CELEBRATIONS

•  Xmas decorating all done and no hanging off a ladder to install outside lights 
• in a snow storm lol
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• This weekend is the Celebration Weekend for Bishop Kwame Kyem-Ampomah 
• on the 1st Anniversary of his Episcopy. 
• What is going to happens has yet to unfold, in other words, I do not know.
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A MARATHON TODAY FOR THE HARVEST SUNDAY

 I left the house at 830 am and returned at 345pm. one service folks.

Harvest Sunday is fund raiser Sunday/

The goal was 50,000 Ghana Cedis/ After 3 hours of hard encouragement they realized 54,000.

Every church has a Harvest Sunday. I understand that a percentage is given to the diocese.

Five hours is a long time. The Eucharist ended by 11am and then into the money. While this was going on Kalvin and I enjoyed pictures on my Ipad. He saw how I downloaded books to read. We had a good time all the while the fund raising continued. 

Kalvin sits beside me at the altar. and likes his picture taken.

TGIF

 It is  Friday and the TGIF CLUB is in action. I started this club with the diocesan staff where I buy lunch for everyone and my lunch is the same; plantain chips, peanuts and a coke. Today I had the best lunch. I was also introduced to fresh cocoanut. The stuff we  in Canada I detest but I tried the cocoanut water and the pulp, not bad, hardly any favour actually. I found it was better than the stuff back home. I understand that the very mature ones are tough so choose the green ones I am told. I learn something every day.

ALARM CLOCK SYMPHONY

 no need for alarm clock as the roosters get up before any alarm clock setting I would ever have,  chickens and goats follow along clucking and bleating to no one's drum adding to the symphony. Rather than fight city hall I get up which means I need to go to bed earlier to compensate. such trials eh, 

I talk about Ebenezer, there are two of them one lives in Accra, is a law student, married with one son about 9 months and the second lives in Wiawso, is the Bishop's driver, married with 2 daughters and a son who is about 15 months. This pic was last Saturday, the first time I had them both in one place; Ebenezer Accra on my left and Ebenezer Wiawso on my right. Good looking guys eh!!

A NEW DAY

 Mondain problem but necessary. Battery dying in my watch. The shop was facing the street, a metal shed (smaller than my garden shed at the cottage) 4'wide, 8' deep and 10 'high. He has carved out a living fixing watches, phones of every kind with anything wrong. A narrow bench on the concrete pad outside the doors (waiting room). Price to fix 10 Ghana Cedis  = less than one dollar Canadian.

 

Oh my goodness

 It has be a test to get internet and my phone working. SIM cards which operate the phone and internet service now by law have to be registered with the phone server. Tried that yesterday with my Ghana registration card but it has not been renewed so will not work. Find out today that to renew it I need to go to Accra (8 hours by bus). Now using someone else's internet and phone. Oh hum such is life.

Waiting for ride to church sitting on the edge of porch

Church was good and lively on Sunday, drumming, dancing, lots of colour. only 3 hours, 

Now I have internet I can get back in the groove of writing. 

Hello, hello from Amsterdam.

My phone says it is 630am in Ontario, it is 1230 pm here, next flight to Accra is at 230pm From Toronto I sat beside a mom and her 30 month old son. who was not happy for a good part of the trip. I think I dozed a bit and had a good book to read. Entertainment offerings were ??? not to my liking so the book won out.  I was starving by the time the meal come, forgot to order gluten free so I picked enough to chase the hunger away. Very few have a mask on. I again am impressed when travelling 'need assistance' nice little six person cart to get around. This airport seems to be miles from one arm to another so riding makes it a pleasure. I am tired so will stop going on and on Later..

this is the best I can do with little sleep. Tonight I get some in a hotel    zzzzzzzz