Saturday, July 22, 2017

This is LDS Mission Training Center (MTC) in Ghana.  Missionaries who are serving all across Africa come here for training before actually living among the people they hope to serve.  The building is getting replaced by a new building opening in a couple of weeks.
Youth playing soccer on field in front of the MTC building.  I included pic because this  demonstrates a common scene here; the basketball hoops in background go unused while soccer gets all the attention.


Local youth in some sort of class in a classroom in the MTC.

This is special picture for us.  Dr. Kissi, M.D. is a legend in LDS history in W. Africa.  He is a Ghanaian who did medical school in Ghana and general surgery residency in England, where he learned of the Church and joined in 1978.  He returned to Ghana in 1979 and was one of the original members when the Church sent missionaries here about the same time. He still sees patients but I think he is retired from surgery.

 Immigration here requires folks who are staying awhile to get a physical from a "local" doctor.  We had the privilege of having Dr. Kissi take our BP and then pronounce us healthy!  A more kind and gentle man we will never meet!

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