(from pete)

Wow, another great day.  We started the day with a Sunday morning church service.  The church does not yet have a building, so they are meeting in a hotel.  Women and men in brightly colored African fabrics streamed into the grand ball room where folding chairs were arranged and a powerful sound system set up.  This is Africa, and volume is an important part of worship.  We sensed the excitement as the keyboard and drummer started playing and the choir started swaying.  There is absolutely no way to describe an African church service, other than to say even no matter what your musical heritage, it’s impossible not to start smiling while you involuntarily clap and bob with the music.

African services are not short, but with the great music and interactive service, two hours flew by.  After the service we loaded up and head for an extended lunch.  Michael Thompson met up with some old friends and we cooled off with soda and then African pizzas — with spicy chicken, sausage of some sort, and veggie.  We also took the time to make some plans for the trip to the orphanage tomorrow.  I think Jim and I will be helping them with some IT and technical planning (but we shall see) and the rest of the gang will see if they can help out in other ways.

In the evening we had a fantastic treat… Ray’s family cooked us a wonderful Ghanaian feast.  We had dinner outside, under the nearly full moon with misty clouds  glowing overhead.  We enjoyed Fufu (made of the cassava root beat into a sticky white starch that is combined with a fish soup), fried yams and plantains, and rice with a spicy sauce.  For desert we enjoyed some local ice cream with watermelon and pineapple.  Wow.  A most wonderful feast.

Back our guest house we finished off the evening with our own little worship and prayer session.  Hannah played guitar and Paul djembe.  It’s 1:00am, and time for bed, we will have another full day tomorrow at the orphanage.

-Pete