Accra for the Weekend

This morning we woke up to a beautiful day again. I am loving the cool mornings, but we definitely pay for it with the super hot afternoons!

This morning we were outside with Auntie Joe since we didn’t see her much yesterday, and Auntie Julie came to visit too. We were all chatting and it was nice to talk with Auntie Julie outside of the classroom; she is the level 1 facilitator. (We appreciate her so much since many of the women in level 1 need to be taught in Twi first since they don’t know any English).

We went to the market to visit Anita and Cynthia. Anita was extremely excited to see us and Cynthia, as always, has lots to talk about. She said that her name “Cynthia” meant “brave” and that her name was known worldwide. Then she asked us if we thought that ALL Cynthia’s around the world were brave too? We smiled and said, “not as brave as you!”

My braids are SUPER itchy today. Almost time to take them out. I really want to wash my hair underneath!! I am, however, excited for the low maintenance that they will be this weekend when we go away. We are going to Accra this weekend to visit the Biney’s! We are both really excited. We are going to meet up with Awu (the girl who showed us around the first week; we miss her), we have to do some banking stuff, and WE GET TO GO TO CHURCH IN ENGLISH. You cannot begin to understand how exciting that is for us.

Church is one of the things I miss most about Canada right now. The familiarity of the songs, understanding the message, worshipping with the people in my home church. Definitely something I will look forward to when I get home. The Biney’s go to a Pentecost church near their home that is similar to the Pentecost churches that we have been attending in Asamankese, but it is in English. We are excited that they have allowed us to visit them and stay in their home, and that they have invited us to go to church with them.

I am also SUPER excited to see Michael and Kwadwo again!

Pray for safe travels as we go (trotro accidents are the most common cause of death in Ghana...haha...I guess I shouldn’t be laughing about that, but it IS a little ironic that my mom freaks out about taking Malaria pills when road accidents are more common).