Our First Cape Coast Adventure - episode 9 - Church and grasscutters
May 16, 2021, Sunday
Sunday morning, I selected the Cape Coast 1st ward to attend. Bishop Albert Sam. A good young man, who I learned later, has been involved in a stake position and knows the Church’s financial policies and procedures. We, the Kittelson’s and Elaine and I, were asked to share our testimonies in Sacrament meeting. The assigned speakers were good and there was still time, so the Bishop asked two brethren to share their testimonies; two brethren, one older than the other. I spoke with the older one after the meeting. He was baptized in 1978 after he had a vision of the SL Temple and told it was the church to join. Years later he visited SL where he walked around the temple and saw the same thing he had seen in vision. This is a church of miracles and heavenly experiences, he said. I agreed. He was a young man in 1978 and is still strong in the church.
In Sunday school there was a lengthy discussion among the
members about marriage, about plural marriage and what it says in D&C
section 49 about one man and one woman.
In some parts of this country plural marriage is the custom and still
practiced. A man can have many
wives. It is not illegal. They have a lot to talk about on the subject,
don’t they? More than we do in the U.S.. If it is legal in the land, then why not in
the church? Just wondering. The Lord would have to make that known.
After the meetings, we drove home, back to Accra. It took a little over three hours. The road is much better than the road to Kumasi. We stopped along the way to take pictures of some guys and a woman selling “Grasscutters” by the side of the road. A rodent that looks like a large rat, but exactly not a rat, more like a ground hog. Often called a cane-rat. These are sold along the road either skinned, gutted, spread out and roasted over a fire, or freshly killed and ready to skin. So, you can have a snack on the road and take one home to cook later. They are referred to locally as “bushmeat”. I am not making this up. Go ahead and look it up.
That was our First Cape Coast Adventure.
The End.
Wow...what an adventure...I read all 9 episodes! You guys are certainly learning a lot, seeing fascinating places & things, and meeting interesting people. Glad you're taking a lot of photos to share. Those are beautiful sunrise photos at the beach and you're both so brave to try the suspension bridges. Not sure if I could eat a fish smiling at me...! And good choice to not try the "bushmeat". It's impressive that you always seem to meet some wonderful people wherever you go, both members and potential members!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your wonderful adventure. The pictures are the best. It's amazing the environment that you're living in right now.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work. You're always in my prayers. Lynnett