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. 

There was one interesting thing to note. Two C/Karls from Milwaukee met and talked over lunch. When I first came to Milwaukee, one of the pastors at circuit meeting was Pastor Rockrohr from St. Mark by the zoo. He had a son named Carl in high school (It was MilwaukeeLutheran.). Pastor Rockrohr developed Alzheimers and has not served in a long time. Carl became a pastor. He served five years as a missionary in northern Ghana from 1993-1998. He then was pastor at Oklahoma Ave. before going to teach at Concordia Ann Arbor. He has now been appointed to teach at the seminary in South Africa. His wife will be the director of the deaconess program there. He requested the opportunity to visit Ghana again first and is staying with Professor Amoateng.

He visited the seminary today and we went to lunch together. We talked about the changes in Ghana and Milwaukee. His family is growing up and their oldest son is a first year student at Fort Wayne. It was good to have a Milwaukee connection. The Missouri Synod is a small place.

For dinner Gordon and I split a bowl of the light soup. It was not as fresh as the other day but very good. We talked a little about Christmas customs. It is traditional for families to slaughter a goat or two fowl for Christmas and share the meat with their neighbors. The goat needs to be purchased in October so the price does not go too high. Each goat will produce about ten pieces of meat. The goat meat is then an important part of the family Christmas dinner.