Garrisons in Ghana

These three little girls were baptized two Sundays ago:   Lovina, Linda and Anita.  They have been attending our Primary class for a few weeks and are just darling. Anita is a cousin but Lovina and Linda are from the same mommy.  Their mommy and brother were also baptized.  All in all there are 5 kids in the family and the mom is a single parent.  Makes my heart ache that so much is on the mom.....she has her hands full! This is a picture I took when we went to the baptism that I wrote about above.  This couple had just had their daughter blessed in church.  The mom is a member, but not the daddy nor the grandfather, but they dressed up in their traditional Ashanti attire for the occasion.  You will see this when people are going to weddings and funerals and other special occasions.  They have the most beautiful fabrics here imaginable...... This is a picture of Elder Clarke and Elder Price with our primary kids on Sunday.  I ...

 I snapped all these pictures in the course of a few hours.  They definitely tell a story about Ghana and the people here:  Where there is a will there is a way, and safety isn't always the first consideration. They, for sure, do not have government oversight like OSHA on many of the daily activities.  The truck on the stop is LOADED with huge bags of charcoal.  Charcoal is commonly used to cook here and is most of the time done outside with big pots.  We have seen trucks that are so loaded down like this and also trucks that have lost the load on a turn and all the charcoal has slipped off and has had to be reloaded!  The guy on the top must keep it safe somehow?????   The second picture shows a man tying a full sized bathtub to his motorcycle!  Yeah, that should turn out really well too right?  But he is undaunted and will persist until he has reached his destination.  The third picture is so very typical.  A woman ...