Success
I love it when an idea all comes together!! I was approached by the Duke's because they had listened to a choir and wanted the choir to come to Accra and perform for the missionaries. I thought what a great idea that would be and then combine it with a dinner and game to make our Christmas celebration easy and fun.
Okay, so nothing is really easy. It took the Dukes negotiating back and forth to bring the choir to Accra. It took the Derr's to organize, buy, (loose 1/2 a ham - another story), and ask for donations to bring about a really great meal, and the Olsen's to set up, then decorate the tables very nicely. My job was the White Elephant game that turned out hilariously fun.
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| Lucy Anarfi (Lucy Ayebea Annafi-Aprakuwas) asked to build this Young Adult choir and she is in charge of "The Spoken Word" here in West Africa. |
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| They were beautiful, inspirational, and lovely |
The Ashaiman Bethlehem Choir came to the Christiansborg Stake Center chapel beside the Temple and sang for us. Sister Duke was surprised when only 25 of the 40 piece choir came. The rest of us really enjoyed the great choir that we heard. I felt they were wonderful. Great harmonies, transitions, and beautiful timing. I had invited Samuel and Dumevi (along with the ward) to come and hear. Dumevi came with his wife and daughter and Samuel sat beside us. Both of the men knew the language that two of the songs were sung in. They really liked the choir celebrating Christmas. When the choir was done, we gave them meat pies and drinks that Juliet had arranged for. She has pain in her leg so her son Michael brought them over and handed them out to the choir leaving. Since we had planned for 40, they had plenty extra to take home with them.
Dinner
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