Week of 20251207 - Ghana Week 91: Highest Specialist Hospital; Ants; Cape Coast Teaching Hospital; Canadian Progress; Assin Fosu SB Hospital; Brafoyaw; Gifts; Ntranoa
= Sunday, power dropped. We arrived at Mfuom by 0850, unusual for us, about the same time as President Tachie-Menson and his counselors. They visited long enough to take the Sacrament and then resumed their travel. We understood little; I bore my testimony.
= Back in Cape Coast, we confirmed coordinates for Highest Specialist Hospital for potential future use. I used 4-wheel drive for the route the GPS took to get us there; leaving was much easier another way. We fed missionaries at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital.
= My laptop keyboard has two bad keys now. Fortunately, we have external keyboards; I use one now.
= Monday, ants driven indoors by rain found me via my towel after my shower; ouch! I provided quantities, contacts, and coordinates for the mission driver to deliver bikes to five locations. I closed the loop on the cost of local repair for other bikes.
= We brought food to the hospital from a food location new to us: Simple Smile.
= Tuesday, my Canadian realtor wanted to send us funds held in escrow. I asked her to wait until we get home and asked for my father's tax number so we can settle taxes, assessed after I had given out all the profits from the sale of property [sigh].
= To the hospital, we brought a water jug - water there has not been flowing consistently - and food. Our patient was moving better.
= I left laptops at the office, and we drove to Assin Fosu: Dams Family Clinic, now SB Hospital. Steph got the information she needed and represented the mission very well. Now we have a 24-hour alternative to St Francis Hospital.
= At Pizza Hut, we watched the last half hour of a live football {soccer} match.
= Wednesday, the immigration team in Accra bumped our Ghana Non-citizen card renewal to Friday; anticipating the visit, we had scheduled no activity today. An Elder needed help in Assin Fosu, and Steph sent him where we had been yesterday. We brought food to Cape Coast Teaching Hospital.
= Thursday, we picked up our patient from Cape Coast Teaching Hospital and brought her and a companion to the Brafoyaw apartment; she has asked to return to her home country before her condition flares up again. We then did some shopping.
= In the evening, we learned that the Dimmicks were up to their necks packing gifts in preparation for next week's special conference sessions; we went to help them.
= I learned that we didn't have the passport images or the payment tokens for tomorrow's Ghana card renewal and called to cancel. Then I learned that the team's card printer was broken and they hadn't told us yet. And, I learned that the office meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow morning, not afternoon. Home, I prepared until almost midnight.
= Friday, we were at the 0900 meeting. The Tachie-Mensons gave each senior couple a gift basket. Steph had a long medical meeting with Sister Tachie-Menson.
= At 7, we attended a Zoom meeting with the other missionaries here: guidance regarding things to do differently during the next couple of weeks. Home, we watched Wake Up Dead Man, a murder mystery that dealt with evil caused by trying to keep others from doing evil and with the positive effects of compassion and the negative effects of a lack of it. Edgy but worth watching. Then we saw the very last episode of Star Trek - Next Generation.
= Saturday, we delivered medicine to Brafoyaw in the afternoon and Ntranoa in the evening, bought snacks, and refueled the truck. Before 10, we received a gift from the Tachie-Menson's, relayed by an Elder next door: a tray of eggs (30).
New gravestone, or refurbishing a gravestone?
No weeds placed in the road behind it. Only recently disabled, or just pulled over?
The edge of Kakum National Park
Traveling; herds aren't usually taken to graze in a group this large.
Nice; see the balcony railing.
Interesting architectural details
Highest Specialist Hospital. New to us in Cape Coast, this facility boasts 24-hour service and many specialties; It's not far from Cape Coast Stadium Clinic.
A pump, not far from Highest Specialist Hospital
God is good
This tree (or cluster of trees) refuses to give up but instead spreads out.
The stalk holding these has been damaged.
Ducking the razor wire that billows over the fence
(image flipped using Microsoft Word to show the symbols properly)
Heavy rain gets around the back window of the living room.
Steph is walking to a chop bar we are having trouble reaching in the truck (due to one-way streets and no parking).
I think the food is served from here.
Osabarimba Kodwo Mbra V, who reigned in Cape Coast for 48 years, starting nine years before colonial rule and ending at death in 1996.
This retaining wall at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital reminds me of Captain Moroni's fortifications (described in Alma 49-50). It would have been difficult to gain access here while people were sending rocks and arrows your way.
Planning her podcast framework
Every meeting needs chairs (usually rented).
Cyclists carry
Back to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital
Sɛɛ medzin na ɔwogye wodzin {Destroy my name and he takes your name}
Some interpret Isaiah 65:15 as saying that name of evildoers will be had only as a curse but that those who do God's will shall receive a better name. - And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
In the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it... Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality, was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense. -- George Orwell, "1984"
A palace, described in an earlier blog
Ends of poles, giving the appearance of a giant bicycle chain
Aduane {Food} chop shop; Alpha and Omega... Services
Asomdweɛ Fie {Home of Peace}
(a graveyard sign)
(an example of imaginative advertising)
The House in the Trees - Guest House
Yehowa Adom {Jehovah's Grace}
Abɔdeɛ {Nature [or Natural]}
The building that says "Audit Service" houses a post office. Our destination was the building to the left. Somehow, I missed getting a photo of it.
Here's a recent photo from the owner. Open 24 hours; looks good inside.
Ɛko si sen!! {How's the battle going}
It's used to ask: "How are things?"
Assin Foso College of Education
Another reason to avoid driving at night
Maybe plants will fill the hole
Coffin. Shaped like a boat, but swords imply a stool (royalty).
Givers Never Lack - Phone and Computer Accessories
I wonder where they're going.
Stylized drawings on this hotel and bar
What are these bulky objects?
(Canon and HP; sales and service)
At the office, one-eyed as usual
Waiting near reserved parking at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital
(Tuesday)
Fries and chicken hot dogs
Prawn crackers have to be seen to be believed. These look and feel like hard translucent plastic disks.
But drop a few into hot oil and wait just a few seconds..
Too many at a time, and it's hard to get them all out quickly
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital
(Thursday)
Many passing on a hill
Make a right turn from N1 to Brafoyaw.
Turn right, then turn right just before the road makes a sharp left
Straight ahead now, then turn right (not shown) just before the road makes a sharp left
When you reach the bottom (this building)..
The hill is steeper than it looks
But finally levels out near the top
..
Twin small polytanks; likely two apartments
This reminds me that my brother, John, has designed and built spiral staircases for up-scale homes.
School could be out, it's 2:40, but seeing them bunched so closely leads me to guess that maybe their school is nearby.
Will there easily be room for us?
One finished; one dropped back
Reinforcing traffic bumps
(even though this step looks more like removing old ones in preparation for that)
Together, but notice who's pulling the suitcase
Heading home
Triple-decker
Santa's been busy
His elves are still busy.
Heading home. There's a chapel at the corner closest to the mission home.
One-eyed as usual
Beautiful rain
Tubeless toilet paper
(Hefty and comfortable but just a bit odd: as strong as towel paper.)
The Tachie-Mensons gave us Christmas baskets :)
The reason for this season
Boxed spices (!)
President Tachie-Menson providing instructions to the mission regarding preparation for the holiday. (Continue proselyting, but keep home visits short; you're not part of the family. Purchase what you need soon to minimize being in the market in the time leading up to Christmas and New Year's Day.)
My screen saver, seen on the the TV
This character figures prominently and very positively in a murder mystery. Compassion is powerful.
Wake Up Dead Man
The last episode of Star Trek - Next Generation was followed by peeks behind the scenes and a review of the franchise and where [long ago now] its tie-ins might go in the future.
We forget how old these shows are.
..
Steph conked out in the midst of this.
[Referring to characters]
[Referring to the actors' contribution to making it seem that the ship is shaking.]
[That is, coming up out of black goop that included printers ink.]
..
Writers can also place a note in the script saying, in effect, insert technical description here.
The controls aren't real
The transporter isn't real.
And these stars aren't real
[though within the context, they felt real]
There was much, much more about how things were done and about specific episodes, but I'll stop here.
Seeing the fish tank reminds me that we haven't explored our own oceans yet.
Most people don't lay down on an aboboyaa. Imagine the bumps.
Back to Brafoyaw, looking down a steep hill
Here's an example of almost daily bouncing.
Elmina Shell: source of good snacks
Heavy rain gets around the back window of the living room.
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