Like I said on the last post I am way behind in what has been happening. So here is the rest of January in no particular order
This is the Wallace's Primary School. We mentioned that we had helped get the new building ready for the kids to return in early January. This was the first day back, and it took a week before all of the kids had returned. It appears lots of parents and kids believe they always need a little more vacation time. It also saves them money because they pay on a daily basis.
The kids are checking out the new class room. There will be twenty to thirty kids in this classroom
With the school they have to send a bus around to pick up and deliver kids.
Sister Ivie restocking on eggs at a local store just down the street from our house.
This casket represents the scriptures
This a coco pod for a local farmer, and as you can see they also have the regular caskets. There are wood shops everywhere that build caskets. I saw a regular casket with windows in the sides, I wonder what that was meant for. The funerals are one of the biggest events that take place in a village. Sometimes they wait for up to six months after the person has past away. This is necessary to have time to earn or borrow enough money . The family pays for the celebration and provides all of the food and drink for all that attend.(and everyone comes out of the woodworks) They put up big awning tents, truck loads of plastic chairs, and sleeping mats are brought in. They have a massive sounds system to play music and have speeches given. This goes on from two to three days 24-7.
This is the new washroom being built for the church buildings at Asikuma.
Down by the Castle you cross over a waterway where all of the fishing boat come and go. They are very colorful and wide variety of sizes and styles
We had a try zone conference, and these Elders and Sisters were getting their birthday treats from President Shulz.
President Shulz and his Assistants Elder Brown and Elder Dekane
Happy Missionaries
We were able to use the seminary building for the conference. It is air conditioned and makes for a much nicer meeting.
Sister Ivie doing a little window shopping at a roadside market.
The Julanders are the couple that replaced the Bybee's. They are from Hooper, Utah and have been friends with President and Sister Shulz before coming on their mission. We were together getting ready to go to Prozo to prepare the living quarters for another new couple coming to the Cape Coast Mission. We went for two days to clean and put away all of the kitchen items, check and make sure the A/C, the generator, and the water pump were in working order. Good thing we did because we were busy fixing them. We had to trim several doors that were dragging on the floor. The wood here is very hard and when you put a screw in for a hinge it typically will not come back out. So we had to trim the doors hanging in their frames. Even with all that we did, the Schiffman's still had a few challenges once they arrived
Sister Ivie shopping for some vegetables
This is the Schiffman's house in Prozo. It is very nice and very quiet area of town. Elder Schiffman also has a storage shed which I covet.
While we were in Prozo, President and Sister Shulz went to Accra to pick up the new couple. They are on the right side top. They are also from Hooper, Utah. Elder Schiffman was the Shulz's bishop when they left for this mission. All of the couple in the mission were there to share in their first dinner in Ghana.
On Monday Elder Lelea The Winneba District Leader arranged to do a tie dying activity with one of the member of the branch, Sister Sam
Elder Jensen
Sister Sam's daughter leaving with a box of spring rolls she will be selling at their stand out on the street. She has made spring rolls for several of the district activities and they are goods.
Sister Sam showing the group how to fold up your fabric before the dying is done
Here she is mixing the dye and explaining how to dip the fabric
Very interesting designs appear
This was my attempt, In the next blog I will show you the shirt I had made out of this fabric. Really quiet cool
After the dying you stretch the material out on the ground and let it dry. You then rinse it and let it dry again.
Sister Ivie could not resist taking this lady's picture. These people just love President Obama We suggested we would be happy to loan him to Africa permanently
This is my first Ghanian shirt. The Winneba Branch President is a taylor. He made this shirt for me, and is making another shirt for my out of the material I dyed.
This is the day we arrived with some of the materials many of you sent to us for the different schools we are working with. These are a very special kids and they are so into any new experience. This is the deaf school at Asikuma
They love to have their picture taken. In the background is our missionary apartment in Asikuma.
There were toys, puzzles, books, and games for these kids to have a good time learning. Almost all of the items were a new experience for them.
This is sister Atata. She is the cook for the deaf kids breakfast and lunch. We will be getting her a propane stove this next trip out to the school. She thinks it will be a really cool thing, and not have to put up with the wood smoke and mess.
Sister Ivie practicing her sign language skills much to the enjoyment of the kids and the teachers.
