New Town Ward - Tema Stake

This is the outside of the New Town Ward building, which is in the background.  It is in the Tema Stake. We enjoyed our visit there. I played the keyboard for the worship service, since they had no-one to play. I have done that on a few other occasions. Our Sunday assignment is to oversee the Gospel Literacy in the Area.  We go to a different ward each Sunday and help the teacher with the class. We also supply Literacy books where needed. We had 4 students in the Literacy class on this day. They were all adult women, who are just learning to read a little. It is very humbling to see how much they desire to learn to read and write, but have never had the opportunity to do so. Many of them never attended school when they were children. They grew up speaking their tribal language, but just learned that by listening. They never learned to read or write it. Now they are trying to learn to speak, read, and write English. It is very difficult. We are grateful for the opportunity to help them.

These are the two young missionaries who are serving in this ward. The one on the left is from Nigeria and the one on the right is from Oregon. We got their parents email addresses and sent them the pictures. We told them what fine missionaries there sons were and that they were doing great. We received grateful responses from both sets of parents.

These are some of the cute children that became our immediate friends. They enjoyed having their picture taken with us.

These two young girls wouldn't leave our side. I think we could have taken them home with us.  Their names are Irene and Harriet. They were very sweet and wanted their picture taken with us.

This is Sister Howard, the Stake Relief Society President.  This is not the ward she attends, but she was kind enough to meet us at a designated location, so she could show us how to find the church building. We followed her and it's a good thing. I'm not sure we would have found it without her help. Many of the roads, (dirt paths) don't have signs and sometimes GPS doesn't work. Since we go to a different place every Sunday, it's always an adventure!

This is Bishop Azumah. He is an amazing man! In this picture, he is helping Chris  practice the  African  handshake, where you snap the fingers at the end. This man was born with crippled legs and walks on his knees and hands. His legs from the knees down are just small, short stubs. It's awesome to watch him get around. He uses the sandals on his hands. He has the best disposition and bright smile! They built steps leading up to the podium that a he can get up very easily. When he gets to the top, the seat slides over so he is right in front of the microphone. It's really something to see!

This is Bishop Azumah/s lovely wife and children. Such sweet people!

As we were leaving church, this young girl was taking care of her little brother. They were getting  ready to walk home. He was happy with his cookie he had gotten in nursery.