Games and Challenges

Tonight we pulled out the American games.  Those who stayed looked like little children so excited to learn.  It was so fun watching them understand and learn.  I think Quirkle may have to go to Nigeria with the team.

Challenges…In Africa the men and women have different “work” shall we say.  Some of the men have been leaving their brushes and tools for the “women” to clean up since it’s “not man’s work” and they are hungry. That all changed today…I gave several stern lectures to individuals that when they work for me, they clean up their own tools.  The women will no longer be doing “their” work!  I’m hoping it sunk in enough today.

Challenges…since the temple is closed and they are doing remodel work everywhere, we lost our kitchen sink on Saturday while they are replacing the counter tops.  The girls said, “This is kind of like camping…find a sink in a bathroom or laundry room to do dishes in (dishes…another challenge with the men and their image of “man’s work”…that also is changing…God didn’t make me a fighter for nothing.)  Besides, I’m the “boss lady” as some call me.  

Many of the men are more than happy to do the clean-up work.  They are just so humble and grateful to be working in the temple.  All of the workers from Ghana are doing it as volunteers and as we talk with them, they reason they have time to volunteer, is they have no work right now.  I can’t imagine having a CPA, or an Engineering Degree or other qualified skills and having no work.  These are the qualifications of Agnovi’s two sons.  This is a crazy place and makes me grateful for the USA even with our own problems.

HUGE 38 foot entry walls are coming along and should be finished tomorrow by lunch time!  That will feel so great!  They started moving the scaffold into the Celestial Room.  It’s only day 6 and we are cruising with so many hands.  Tomorrow I’m going to start to test the Nigerian crew by giving them their own room to do without any of us in there.  Once they get the first layer done and “fixed”, I will inspect before they move on.  They have to do it without us in March, so we better start making them do it NOW.

Many of my crew are not feeling great…change of food is sometimes hard on the system.  Nothing bad… they are
just not as excited at trying Rose’s cooking as they were at first.  GSE is a traveler,s friend.  Don’t worry, we shipped plenty of things more American…granola, almond milk, stuffing mix and packaged chicken, soup mixes, etc. and there is always plenty of fruit.  We did pass on the Fufu at lunchtime, however.

The project continues to march forward…

Alicyn