back to share. The results are in, they look good.

The pics are:

 the building = a garden shed size, 

the students all have the same top on, Yvonne sits and watches her Mom learn

 sample of pot holders in top right corner.

 

Bad news: Vestry yesterday :( Good news: an Ordination to the Deaconate :)

 Saturday: Ordination to the Diaconate

Bro. Bright Another Obeng, a Ghanian who lives in New York and in part of the American armed forces wants to be a Chaplain. He is in his last year of Seminary in USA. He was ordained a deacon Satuday and will be priested later on this year. His family here in Ghana were able to attend, his parents and wife especially proud.

Here the candidate carries a wooden cross when approaching the Bishop. The Chancellor wears the wig and robes of his office. For the prayers all ordained are on the knees including the Bishop with the candidate laying prostate on the ground.

Rev. Bright Another Obeng was introduced by the Rt. Rev. Kwame Kyem-Ampong to the congregation amids claps and shouts of joy.

CPR

 If you read an entry from last spring while preaching a woman carried a baby up centre aisle. She went to the Dean and the Precentor. The baby had rolled his eyes to the  back of his head. I kept asking..'was the kid breathing?" Well he was not and I was going to put him on the floor to do CPR but he coughed and started to breathe. I said the baby needs to go to the hospital. Anyway as a result of this I realized that performing CPR was not in anyones mind. I brought back a Resusi Ann and a Resusi Baby and am offering workshops on CPR. Two of the Diocesan Health Centres had a session last week. The staff were nurses and Physician Assistants.  They had all had sessions in the past so this was just a reminder.

Celebrating the Eucharist

 I celebrated the Eucharist with smells and bells todaty. assisted y the Dean and Precentor. I just did the Eucharistic prayer as the remaining service is in local language of which I know one word   AKWAABA - YOU ARE WELCOME.It felt good swinging the thurible. Amen and amen.

TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS or GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS

 cconsistancy with hydro delivery is something to be improved. When I say that shortage of electricity rarely happens and when it does, it is a major catastrophy (remember the outasge in July 19?? when we were told to stay  home from work. I went to the cottage, 9 months later we had a baby boom)\

Bad news: Yesterday no hydro from 8am to 6 pm, fixing something in the system,so  no charging of electronics and no fan.

Good news: fridge got defrosted without much work. 

                  Ice in the sink in Ghana, seems on one level as an oxymoron when the temp is 35c

WOMEN'S MINISTRY PROJECT

 This project involves all the women in the diocese and is headed by Bishop;s wife Mother Superior, (wives of priests have a very clear role within the churc, like two staff for the price of one).The project is to build s Spitiritual Centre for prayer. Land was purchased a few years ago. A funny quirk here in Ghana is that you can buy land, get signed  but do not own the trees on the land. Such is the situation with this  project. There are 213 Palm trees on this land that are still owned by the original owner.  He is changing his mind as to the price for the trees to be bought. His price if far about the going rate. 

Anyway, a group of us went to see the land last week.

The tree price is still too high but what I discovered is that the land purchase deal has not been  registered with the government. I gather this is a bit of a process, takes a while and costs money. For me it is essential that the goveenment piece be completed before anything further is done.

The next step is being planned and they will get back to me. Here is what the land looks like now.

                                       rows of palm trees

                                             cluster of fruits on tree

                                                                ready to harvest

             Driver, Mother Superior and Chaplain of this ministry.

Painting painting

 The cupboards in the kitchen were paint white a while ago. The paint here is thin and is impossible to  wipe clean. SO I have a varathane type white paint included in the shipment.and today the cupbds were painted. Like when one moves, emptying the cupboard sucks and then waiting to put back  ugh.

I am going to evaluate the stuff  as to what was on the shelves and ditch anything not touched this year. I can use this time to become  a minimalist  with my cupboards.

Stuff on the floor and  paint waiting to harden..