October 3 to October 9

Monday mornings start at 6:00 AM on the Achimoto golf  course with a fellow senior missionary, Elder Tom Spackman.  Although he lives in Florida, he is originally from Cardston and is Brian Spackman's brother, who I know very well.  I think we will play about 60 rounds of golf by the time we go home.

 The Mission President is concerned about the quality of bike helmets in the mission and bought a number to try out.  It has  been determined that each missionary will get a new helmet.

  

Not only a new helmet but a rain poncho too so they can bike in wet weather without holding an umbrella which would be unsafe with the very bumpy roads here in Ghana.  When I was on my mission in Japan we did not have helmets and we biked with one and sometimes two hands holding the umbrella.

 One of the Assistants to the President is Elder Osse Brobbery who  finishes his mission in a couple of weeks.  He has applied to join the British Army where he hopes to learn automotive mechanics.

 

We had an interesting weekend consisting of a visit to the Shai nature park, a drive to the Akosombo dam, an overnight stay at the Royal Senchi resort and church at the Kpong District Conference.

We saw baboons, some ostriches and antelope in the park. 

And a huge millipede!

 We also climbed a couple hills for some views and went into a bat cave.  We could hear the bats squeaking but did not see any.  George was our park guide.  He told us that the area was originally settled by people that came from Israel.

 

  

This is the Akosombo dam.  Behind it is the Volta Lake which one of the largest lakes in Africa.

We stayed at the Royal Senchi Resort which was the best place we have stayed in since the start of our mission.  It was $260 US/night including breakfast.  The beds were as hard as rocks!

  

Notice that the playground horses have zebra stripes. 

 

 The hotel put on a real good breakfast buffet.  The Kpong conference had an area Seventy - Elder Davis as one of the speakers.

We attended a church history devotional meeting where the church historian, Elder Snow, spoke.  Attending this same meeting were Brother and Sister Findlay from Kelowna!  They are in Ghana for a couple of weeks doing their humanitarian wheelchair work.  We were so grateful when they brought over some Kraft Parmesan Cheese for us.

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