Sunday Sunday

June 14 2009
Today was awesome. We woke up at 7:30, ate breakfast at 8, and were picked up at 9 by our drivers to go to Church. We met up with Annie, her daughter Saint Anne, and Peter, our leader. I started the first of our videos. The church service was nothing like I've seen before. People in the audience would raise their hands and would get a chance to make a comment or ask a question regarding the discussion. Then there was a forty minute or so singing session. It was so powerful and so lively. It felt like there was so much spirit in the room. People go on their kenees. IT was nothing you would see at KUC, where peopel are more self-concious and more solemn during a service. Honestly, it was an incredible thing to witness. After chruch, we went to a village and met the midwife, Anna. She is this wonderful old woman who is a nurse that helps women through their pregnancy and can treate people for other medical issues (such as a snake bit). I videotaped her speaking about her role as a midwife. In the area, there were wandering chickens and goats everywhere. And really, all over Ghana. We saw these caged "grass cutters" which have some relation to groundhogs. The next thing we did was visit a village. There were tons of kids everywhere, all wanting to tell me their name. I've never seen so many elated faces. One girl's name was Sandra. She was about 4 or 5. We went to their communal area where honored and thanked us by giving us weaved scarves. We then gave them candy, toothburshes (ironic), and soccer balls. And we also gave them Obama shirts. Man, he is like a Saint here. Everyone knows who he is. The men we gave the shirts to just about died with enthusiasm. After we left, we went to another village that had recently been flooded. The houses were made of mud, so many of them were ruined. Mr. and Mrs. Kiphart gave them some money to fix their generator. After visiting this village, we mad our way back to 4 villages. We had a great dinner. Desert: spectacular. It was hot oranges and pineapple with ice cream on top!