Home sweet home

Back of house.
Corn didn't bear anything. we didn't get
the rain we expected!

Cassava on left, orange in middle
and Avocado tree on right

One of our three Avocado trees

Side of house...our nearly dead corn

Best View, Front Garden

Front gate

Our plantain trees, they have not
produced much fruit to date...

Coaxing down the Tangerines

Our Groups become BRANCHES

Well the long awaited day, especially for Maase, has come! On June 21 Maase officially became a Branch and on June 28, Osiem and Tafo also received Branch status. So a very momentous 2 weeks!

We were very excited and glad that we were able to be present for all 3 occasions.

MAASE (Branch Pres Owusu far left, next to him,
 Pres Osei-Adjei, counselor in the District Presidency)

TAFO  (Pres Agyapong, far left, counselor
in the District Presidency)

OSIEM  (Branch Pres Adusei standing next to me at back.)

The people in our life!

Lydia was baptised on 19 April at age 19
and 1 month later is our new Primary President!
She is doing a great job!

Lydia's mother, in their kitchen

Julius, far right, is the only member from his family.
We have just given him the D&C story book.
He is happy...the twin girls also attend church.

Bogged!! Elder Brown to the rescue, along with others.
This is the Tontro road...they couldn't pass anyway...

A little muddy...

Janet, Moses and baby Roberta...

Here, we find our own fun!

You wouldn't think she was sick judging by that smile.
She is in Tafo Hospital with malaria.
Alice with her mother Mary, another RC

How big is that dolly/baby!
We love Jennifer, she is the cutest...

Elder Okeke, testing out his keyboard skills.
It's great to have music in the Branch.

Ago (left) and Abaam, Elder Brown has been swinging
them around, they are feigning dizziness.

Bunso Canopy Walk

Haven't had the internet for nearly 2 months. So hence no photo's, but back with a vengeance today...

In June we went to a canopy walk in some gardens in a place called Bunso. It might not look too high, but a little scary. A little worried it might collapse. So saying, we heard a rumour that it did collapse not long after, not sure of the actual facts... It is very close to where we work with our members. We took another senior couple and a couple of missionaries.

The guide showed us this tree called the Monkey Pot tree, it was all very interesting.

Check out the roots, they are hollow...

That's our guide, so you can see the size of the roots.

Cashew tree,
 the cashew grows on the top of the fruit,
 only one,
you can see why they are so expensive!

Find the monkey pot...

I think this is Brazil nuts

Pepppercorn tree

Fufu

A family at Koforidua invited us and the Sister Missionaries to come and share and help prepare a meal with them. So in true Ghanaian style, here are the photos.

Sister Mensah preparing the Plantain. This will be pounded with the Casava to make a dough which is the fufu.

Elder Brown trying to look like he's doing all the work. Sister Mensah pounded most of it.

The finished product...Fufu

ANIMALS...pigs and monkeys

One very much dead and more than one very much alive...

First - Tying the pig

One P-Day the missionaries decided to cook a pig...compliments of the 'know how' from our Samoan Elder...

Transporting the pig in the back
or our truck

Preparing the hotplate

Pig just about to meet his fate...

there's a pig under there
"ouch, those coals are hot..."

The Jawbone

Elder Nash with Elders
Gbalo and Ochieng
ready to carve up the pig

NOW FOR THE MONKEYS...which ones you say???

Elder Faga, our Chef,
making sure there's no waste

2 Monkeys...
(3 incl Sister Sanders)

3 Monkeys...

4 Monkeys...

Ta da!!    5 if you please...
How many monkeys can you juggle,
Elder Sanders?

Sister Brown in background, the closest she got to the monkeys.
They literally ran and threw themselves on you. Helped if you had bananas in your hand, I guess...