Some days are very quiet - some are not

 I have fallen into a routine. Sundays have church meetings and Patriarchal Blessings to uplift and sustain. Mondays and Tuesdays are either adventures or doing projects, Wednesdays and Thursdays are working in the temple. Fridays usually are filled with people. Going shopping, having Bobby come for cleaning, Comfort coming to cook and discuss Relief Society issues. Saturday is always quiet for Jeffrey as he catches up on everything and sometimes I'm off with others for adventures and sometimes I am finishing up too.

Yesterday's Friday was filled with people! 

Wisdom came very early to pick up his cedis for his work.

Small Ebony Nativity

Bobby came to clean and Juliet came to collect cedis to make treats for chapel cleaners.

Eugene came and picked me up to go shopping. It was a holiday -- Eid al-Adha [Festival of Sacrifice - a day that Muslims celebrate and remember that Ibrahim was willing to sacrifice his son Ismael to God] so the streets were open and mostly clear. The stores also were uncrowded. Baaba came to sew. I got back in plenty of time to greet Comfort and Bertha who came with sobolo and fresh produce from the market for me. Nice! 

Bobby meanwhile had run over to the church store to get supplies for his ward. I was meeting him at the gate with a cart as he had dropped off a few boxes at the gate and went back for more supplies, when Comfort and Bertha came with their supplies and used the cart to bring them up to the apartment and then ran the cart back down to carry Bobby's supplies. It is all about timing.

My kitchen was getting full. But the next visitor was Maame Huston from our Cantonments ward. She and Bertha were planning for an event for Young Single Adults that day. There is nothing like the vibe, energy, creativity, and unlimited possibilities that exist in young adults!

The girls wanted to win in a contest with the stake. Cantonments ward had the color red and decided to make a sobolo smoothie and they came to my house to look for ways to present their table. I wanted them to win the contest also.

Two creative girls having fun. Maame Houston and Bertha Ofoli-Quaye.

They collected all kinds of odds and ends and came up with a plan.

Here is the result! Beautiful presentation

Ariel view of the table

Here are the two winners of the contest. They came to put all the items back.

I had a nice full day with lots of chatting and talking, then watching the girls create and plan. The last person to come was Baaba after working in the temple. She came to pick up her laundry and bags. I felt good feeding her and sending her off with supplies. It was not a quiet day but is was great.