Christmas

Christmas

Christmas at the Temple in Accra

We were invited over to Elder and Sister Dickson's home to play games on Christmas Eve.  The fun started at 4:00 PM.  We left our home about 3:40 PM, with two other couples.  We did not arrive at their house until after 5:00 PM.  They only live about 4 kilometers from us, but the traffic was awful.  I think everyone was going somewhere for Christmas Eve.

Check out this TroTro

When we finally arrived, we enjoyed a few games and then left to have dinner at a Chinese Restaurant.

Starting at the left, Sister and Elder Hosine, Sister Cooper, Elder & Sister Taylor,
 Elder and Sister Klein and Elder and Sister Dickson

Starting at Left - Elder and Sister Heid, Elder and Sister Haws
Elder and Sister Scott, Sister and Elder Fitzgerald and Elder and Sister Warner

Christmas Day

Christmas Day was a little hard for me.  It hardly seemed like Christmas, however, we were invited to Elder and Sister Curtis's home for a Christmas Brunch at 10:00 AM.  I made our traditional Christmas Cinnamon Rolls and I think everyone enjoyed them.  At least it tasted a little like home.

This is the Curtis Home - it is very nice as you can see.
We enjoyed singing Christmas Carols and opened White Elephant Gifts.

The following our pictures taken on Christmas at the Curtis's

This is President & Sister Afful - He is Temple Preisdent

This is Elder and Sister Curtis

The Food was Great!

Sister Klein, Sister Heid, Sister Dickson & Sister Housine
Sister Dickson and Sister Housine are Sisters!

Sister Klein had an African Dress made for Christmas

Sister Scott lives in Alpine, her husband is the Doctor in the area.

This couple works in the Temple
Elder and Sister Assard
She is German, he is from the Ivory coast
She joined the Church before 1978

This is Elder & Sister Taylor, they are in the Legal Department
They are friends for Tom & Kathy
He received the Christmas Hat for his White Elephant Gift

We have been able to take some time off during the Christmas Week.  On Wednesday, we went to the "PIT".  The is a place where you can find African Crafts.  It consists of shacks with all kinds of merchandise for sale.  It was extremely hot, but you can find some good buys.  I bought a  family of elephants.

Tomorrow we are planning on going to Aburi - this is a small village that does wood carving.  We are going with the Warners, it should be fun.  If any of you are interested in some wood carvings, let me know.  There are also some people that you can hire to do your carvings.  They are more expensive, but the carvings are really great.  They do Giraffe's, Creshe's, Masks and all kinds of animals.

We love you all and hope that you had a very Merry Christmas.