We made it through our first week in Africa. Go us!

Sunday was a long and eventful day. We went to church in the morning for a good old fashion three hour service. They spoke mostly in Ewe but also translated bits into English as well. The majority of the three hours was pretty dull, a typical Christian service. However, rather than sending a basket around for collection they put one on the podium in the front. (This was the BEST part!) The choir sang; congas and tambourines played, and each row danced their way up to the basket and back. Some even stayed on stage and danced in a circle. This lasted a half hour and was amazing.

After that we took the long road Dzita. It is about 5 miles from Anloga, but a mile and a half of the road has been washed away by the ocean so it is tricky getting there. Long story short, we waited over an hour to get a tro-tro with all-wheel drive, spent a few hours with clients at a meeting, then spent the rest of our day trying to find a tro-tro to take us back. As it got dark, a tro-tro driver took pity on us and allowed us to cram in. We were every crammed. They usually fit 11 or 12 people but I counted, and we fit 20 people in that damn thing. The Ghanaians in the tro-tro were not happy about it.

As an aside: Check out this Dzita beach video we took.

The past few days we have been at the office working away. We have had problems with our loan officer (she sends her sister to work for her), so until something changes, I am the new loan officer. Yay.

Chad is still working on his Ewe. I know I few things but some pronunciation seems impossible. “Akpe” is “thank you”. In order to say it properly you have to make a P sound and a K sound at the same time. Try it. Tricky eh?

More work tomorrow then possibly a weekend trip to a larger city for better Internet and supplies . Can’t wait!