Ghana Field Journal — Missions With the Consfords
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Bonjour! Joe is feeling better today. He just took it easy this morning. Around noon, we went into town to check the post office…
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Bonjour!
Joe is feeling better today. He just took it easy this morning. Around
noon, we went into town to check the post office box. We actually had some
mail today! For some reason, it has been taking a long time for us to
receive mail lately. I guess we shouldn’t complain though; in Ivory Coast,
the postal workers are on strike, and no mail is being received at all.
We ate lunch while we were in town. On the way home, Joe dropped me off at
the internet café. He took the boys on home for naps. I took a taxi home.
Church went well this evening. There were fifteen in attendance. Gilbert
really likes the song service. One guy didn’t have his hymnal open. So,
Gilbert went to help him. Then, Gilbert told him “Sing!”
A demain,
Joe, Laura, Gilbert, and Danny
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Bonjour!
This morning, Joe drove about an hour and a half away to pick up the
trailer. Another missionary was in Ivory Coast and brought the trailer that
far for us.
The boys and I spent the day at home. Around noon, I started to get a
migraine. By the time Joe got home, I was ready to go to bed. Joe tried to
entertain the boys as much as possible. Gilbert really wanted to go see
Mommy. He came into the room and said, “Okay?” That is his way of asking,
“Are you okay?” He was worried about me.
A demain,
Joe, Laura, Gilbert, and Danny
Friday, March 23, 2007
Bonjour!
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I feel much better this morning.
We went into town to get a family picture taken. The “studio” was called
Duodo’s Bethel Fotos. I thought that was an interesting name. She had a
few different backgrounds. We had a family picture taken. Then, I was
going to have individual pictures of the boys taken, but she didn’t have
anything to prop them up on. She had a chair, but the space in the back was
too wide for Danny to sit there by himself without falling out the back of
the chair. She tried having Gilbert sit on the arm of the chair, but he
knew that he was supposed to sit in the chair, not on the arm. We ended up
with both boys in the chair with Gilbert’s arm behind Danny. Just as she
took the picture, Gilbert grabbed his shoe. Oh well, hopefully it turned
out okay.
We picked up some meat for the Wideners. We stopped at the house to change
clothes. Then, we headed to Cape Coast. The Wideners had invited us for
lunch. We told Gilbert that we were going to see Johnny. We thought he
would sleep on the way there. It takes a little over an hour to get there.
But, Gilbert was too excited about seeing Johnny. He kept saying, “Johnny!”
every time that his eyes thought about closing.
We tried to send e-mail from the Wideners’ computer, but their computer
wouldn’t read our thumb-drive. We’re sorry you haven’t heard from us for a
few days.
Gilbert played hard all afternoon. He had a great time. Mrs. Widener got
their camera out and took some pictures and video of the boys. They are
going to put the pictures and video on a CD for us. We had a good time of
fellowship. We stayed a little longer than we had planned; so, it got dark
before we got home. But, we had a good trip.
A demain,
Joe, Laura, Gilbert, and Danny