Hello everyone! It's been another week. I hope you are enjoying the scenery of fall. Sadly, here in Ghana, there aren't any seasons. Technically, there are two - you have the rainy season and dry season. Both are practically the same thing. During the rainy season, you get a rainstorm every now and then to cool things off, so that is way nice. Anyways, I have been missing the change of seasons a little extra lately, just because of hunting season and whatnot. But it's all good. I heard there is a way you can go hunting for bats here, so I'm definitely going to have to try that out.
A little explanation of the title of the email. It's called "pigeon"; it's a language used in Nigeria, and tons of people speak it here. It's basically just very, very broken English. So "chale, we dey for Ghana ooo". "Chale," pronounced like "Charlie," means brother or my guy. "Dey" means I am or we are, and "ooo" is just used as an expression. So all in all, the translation is, "My guy, we are in Ghana!!" The sentence is mostly used when things go wrong. For instance, this week, we didn't have power for three days, so that means no running water. When the power finally came back on, our sink spoiled. So now we have no water at all. So we just step back and say, "CHALE WE DEY FOR GHANA!!"
Monday was a basic P-day. Nothing too eventful happened. Just cleaned the apartment and went to the market. I made a dish called "GA beans and gizzard." It slaps. I can be a chef if I need to.
Tuesday was district council. My district is pretty cool. We talked about true conversion to the gospel. And the rest of the day we went proselyting. We went to a part of our area that we normally don't go to. It's an old airport. There used to be a huge airport/military base in Tamale, but they have closed down and abandoned the airport. So I went and explored. They have built houses on both sides of the runway. But it's kind of cool to just see this long flat strip of ground that used to be a booming airport.
Wednesday was the start of no power. It was raining all day. We bounced around from appointment to appointment, trying to not get wet. A pretty good day.
Thursday was productive. We met a new person named Alma, which is way cool. We asked her if she knew where her name was from, and she said she knows about our book. And that her name is in it. Although her name is not from the Book of Mormon, she was very interested in learning more about the Alma in the Book of Mormon. At the end of the day, while heading back to the apartment, a surprise rainstorm hit us. Usually, we will run for cover, but we were literally in the middle of nowhere. There was nowhere to hide, so we just sucked it up and got soaked. When we got back to the apartment, it was dark, and our power was still out. So no running water. I wanted to shower real bad, so I grabbed my soap and took a shower in the rainstorm. It was freaking awesome.
Friday and Saturday, we explored the area in search of Christians, and thankfully, our power was restored on Saturday morning. Praise the Lord! We met with Joseph, a person we contacted on my first day in Tamale, who was in a car crash two years ago. Initially, he didn't feel any pain, but eight months later, he started experiencing neck pains and numbness in his body. Unfortunately, Joseph's spine is severely damaged and slowly paralyzing him. Although he has tried various remedies like chiropractors, herbalists, and witch doctors, nothing has worked. Joseph is well-versed in the Bible and knows that God can heal, but he was angry with God for allowing this to happen to him. During our meeting, we explained that God can heal spiritually, and we must first be spiritually well for our physical wellness to improve. We encouraged him to trust in God's timing and promised to help him become spiritually healed. Hopefully, one day, he will be physically healed too.
On Sunday, we worshiped at a different chapel as ours was being renovated. We visited the chapel on the other side of town, and it was pretty cool.
That's all I have for you. I hope you enjoyed reading. I appreciate all the feedback you give me every week! It makes me so happy. Keep on keepin' on.
Photos:
Mosque
Exploring abandoned buildings
Books drying after getting soaked in the rain
A photo of the storm rolling over us. The sky was almost entirely black, and the sun was going down, making it look cool.
An oversized water tank on a small pragya
Tezit and ayoyo. Ayoyo is a leaf and Okra soup mixture. It was pretty nice, but I'm not entirely sure what it's made of. Still getting used to tezit. It's like banku, but a lot worse.
