Heads, Water and the Office

Today we are realizing that had we kept our original mission report date we would be reporting to the Missionary Training Center tomorrow. While time at the MTC would have been rewarding and full of its own special experiences, we are happy that our first six weeks in Ghana are now in the rear view mirror. We almost feel like old timers.

Today we thought we would share some pictures of how some people “use their heads” here. We have given you some teasers in previous blog entries but the next few pictures should help you understand how skilled they are at using the heads. The last three pictures show a typical exchange with a boy purchasing a water sachet (drinking water in a bag).

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Having mentioned water we thought we would discuss it a little bit more in detail. The next set of pictures shows how drinking water is delivered to the temple complex. There is also a bore hole on the temple complex for water that comes to our faucets which is filtered and purified. However few people feel comfortable in drinking it or using it for cooking.

Some everyday common things can be surprising. Our first experience with the bathroom tap is an example. In the US you wouldn’t be able to tell whether the hot or cold faucet was turned on but take a look at the next two pictures showing running water. Which is hot and which is cold?

In case you have never seen outlets from countries that use 220-240 volts we took a couple pictures to show you what they look like in West Africa. The picture on the right is a power bar with adaptors so that the appliances can be plugged in. The black cord on the bottom is to my computer.

The picture on the right below shows the curler iron plugged into a converter then in an adaptor and then into the outlet on the bottom right. The picture on the right is a power bar with three outlets. The outlet in the middle is an adaptor that will take two to three different types of plugs.

We took these next pictures of how people get water in their homes. Water trucks haul water to the homes and fill tanks on top of their homes, towers near their homes or nearby if they have some other way of providing water pressure to get it into the water lines.

And finally here are some pictures of Stephaney at her desk and showing one of the maps she made on Google Earth Pro and how our office is arranged. The last two are with Wendy Asare, the Area Office Secretary in a native dress and as she normally is dressed. Every Friday is African dress day in the office building.