Today was an amazing day! We started off the morning with our 3-year old neighbor. He wanted a chocolate chunk cookie that I had made yesterday. Once he had that, he came in and sat at the kitchen table. Frank and I were having coffee, so I put some water in a small teacup for him. Then we had toast, so I gave him some bread and jam. We looked at some books together and then he was off.

Frank and I went to the Interfaith church service on campus. It was a send-off, of sorts, for the current Vice Chancellor (similar to/same as a university president in the US). We started out to get a taxi. As we walked a gentleman who looked like a Reverend, passed us. Frank greeted him. When a taxi arrived, all three of us stopped. We got in and it turned out we were going to the same place! He ended up paying the fare for all three of us. Very sweet. Once we were inside, we found ourselves on the stage with all of the other invited guests, including the Reverend we rode in the cab with! He gave the opening prayer. He is the reverend for the Ghana police department! I was sitting next to the female commander of the Ghana Police training school, which is just down the street from us (in fact, it is part of our physical address!). We met a German teacher who has just arrived in Ghana 3 weeks ago. We had refreshments with her after the event closed.

The conference center was packed! In the US, the fire marshal would have been called and the place would have been shut down! There were half a dozen pastors on stage, the outgoing and incoming Vice Chancellors, numerous other invited guests (and we were sitting right up on stage with them). There was dancing in the aisles and so much singing and signing — 3 interpreters were teaming the event. Several deaf students were in attendance, too. One of our friends here says that in the US people want to gain knowledge of God, while in Ghana, people have faith in God. It was exemplified in the experience today. You can see, hear, and feel the rhythms of faith. It is really quite beautiful.