Something unusual and something not so

Time to post something.  Something good and interesting.  Interesting to keep your attention.  They caught my attention.

We see this billboard each day we drive north on Liberation Boulevard (aka Independence Blvd.).

No, the car isn't the attention grabber.  We are glad we don't see a sign like this in the states.  It makes one think about how things could be.

There are many Muslims here.  Ghana celebrates Muslim holidays even though the country has many Christians as well.  A mark of a good country one would say.  Ramadan, the ninth month in their calendar started April 12 and ends May 12.  Muslims refrain from certain things like food and drink from sunrise to sunset.  They eat just before the sunrise and just after the sunset they have a feast for the day.  Who could really fast for that many days, right?  Still, a good thing to do.  During the days one contemplates good things, reads the Koran and does good things like helping the poor.  A truly good thing.  We noticed this billboard, also along Liberation down close to Ring Road.

It may be a religious holiday, but that doesn't mean a company can't cater to the religion and make the followers happy along with making a little money in the deed.  Pizza Hut is here in Accra somewhere.  Somewhere.  I haven't seen it yet.  And, not wanting to look too hard, yet.  

The same day I took the "Ramadan Feast" picture, we were following this guy up the busiest street in Accra.

We see people in the back of trucks all the time.  This guy is catching a little rest.  It reminds me of being a kid in the Bayview Subdivision and enjoying the wind in my face as we traveled to the dump or some other place while in the back of the pickup truck.  A good memory. 

We were in Kumasi last weekend for some training.  We met the assistants to the area auditor who cover two coordinating councils: Cape Coast and Kumasi.  Great men.  It was so good to candidly talk with one another about the challenges they face working with the stakes, districts, wards and branches.  They know what they are doing and are truly dedicated to the work.  I am learning why assistants to the area auditor are often called to leadership positions in the wards and stakes.  It is a good thing.

The training was on Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24.  We left for Kumasi on Thursday to get things ready and planned to return on Monday after a day or so in Kumasi.  Kumasi is the capital of the old Ashanti Empire and a cultural spot in Ghana, and in the April Conference we learned that a temple will be built there.  Very nice.  Anyway, our friend Atobora left on Sunday to travel home to Accra.  Elaine and I were relaxing in the afternoon after at the Golden Tulip Hotel looking forward to more of that and sight seeing Monday morning before returning ourselves.  We got a call from Atobora.  His car broke down.  In a little village called Dadieso.  We had to help him, of course.  We grabbed a quick dinner and headed out.  It was a two hour drive to reach him and a two hour drive back.  Not a relaxing evening.  He had arranged with a mechanic to fix the car.  It ended up being the timing belt.  I didn't think that was an easy fix, but they got it done on Monday for him.  We did a little sightseeing Monday morning and then headed down the road again with Atobora in search of Dadieso.  It can't be found on Google Maps.  But, it is two hours south of Kumasi on H6.  Here are a couple of pictures of the car, the mechanic and the "outdoor garage" where the car was fixed.

We watched as two guys pulled a timing belt out of the trunk of another car and started to put it in the engine.  "!".  The work got completed and Atobora made it home.

Some interesting things in this part of the Lord's vineyard.

Life is good.  Bad things can happen and then they get fixed.