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It is hard to believe but this is my last post to you from Ghana. I will be leaving this donated computer to be used at the seminary. Tomorrow night I will spend the night on board a plane load of noisy and sometimes unruly Africans. The flight will be about 10 hours and will involve a meal in the middle of the night. There is a huge cultural gap between American and African ideas of courteous and civil behavior on an airplane.
I just returned to my room for the evening. Gordon has a wedding rehearsal but has taken me to eat every night before returning home. Tonight we had peanut soup again but with goat meat in it this time. The goat meat is like beef in look but has a nice distinct taste of its own. I would eat it again. We had fufu with it.
It was a good day in the classroom as several students showed good progress. I am doing a few more writeups tonight but I also need to get all the pictures useable on my flash drive. I may even get some posted to the web.
It was a relatively uneventful day. Class continued as always. Students gave their presentations and I took notes, commented, and asked questions about the presentations. It is hard to believe there are only four days left.
Today was the Thanksgivng service for this man through whom God had done so many wonderful things in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana. The family members sat in the front pews on the lectern side. Most of the congregation was wearing blank and white. The hymn of the day was the very familiar Now Thank We all Our God.
It is 4:30 in the afternoon and I have returned after the funeral. It really was an experience. The day was filled with traditions that needed to be explained to me.
It was a very busy day, There were four presentations for me to analyze in class and note a grade. After four years I can see those who have made great progress and those who are struggling. They are all devout men but some are more prepared than others.
Akwaba. Greetings from cloudy, breezy and pleasant Ghana. You may be tired of hearing this but any day in Africa that you can start with water pressure and hot water is good.