Day 14 - Sunday 27th Jan. 08
Got up early again - am so looking forward to an un-interrupted night's sleep and a lie-in (at weekends anyway) when I get home!
Went to the service again at the Manna, because once you're invited its very rude to decline. Well, one of the American's, the head Pastor/preacher conducted the sermon! The ending of the service was something out of a comedy sketch, whereby people 'fainted' and fell to the floor once the Holy Spirit had been blessed upon them from the Pastor - very dramatic!
The American's after the service went ahead near to the island of Ada where the clinic tomorrow is.
Anyways, went into the Hospital for a bit and then I headed for my first visit to the beach!
It was great and I took some study with me. However, didn't get much done as people kept coming up to me every 5 minutes (probably because I was on my own) aking if they could be friends with me. I had a lovely little girl called Mavis who came and sat with me for hours, and a lady who wanted me to hold her baby and have a picture of me with the baby! I tell you, being in Ghana will be the closest I'll ever get to feeling like a celebrity!
As the American's are staying in a hotel tonight, the house is so quiet! Played cards and taught Becky how to play Backgammon and had some popcorn! I also didn't have to queue for about 3-4 hours just for a shower, it was bliss!
Day 15 - Monday 28th Jan. 08
Got up and drove with Steve (we broke down just once) and some of the staff from the Manna to the hotel where the American's stayed last night, 'Manet Holiday Hotel'. There is this little area where there are some quite large houses with yatcht's and hotels a million miles away from the the other extreme of those lives of some people from Ghana.
We loaded our equipment and ourselves into 2 narrow boats and headed to the island of Ada. It was quite a short boat journey and on the way we saw some people fishing in boats with nets and the beautiful unspoilt surroundings.
Arriving on the island the islanders all come and greet you especially the hundreds of children. They collected our things and carried them all for you. Some of the children were so funny and kept touching your skin, then laughing and running away to repeat the same thing over and over. The clinic was really hectic and busy, I hardly had a chance to look around.
Above is a photo of one of the houses and children. Infront of the houses you can just see that there are hundreds of the most gorgeous shells that have been placed like a collage into the sand.
Headed back after a few hours, but would have loved to have stayed longer.
Some of the American's got tickets for the Ghana football match against Morocco yesterday score 2-0, wish I could have gone with them, but they could only get hold of a few tickets, which caused a lot of controversy, as not all their group got to go!
Miss you all loads
Really looking forward to coming home - just a few more days now!
Love lucy x x x
2 comments:
Hi - no one has written a comment yet - so thought I should even though I've only just written one.
Your photos are amazing - love the one of you with the baby on your back.
You are doing brilliantly! You are going to need a rest when you get back. Come to my house - I will look after you.
Loads of love
Rosie X
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I was enjoying reading these posts, finding them to very informative being that I will be staying at Manna in early July! However, I think that it was quite rude to describe the actions of such believers during a day at church as "dramatic"...you probably should've kept that to yourself.
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