There is Nothing Like A Ghana MTC Send-off

Today after having several hymns sung to her, Sister Eguko left the MTC for Cote D'Ivoire.  It was a moment with her new found friends she will always treasure and her father, MTC Manager Mathias Eguko, was fortunate to witness the event as well.

Ghana MTC Missionaries To Serve in Productive Area

Last year two missions in the Africa West Area were closed due to the ebola outbreak (Sierra Leone and Liberia).  Even though two missions were closed, the growth rate of the Africa West Area continued.  With the baptism records for the Africa West Area and the Africa Southeast Area are combined the net result exceeds 36,000.

Missionaries trained in the Ghana MTC are going to the most productive area of the world.  We used to say in France, that for every door we knocked on, there was a baptism in South America.  It is likely European missionaries are now saying that about Africa.

Temple Painters Visit MTC

The Ghana Temple is closed for three weeks.  Painters from the US, Nigeria and Ghana spent the last two weeks painting the inside of the temple.  Today they visited the MTC.

Temple Painters

Temple Painters with the Ghana MTC Missionaries

Elder Parker Tycksen served in Guadeloupe with the Malmroses.  We served as his mission president couple.  Pictured left to right, Parker's parents, the Robisons, the Malmroses.

Ghana MTC 23 January 2015 Slideshow

Missionaries Must Learn to Recognize Ghanian Fruit

Pineapple

Banana

Papaya

Mango

After leaving the MTC, missionaries will not starve.

Ok, Beads Last Week, then Fabric...what about Baskets?

This is the source for the best baskets we have found in Ghana.  They are sold at the end of the street North of the US Embassy, just past the French Ambassador Residence of course.

You're Kidding! Batik Across the Street?

We have lived in Ghana for a year and on two occasions have made the journey north of Accra to Esthers to make batik prints on fabric, a fascinating art.  We just discovered this week that an even bigger and yes less expensive operation is across the street (literally) from the MTC.

The owner's name, and rightly so, is Prosper.  This is his establishment.

Here is where the fabric sits in tubs to soak

This is a photo of the fabric drying

Prosper's wife does the stamping (Prosper hand carves the stamps)

The irons are kept hot in a tub of smoldering charcoal

And Voila, Batik Across the Street