Ghana Field Journal — Missions With the Consfords
Thursday, May 24, 2012
W'apow mu e, (I guess it is time to switch to Fante greetings and salutations. This is said when you see someone and means, "How are you?" It…
W'apow mu e, (I guess it is time to switch to Fante greetings and salutations. This is said when you see someone and means, "How are you?" It is pronounced "wa poe may.")
This morning, Joe took the kids to school. I went to help Jackie a little later today. There really wasn’t room for me in the “school bus” yesterday. There are six children and two teachers who normally ride with Joe and our three children. The neighbor lady and her baby were waiting by the side of the road to catch a ride yesterday too. So, we had fifteen people packed in there pretty tightly.
Joe dropped me off at Jackie’s house about nine. I mixed up three double batches of cornbread. We had just put the cornbread in the oven when the power went off. Her oven has an electric igniter that cannot be bypassed. So, we had no oven until the power came back on. The only problem was that the power did not come back on until late this afternoon (after I had left). She had made the chili last night and had it in crockpots; it stayed warm even though the power was off for so long.
Joe went to fill up our gas bottles. They had just started filling our bottles when the power went off. Joe asked them if they were going to start their generator. They said that they wait an hour before they turn it on. So, he told them he would be back to get the gas bottles. Then, he went into town to get groceries. We were not sure what will be open tomorrow since it is a holiday here – African Union Day. Joe came to the Siekberts’ house about 12:30 to eat lunch with us. The group got held up where they were doing a clinic this morning. They still had not arrived when we left a little after 2:00 to go get the kids from school.
The kids are excited about no school tomorrow. Bonnie was back in the office today. She said that her teacher said that she wasn’t singing. She sang the song to us that she was supposed to be singing; she must not have been cooperating in class. That girl!
We got a package today. It is always exciting to see what is in the package!
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I have a cold or something. I took a nap while Joe watched the kids swim.
A very strange thing happened today – the power was off all over town, but it was on at our house. But, our turn came this evening. It went off at 7:00 and is still off.
Nantsew yie!
Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie