Ashley Shira’s Blog

Day Three

It was tough getting out of bed so early on Sunday, but at least we had both slept very soundly the night before.  We walked to church service with Emily and Kaitlyn.  The service was wonderful.  It was amazing to hear so many voices praising God not only in English, but also in the local language of Ga. The two pastors delivered their sermons in English, which everyone here speaks, so we were able to understand it and I actually was blessed beyond belief by their words. I had to laugh because I honestly didn’t expect to get much out of it, yet it seemed that God was speaking directly to me through the message.  I guess sometimes you have to travel to the other side of the world before you really listen to what God is telling you. All of the people were very welcoming and friendly. After church we went back to the house to change clothes and get ready to go to the beach. About 11:30am Junior, Dr.Ablorh’s son, called and said we were ready to head out.  We met him outside and walked to the hospital to pick up the mission car. We drove to the beach that was supposed to be about an hour away but due to some insane traffic it took us about 2 and 1/2 hours.  The beach was nice and fairly private.  We paid 5 cedis to get in and we received a free soda.  We had to take a little boat to get to the beach. We enjoyed just relaxing, reading, and playing in the water.  We did have to fend off a few marriage proposals,which is becoming a daily occurence around here. About 5:30pm we headed back to Teshie.  We stopped in Accra at Papayae and picked up some rotisserie chicken and fried rice and took it back to Junior’s house.  He and his wife, Linda, live in the compound and are just a short walk from the mission house.  We had a good time chatting and looking at pictures from Junior and Linda’s wedding.  We headed home around 8pm, showered, and hit the sack.  We needed a good night’s sleep before our first day at the hospital.