Sunday..day of rest

church today started at 7am with the first service and the 2nd service got me home by 2pm. It was Bishop Appreciation Sunday in the diocese when appreciation for the bishop is shown through financial donations.
I am preaching on Ash Wednesday, today found out that means first service at 6am and second service at 5pm. my tag line for early services is when it is dark out...one sleeps and when it is light out...one is up, not work that way here so I am reminded.
so I am sitting this afternoon with my feet in  a basin of water soaking (I take very good care of my feet almost obsessed I will confess)  to rub away the bumps and rough parts, knock on the door and I shout..I have my feet in water but the door is unlocked. If you don't mind my feet in water ...come on in.  Fr. Eramus enters to chat seemingly ignoring my feet.
lights just went out...bye

Gari

gari, something I had never heard of before today. it is plantain dried and ground up, ends up with a consistency like powered milk, it is used as a thickener in soups and stews or can be sprinkled on top of stew when on the plate, no really much taste to me anyway, lots of recipes from Nigeria on line

Gifty a friend, lives an amazing life, not letting anything or anyone to hold her back, last Satuday she was carrying a full kettle of boiling water to add to her bath and it dropped with boiling water on her foot and ankle. NO skin was burned, a miracle to be sure. We have discussed her having a trolley on wheels that she can push while using her crutches. a carpenter I met yesterday and told him the story and today a trolley on wheels arrived, it is so perfect and she is excited to get it, delivery will be Monday then she will be able to move things with less chance of anything falling

country of origin

printer needed a new black cartridge  even though when look at the amount of ink left it looked full

hot dogs and no name mayo from Brazil, Heinz 57 ketchup from Egypt, cream crackers from UK ..... nowhere is too far away in this world any more

got more white radishes today, sliced thin they are very tasty dipped in mayo with salt and pepper

a bit of this and a bit of that

My new printer won't print   ugh         tomorrow back to the store to find out what is wrong

My cat Noah had some surgery today, teeth attended to and a cyst removed from his side
                                                                                 ahhhh poor Noah         a booboo on  his side

                                                            WHITE RADISH

watching tv out of Berlin or Paris

sounds exotic eh!
the German station has more info/documentaries where I can learn something new.
the French channel has constant news like channel 24
both have frequent weather updates
I am soaking beans to substitute for chick peas that I can not find here yet. keep you posted as to what they are used for

Monday Monday the first day of the week

warm, sunny, no rain or snow in sight.
 I was given a root vegetable, white in colour,  looked like a carrot, smelt and tasted like a radish,which I looked up and it is. Mabel said it could go into stews but does not want to use it so hence I have it,  I ate a piece raw and she was very surprised.
Daniel the 'fabric' artist brought me some hand designed fabric  today, they are all lovely
I can not arrange them any better on this page  ugh

Home again

Retreat went very well, speaker was great, Canon Patrick Okaijah-Bortier from Accra Diocese.
Many yesterday went to see the Kintampo Falls. I basked in the A/c of my room instead, quite nice if I do say so. Today we had mass St. Stephen's Kintampo, Canon Patrick preached,

church was plastered block walls maybe 20 x 40, tin roof, all the rafters showing, concrete floor, chairs in rows, altar at one end up on a one step elevation.  glass louvers for windows, outside is hard red soil, with a building next door for Sunday School. Very basic but had the essentials.
They gave Patrick a gift as a thank you gift. called a smock with a hat to match.

Here he is with Bishop and Mother Superior

we got a 'take away' lunch (rice, chicken or fish, salad) in  foam clam box with water to drink. I was asked by the bishop to ride home in his car as there were more people wanting to go in the van.
I was very fortunate as the van broke down again in Techiman. I was home, a little tired and had showered before they rolled
..... good weekend