Yesterday (Saturday), we invited a very nice young Dutch couple Jim met a few months ago here in Tamale to our home for lunch. Rik & Dini are both employed by the Ghana government; he is a computer whiz and she is an educator who instructs Ghanaian teachers on methodology and subject matter. I tried to make a cake for dessert & evidently used the "hard flour" instead of the "soft" one. My cake raised all of one-half inch and looked an extremely unappetizing color brown. We made do by covering it with the local chocolate Fan Milk ice cream.
This morning (Sunday), Jim and I went to Holy Cross Church for Mass at 7 AM. By Ghanaian standards, it was a relatively short service of two hours. The choir of about 25 young people sounded more like 100 and the church was filled to capacity. Upon exiting, we were invited to return to the 10 AM service which was to have a special dance performance but we decided to pass on that option & head for home.
Godwin, our cook, does not come at all on Sunday & I'm glad for the chance to become more familiar with the kitchen. During the week, he had been accustomed to arrive at 6 AM to prepare breakfast and later to leave for the day after making something for Jim to heat up for himself in the microwave for supper. Since neither of us need to have lunch prepared Monday through Friday, we decided to ask that he return around 4 PM to cook a hot dinner right from the stove. In any case, I'm using our new little gas range and boiling a lot of water. Working on a system to remain healthy!
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