New experiences

We have been in Ghana 3 and half months and it seems there are new experiences almost daily. We have been stopped by police 4 times with radar guns and taken to the police station once for running a red light! Luckily for us they soften up when we tell them we are missionaries. We just say "oh no" anytime we see them flag us down. Only once did they have a car.....life in Ghana. We went to Accra in February to go to the LDS temple there with some church members from towns called Techiman and Tamale. We have been teaching some temple preparation classes. It was a neat experience to go through the temple with them. We also enjoyed dinner there in a restaurant that was as nice as what we find back home. It was called Lord of the Wings. It continues to be very warm here. As long as we have moving air we are fine but without fans we sweat in a hurry! We have experienced a doctor's visit with one of our sisters who needed her eye checked following an injury. We sat for 5 hours waiting to be seen. They do not have appointments. Luckily we saw an american doctor who is here on a 5 week rotation. We also visited a little neighborhood preschool and kindergarten. The teacher waved us down one day as we were walking home from our exercise. She invited us to come visit her school. They were tiny rooms but the children were all very warm and friendly.

This is common method of travel. I don't think they have a seatbelt law here!

An overloaded truck going down a steep hill. We have occasionally seen the remnants of these truck loads when they take a corner too quickly! They are quite top heavy

The Accra LDS temple at night with a full moon

Tamale and Techiman groups at the temple

Meet Frances Dodoo a former track star at Washington State University...He currently teaches African studies at the University of Ghana and is part of the Olympic committee in Ghana

Cheri is a friend of Lynn's cousin she met in China. Cheri teaches at the University of Ghana also

do you think it will keep it's load?

In the villageof Nkawkaw right by a missionary apartment

We went to a high school track meet for a couple hours at the stadium close to home. There were 64 high schools represented and the stadium was packed!

This is a Ghanian funeral celebration. It goes on for 2 or 3 days. The person was deceased a couple months prior but a celebration is planned and family and friends come from all over. They sit and visit and have a loud speaker that announces the name of a person attending and how much money they contributed to the family!

The neighborhood preschool.

How would you like to do your shopping at this market?

After 5 hours of waiting she got in for an eye exam. This was the first step to check vision. There are about 5 people in there at once. 2 are checked at one time

Yes, that is a sewing machine. We see all kinds of things on people's heads!

These are the four golfers each with their required caddy!

It's a barrel on his head!

This was a very sweet stake patriarch at his home. He had a pen with goats and chickens in the front yard. He joined the church in 1983 while in Germany. He had a cocoa farm and sold it. He travels 3 hours each way to work at the LDS temple twice a month by tro tro. (a large van)

This is a tro tro. Loaded down as usual!

Two of our wonderful missionaries walking a blind sister home. One is from South Africa the other from Utah