Garrisons in Ghana

 This is a painting that we bought when we visited the Kente Village a few weeks ago.  We loved it for a couple of reasons:  1) The women are making fufu, which they pound with big clubs like this....of course this is very artsy  but will always remind us of this very common chore here and the 2) reason is that they have their babies on their backs.  I literally see this every single day.  I love how good the babies are on their mother's backs.   This is a picture of Jessica and her baby girl.  Jessica runs a little sewing shop in Obuasi and we took a field trip with The Coombs last weekend so that we would know where she lived.  We bought some very cool ties from her:   Here is a sampling of the ties that we bought from her.  I just love all the prints and patterns in the fabric here.  Don't be surprised to see me in a dress made out of this upon arrival in 2023!  Speaking of the Coombs.  They are the offic...

After just being 10 days in Ghana there are things that have already stolen my heart.  One of those things is the children.  They are all just so beautiful and friendly.  On Saturday, the senior couple that are here in the office:  The Coombs, took us and the Moomeys to a village about an hour and a half away where they make the Kente Clothe that Ghana is famous for.  We were able to see the men weave this beautiful cloth on looms....such a tedious and exact art.  While there, the children would just gather and stare at us.  Sister Coombs brought little packages of cookies to give them, and you should have seen their SMILES.....melted my heart💔 While wondering around in the village, there were little boys playing with a little toy, literally made out of juice boxes and bottle caps. They were just so happy to be playing with it and were patiently taking turns with each other.  It just made me realize how little they have and how happy they are to ...

Well, finally 2 1/2 weeks into this mission I am getting around to posting our first blog!  We just got our internet set up in our apartment today.  HURRAH, HURRAH, HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!  We had a wonderful two weeks in the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah.  Our first day was October 25th.  We had a week of training about teaching the gospel and the 2nd week we were trained on how to be office missionaries.  We had great teachers and a wonderful district of other couples:  two of them going to Chili and one couple going to Zimbabwe.  Our District:  Sister and Elder Morris, Sister and Elder Smith and Sister and Elder Cook.   They have some pretty neat statues at the MTC and the weather was beautiful. While in Provo I got to see all my brothers and sisters!  That doesn't happen very often, so I was grateful for that! We also got to go to the BYU Football game with our besties, the Ortons.  We stayed with them while at ...