1st teaching, 1st anniversary,

Yesterday we had the opportunity to go to a funeral here in Abomosu. Which was quite the cultural experience. Stephen Sr. Abu told us that here death isn't feared, everyone is expected to die at some time. Funerals are more of a celebration of the life that the deceased has lived and they are for multiple days. Also funerals are group funerals, instead of being for one person they celebrate the life of multiple people. The funeral that we went to was for four people. When you arrive you walk around and greet everyone, you wave at everyone that is there and then those that are sitting in the funeral area (behind the pictures of those that have deceased) you shake their hands. Then you either sit down and enjoy or you go to the middle and dance to the music. Which was quite an awkward experience, a lot of the people were drunk and trying to dance with us, so they had no bubble when dancing with us. Joey and I made sure that we were very close to each other so that we wouldn't feel uncomfortable.

Joey and Spencer taught their first business class on Friday, it was an introduction course and they got quite a bit of feedback from it already. They are meeting with those that are interested in starting or expanding their businesses. I feel like now that things are setup we will become more busy. Abbie and I will begin teaching two more classes on Monday, so we will teach four classes each day. Which I am excited about, the children are very responsive and enjoy the program that we are teaching.

Our first day at church Joey was asked to speak the next Sunday so Joey spoke in Sacrament Meeting today. It was funny because he didn't know if he would have a translator or not so he didn't know how much to plan for. Luckily he had a translator but at the same time it caused him to not get to all of his talk.

Today is our 1^st Wedding Anniversary, we haven't been able to do a lot to celebrate but it is still a great day. Hopefully tomorrow night we will go to a nearby village that has a “restaurant” and eat a nice Ghanaian dinner. The couple missionaries (Elder and Sister Terry) in our area found out that it was our Anniversary so they brought us some freshly baked brownies to celebrate. It was very nice of them and very much appreciated. We haven't had any baked goods since we have been here.

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