September 17-25

I have found the only good golf course in a city of 4 million people.  Another senior missionary, Tom Spackman - Brian Spackman's brother, and I have an set tee time every Monday morning at 6 AM.  Here I am with my mandatory caddy, John, who helps a lot by giving me some good golf tips.  The cost of a round of 18 holes is about $50 which includes the $10 caddy tip. 

Meg is looking wonderful in her new Ghanaian wardrobe of skirts and tops.  Some brightly coloured dresses will be ordered next.

  

For a number of months we had a terrible infestation of termites.  Shown is one night's harvest which recently ceased either because of fumigation or because they got tired of visiting us - we do not know.

  

We met this man in church last week whom thought had the same look and personality as our friend, |Ian Wilks, who lives in |Kelowna.

 It is almost impossible to get fresh milk in Ghana.  |Initially we tried to use sterilized milk but it has a nasty after taste.  We have since used powder mild which has been surprisingly good - quite creamy and easy to mix.  I did a taste test and found the Cowbell brand to be the one we like best.

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 The missionaries are divided into districts.  We attended the Sun City district meeting last Tuesday

  

In our first post we described meeting a family from Mali who lived on a chicken ranch.  The chicken ranch manager is Lothian Epoge who unfortunately had a terrible accident when his hand got caught in a chicken feed grinder.  Some kind benefactors from Utah, who own the chicken ranch, flew him to Accra for treatment.  He lost the first digit of two fingers as a result of the accident and  poor treatment received in Mali.

 A lot of missionary apartment repairs are done by contractors but there are some things that I can do such as putting a broken bed back together for Elder Ackley.

  

The owner of a couple of nearby restaurants called Pinnochios and Le Pizzaria likes to see the Senior Missionaries show up.  Last Friday after having a meal he gave Elder and Sister Pace and ourselves some complimentary gelato!

 Last Saturday Meg and I went on another garbage run around the missionary apartments in Koforidua.  The   garbage truck needed a new brake pad which required a trip into the market place to find one.  A small village was across the road there the truck broke down which had a number of chickens running around and a F150 Ford pick up truck!

We attended a multi-ward sacrament meeting where a portion was taken from three wards to form a new branch.