13th June: Ghana DAY EIGHT - Kente Cloth & Church




DAY EIGHT: By our final morning, we had been gifted with organically stitched 'Kente Cloth' garments from the sewing academy in the upper reaches of the school's vocational college. This pattern is a typical Ghanaian textile of handwoven silk and cotton, and we were generously issued with a shirt, tie/bandana, dress, and matching bag. We wore these to the Church service, which wasn't our first of the week, after we were both asked to deliver sermons at the Wednesday night edition. Here, we spoke again, in our newly appointed roles, as 'Minister Jake' and 'Lady Sarah', preaching to the choir (literally) about the importance of hard-work, and steering away from greed, envy, or financial lust. The service itself was very different to the kind we experience here in local orthodox Christian churches, firstly in length. This service was 3.5 hours long in total, with 45 minutes of that represented in the form of continuous music/singing/vocal praise and dancing. As we headed towards the airport later that afternoon, I realised there are so many things I'll take from this experience, and so many things I'll miss. The streets lined with market vendors carrying goods on their head, in the typical African way. The army of wild Goats which would gather around us during dinner time every evening, similar to how the English might have a pet dog nearby to them during this moment. I'll also miss being called by our new 'African' names, 'Ama' & 'Kwesi' (meaning 'Born on Sunday'). There is no finer meaning to life than sampling as many cultures as you can. This is an eye-opening experience, and one which will fill me with gratitude, eternally. But for now, flights are firmly off my agenda... 


Well, for a few days at least. We head to Budapest on Friday! 





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