Dinner guest

Gifty came after church for a visit. chatting about everything is easy

she preached at her church this am and dressed up

last Saturday in review

Chris and Bill, I forwarded the sheet to Tanya and she can decide

When I was leaving church tonight a fellow showed me a pic he had taken of me as I was starting to go home after the ordination last Saturday

not bad in my book after a 6 1/2 hour service

plantain chips, one day I will get it right

well another attempt to make plantain chips, I thought that the crock pot which boils to make stew would be hot enough to make chips, not hot enough, they came out very chewy, not crispy
so next time will put pot on the element and keep it rapidly boiling, hope that works, if not then I will resort to a charcoal burner outside which I know works very well.

coldslaw ...

My friend Don McLean made the best coldslaw in the world so I had a cabbage from the market and grated some of it up, added garlic and onion and salad cream and voila ...coldslaw, not quite as good as Don's but close.

Susan, I presume you got home ok and this one is for you... when I find an envelope I will mail it.

Tuesday Tuesday

just watched the highlights from the Antiques Roadshow for 2017 on utube, I have 3 g of data on my phone which I lose if I do not use it and it is finished tomorrow so hotspot on the phone and I watch tv. There are 4 g on my WiFi but the remainder at the end of the month rolls over to the next month so I save it.
It is very interesting to be watching a favourite show, it is almost like being in front of the tv back home for a little while, quite disorientating actually.
I learned how to make an email grouping last year, you know when you put a number of emails under a title and you just need to type the title, I cant remember the formal name,
anyway Joseph Agyemang has a number of emails to be sent so having lists for the various folks would be helpful so I battled to make a list, now it took me a while to remember the process but got there and he went home with one list done :)
- Afia asked for a new broom, she never uses the one I have from Canada, so got new broom in the market, its about three feet long and one needs to bend over to sweep the floor, the upright one works for me.

part two: ordination/lay canons installation

robed lay canons with their wives standing behind them

Moi in the service

Ordination

Presentation of the candidate and asking of the question..is this a suitable candidate?

Laying prostrate during the Litany                               Processing with crucifix on shoulder

Examination of Candidate

                                                              signing with the Chancellor 

                                                    Laying on of hands

Clothed as a priest

Presented as a priest, Rev. Fr. Kingsley Dwamena Asante

the photo op at the end of the service

service ended at 240 pm during which I went home about 1 pm to eat and

 sit in front of my fan for a moment

Sunday

I painfully awoke and decided this was the day I stayed home, tired did not cover the aches. 

It is now near 4pm and ache free life has returned  😇😇😇

ordination to the priesthood and installation of 4 lay canons

I will talk about the service in two parts as I can not get all the pics off the I pad for some reason  ??
for a 9am service, matins started after 10
waiting to line up, 

very prescribe order, verger, thurifer and boat boy acolytes and cross, torch bearers, wardens, MC, the clergy (priests, canons in order of years of service, Priest assisting, Litanist, Deacon an Sub deacon, Cathedral chapter, Archdeacons, Dean;Deacons of Honour, Bishop's Chaplain, Bishop, Chancellor, Registrar, Presenting Archdeacon, Lay Canons designate, Ordinand
(we receive communion in the order of seniority as well)
and we processed in about 1030 am       (guess when the service ended)                                     
                                                                                                     Congregation

Choir in robes and high school choir in white

The lay canons were installed (using the rite from the Diocese of Toronto uses)                           
                                              Lay Canons signing in front of the chancellor

TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW ....