God's Hand

I've had the most amazing and crazy few days, I have ever had. I have so much to say I'm not sure where to start. Well first of all the hot plates we received broke because we didn't use converters to plug them in. Smart huh? So we went into town and bought this cooking thing we see all the Ghanaians using. Its like a metal box that is open on the top and on one side. It has four flat pieces of metal that come up from the top at an angle. In the middle of that, over the open top, is a grate. You are suppose to put the coals on the grate and rest the pot on top of them. Then use a fan made out of some kind of grass weaved together, to push oxygen up from the open box at the bottom to the hot coals. It actually worked really well once we figured out how to use it. That took a while. Anyway, we also bought some eggs and bread in town and we made French toast. Callie, our group leader, had brought some maplene, and we mixed that with boiling water and sugar, and made syrup. It was really watery, but it tasted like heaven.

Then that Sunday, myself and some other Mormons went to attend the Church of Jesus Christ church meeting in Kufordua. It was a 2 hour drive from Kibi, but it was worth it. When we arrived, we met with the bishop and the first counselor. They were so warm and inviting. We sat in the chapel and waited for the meeting to start. An electric piano played hymn music while every single member of that ward came up and introduced themselves. This ward was so much fun. When we sang songs, everyone sang as loud as they could. Half the room was off key and was singing to their own rythem, but that didn't matter. Then when the speakers gave their talks, they would shift from a thick Twi accent to just speaking Twi altogether. I would get a few words here and there but I mostly had to imagine what they were saying. Then after that the first counselor put us in the investigators class. Then we went into Relief Society where no english was spoken what so ever. It was an interesting experience and at the end everyone we passed made us promise we would come back next Sunday.

But the real amazing part of that day didn't start till we were walking through town trying to find an open internet cafe.

I'm going to have to leave that as a cliff hanger. I'm running out of time on the computer and I need to get home for dinner. I love you all and will have more time to email next week.