March 13 to March 19, 2017

We went to the Adjorman apartment and replaced a broken bed.  The American missionary, Elder Perkins, wanted to make a bench press out of the old bed frame so I left him a hammer, saw and some nails - will have to get a picture of the finished product.

  

Meg stayed at home to do laundry and I went to the Batsonaa apartment - repaired a bed, dropped off some bike lights and water filters.  I stopped at a nearby coconut vendor and bought some for the elders.

Once again some more interesting road sights such as very Christian truck with a load and a goat in the back.  Signs like this are very common - Second Coming Transmission repair, Jesus Saves Dress Shop etc. 

 

This van is dragging a load of iron re-bar behind it.

On Saturday we went to Koforidua which is about 90 min north of Accra and took out some supplies with Elder and Sister Pace.

These Missionaries are in the Tafo apartment.  We delivered a large folding white table and took back a used bike for repair.

  

 We took two missionaries out for 1/2 chicken and rice lunch that was about $9.50 each.  They ate it all - they must have been full because they did not eat the bones this time!

 The sisters of the Bastonaa ward were celebrating the 175 anniversary of the formation of the church Relief Society organization with a special cake.  The young missionaries stopped by after the meeting to get a piece.

February 27 to March 12

We took this young man to the mission training centre in Tema, which is about 40 min from Accra, to start his mission training for a 2 year assignment in Nigeria.  His girl friend came along to say "Good-bye".  She also is going on a mission for 18 months to Jackson, Mississippi, starting this August.  It will be a long time before they see each other again!

The same week we took Fred with us to do some apartment repairs such as installing some screening to keep mosquitos out and repairing a broken door.

Meg is standing outside a very nice chapel in the district of Adenta, where we attended church.

As mentioned before, there are a lot of goods sold along the roadside such as tables, chairs and couches.

Meg is helping one of the sister missionaries in selecting some new glasses.  

Do you think she made a good choice?

We found a good cheap table and chairs (along the roadside) for these sisters to use in their apartment.

I can not help taking pictures of some of the wacky vehicles we see every day, such as this one that carries passengers, even though the doors are broken!

When we saw Vanessa in Scotland last November she gave me a good supply of my favourite Canadian snack "Cheezies" that I ration out and have some every month on the day we started our mission.  When I die I want to be buried with a package of cheezies in case I get hungry along the way - and not a cheap small package, Meg!

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We often each lunch in the car travelling between destinations.   We take a lunch with us because we are reluctant to buy food off the street unless the missionaries have tried it and tell us it is OK to eat.  One of the Senior Missionaries - Elder Peine was out with the missionaries to a roadside place and he asked them if is was safe to eat.  They said "we will know in one half hour",