Ashley Shira’s Blog

Day Four….Part Two

After leaving the hospital yesterday Junior helped Kim and I get Ghanaian SIM cards for our cell phones.  We had our phone companies email us directions for unlocking our phones.  We each now have a local phone number which is nice for contacting drivers when we need to go somewhere. (The phone in the mission house doesn’t work.)  Also with the prepaid credits you buy here for cell phone service we can call home and it is cheaper than the $2.49/min we were paying previously when we called using our American numbers. We both enjoyed getting to talk to family yesterday! We got back to the mission house with enough time to read and rest a bit before changing clothes and heading out with Kaitlyn and Emily to eat  dinner at the home of a missionary family that Emily knows. The Corum’s were very friendly and their house was beautiful.  We had a wonderful dinner….tacos, fresh fruit, banana bread, and even a fresh brewed cup of coffee! We spent a lot of time just sitting around the table and sharing stories.  We left their house around 8:30pm and headed back to the mission house.  On the way home we stopped to get bananas from Emily’s “banana lady”, Elizabeth.  Emily’s family always bought bananas from her when they lived here. Elizabeth gave us four bunches of bananas and she wouldn’t let us give her any money…..guess it pays to know people who know people. We ate a banana when we got home and it was the best banana I have ever put in my mouth!! After that it was time for bed!