Ghana Cape Coast Mission

  The majority of the people in Ghana are amazing, humble, and faithful.  They love God and treat us missionaries with love and respect. Crystal, a new convert.  Happy that she received her passport and will now be able to submit her papers to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 90 degrees, 85% humidity.  This baby couldn't be happier.  Daniel proudly showing us the casava he just dug up.  This will be used to make Fufu

  We drove west across Ghana to Takoradi and then to jungle beach called Ankobra beach.  The wild almond and coconut trees would reach out over the water on this nearly deserted beach. I think we were the only ones staying there for two nights as the parking lot was empty and we didn't see any other guests. We also visited Nzulezu which was a village built on a remote river only accessible by canoe.  This tribe came to Ghana 400 years ago to escape war in Senegal.   The tribe has modernized somewhat over the years primarily due to non-profit organizations and government subsidizes.  They had electricity brought recently and every stilt hut has a dish for TV.  Since TV was put in the reproduction rate in this polygamist village has dropped dramatically. Each person, including children, gets their own dug out canoe.  This allows the children, after they go into 8th grade to paddle miles into town every day to get higher education.  It allows th...

  Cocoa bean in the pod.  You suck the sweet jelly off the beans and throw out the hard seed.  The hard seeds are dried and turned into chocolate The sweet chocolate we eat starts in the jungle in these cocoa plants.  When the pods are green they are not ripe.  When the pods turn yellow it is time to harvest.  If the pods have turned black they are no good Our hosts in the jungle