Biggest mistake of the day: To forget the camera on our field trip to Kwabeng. We’re really not a camera-happy group, so when we were half-way to the bus and realized we’d forgotten the cameras we just didn’t think it would be a problem to leave them home. Boy were we ever wrong! (This seems to be a recurring issue)
Well, we started out the day like normal. Emily and I headed off to school to teach the kids and the guys planned to go to Kwabeng to set up a bank account so they can minister the loans. But as we passed Zion we realized that it was all completely empty, and when we got to Presby all the kids were going crazy in the school yard. We contemplated the fact that maybe we were actually early (even though we had left late), but we finally found the principal and he informed us that the kids have a soccer tournament for the next 3 days. Can you believe that? They get out of school for 3 days for soccer! Love it!
With so much time now on our hands, Emily and I then decided to join Spencer and Joey on the bank trip to Kwabeng. We were planning on taking a taxi, but when we got the taxi place a bus pulled up that was headed right past Kwabeng. It was perfect! So we ventured onto the bus and took the only seats left located way back in the back of the bus. It was quite the ride getting all bounced around—we felt like we were on a ride at Disneyland!
Upon arrival we headed straight for the bank, but were suddenly stopped by a woman who is now formally known as “The Crazy Lady”. About a week ago, Spencer and Joey came bursting into one of our classrooms trying to escape from some lady that had picked up on them at the market and followed them everywhere they went. She kept asking for food and try as they might they just couldn’t get rid of her! Well ironically enough she had gotten on our same bus and apparently Kwabeng is her home village. She was SO excited to see us there and wanted to tell us all about HER village. We quickly exited into the bank and hoped she would disappear.
About 20 minutes later, Emily and I got bored of all the legal bank people talk and decided to go explore the village. We walked around for about 5 minutes, and just when we were talking about how surprised we were that the crazy lady hadn’t waited for us, we literally ran into her!
She started apologizing up and down that she hadn’t waited and kept saying how happy she was to have found us. She immediately grabbed us both by the hands and insisted on a tour of her home. She started by taking us to her house, which was really just her room and pulled out an extra mat and told us that we were going to stay “right here” with her. Creepy. When were finally able to make it out of her room she proceeded to take us to her sister’s place, her father’s and mother’s along with the local preacher. All the while, every person we’re walking by is looking at this lady like they are going to cut her head off for bothering us. We felt kind of bad, so we went along with it a little longer. But when she took us into a bar and wanted us to have a drink, we were done amusing her. Emily and I then made up some excuses and almost ran back to the bank.
There was still so much we wanted to see though, so after spending a little time inside the bank (and using the bleach in the bathroom to wash our hands) we decided to sneak out. We pretended to be on mission impossible and peaked around all corners to make sure the coast was clear before leaving. But running into a street here is like painting our shirts red and running around in a bullpen, we just don’t blend in very well. But luckily we made it to our destination unnoticed… the POPCORN stand!!! It was so exciting! We haven’t had popcorn since we got here and when we saw the popcorn stand it was pretty much more than we could handle. We had to give in!
Anyway, there’s really not much more to the story, the guys got everything set up at the bank and we got back home safely. But we sure had a great time with the crazy lady and wish more than ever that we had taken a picture of her as proof of our adventure today. But knowing our luck, we’ll most likely run into her again and the stories of “The Crazy Lady” will continue.
PS: Yesterday was Emily’s birthday and the Terrys were so kind today and had us over for a lasagna lunch, movie and cupcakes to celebrate. It was P-day today, so the elders even joined us! It was great fun! We watched The Other Side of Heaven and had a great time! It’s so nice to have an “American” break every once in a while, and the Terry’s are perfect for that! Thank you Elder and Sister Terry, and Happy Birthday Emily!
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