It was drizzling this morning when we walked down to the coffee/sweet/sandwich shop for our breakfast. Steve looked at the weather channel and saw that a huge rain storm was sitting right on the top of Accra. We knew that we were going to get a lot of rain today! We were doubly happy that we called Emmanuel, the taxi driver that we hire by the hour, and arranged for him to pick us up at the hotel/apartment at 10:00 am. We made it back to the hotel before it started raining seriously. It was still raining when Emmanuel picked us up. Neither rain, nor hail, or sleet will keep me from my appointed shopping! When it rains in Ghana, the vendors that sell umbrellas are out on the streets. We stopped and bought a couple umbrellas.
Our first stop was the Nurses and Midwifery Council. Steve has still not been able to get credit for one of the continuing education classes he completed. He has been to the Tamale office several times but they have not been able to help him so he decided that since we were already in Accra, he would go to the main headquarters and see if they could help him. I waited in the taxi with the driver while Steve waited in the office. He had to wait for almost an hour before the officer finally came in. His wait was well worthwhile because even though the officer could not give him credit for the course he gave him complementary units. In fact, he gave him bunches of units. The course he took was worth 3.5 hours; he gave Steve enough hours to finish out the year. He now has more than enough to renew his license for next year. He was all smiles when he came out of the office!
We then went to the cultural/art center to shop. I really did not need anything but I dearly love to look. When the vendors ask me what I am looking for I say, “I will know it when I see it!” Actually, I was looking for pairs of animals today; Charity’s mother-in-law is teaching the story of Noah and she wanted pairs of animals to use for a teaching aid. We were lucky today; we found lots of animals. Now, are the animals all to scale? No! Because different carvers make different animals but they are still cute. I found a few things for myself but I could not buy anything big because I made sure that our big suitcases were fully packed with as close to 50 pounds each as we could get them. Our carry-ons were not full; in fact, I could have bought a few more items but I did not see anything that took my fancy.
After our shopping spree we had the taxi driver take us to the Forex to exchange a little more money and then to the Lebanese restaurant for lupper. We had a delicious meal.
I spent the afternoon entering stuff into the computer; we both had a nap. We know there will be little sleeping for us for the next couple days. We will get up at 5:00 in the morning to get ready to go to the airport.
This will be the last “Yendi Notes” from Ghana for a while. We will try to remember to drop you a line when we arrive safely in the U.S.
Thank you for the prayers!
In HIS Service,
Steve and Kandie
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