Monday, September 5, 2011

Hallelujah!  The camera cable arrived and it works!  Jerry and I are standing in front of our guest house.  There is a large coconut tree to Jerry's left.  The building is at least 150 years old.  It housed Johannes Christaller after whom the Akrofi-Christaller Institute (ACI) where we are volunteering was named.  He translated the Bible into the local Twi language and put together a Twi dictionary which is still in use today.  Fortunately electricity and indoor plumbing has been added since his time!
This is Christ Church Akropong where Jerry and I worship on Sunday mornings.  It is the oldest Christian church in Ghana.  It was established by the Basel Mission, the first Christian mission in Ghana in the 1840's and is located down the street from the site of the original Basel mission which is now the home of ACI.  While it is quite historic, it is keeping up with the times.  Today it contains a synthesizer, drums, and a sound system for a youth band along with a video projector and screens to provide words for songs, images, and announcements during the services.

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