Sunday was the World Cup Finals (think Stanley Cup, Indy 500, Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, March Madness, Kentucky Derby, and every other sporting event in American all rolled into one-- that's how big it is here!)
Two weeks ago the church decided to have early on the day of the final match. Our evening services start at 7:00pm and the game was starting at 6:30pm. Though Andrew and I know and believe that the church and Christ are the most important things, we also believe that at times it is advisable to help young Christians in their obedience. Some times a missionary does not have to make a conflict when there does not need to be one.
For this reason, Sunday was our world cup day. The Bible study had its normal Sunday morning services, after this there was a picnic and games. At about 2 o'clock we started our 'evening service'.
It was so much fun. The people taxed themselves as they like to say here (took a collection to pay for things). The group bought cokes and meat pies for everyone. Also the children had Kool-aid (jolly juice as they say here) and sandwiches. I have to admit the sandwiches were great. Dora, one of our converts, volunteered to make all the sandwiches for the children. She made panninis! They where wonderful! There were so many left over all the adults got to try some. Also some of the men of the church (this is a pretty big deal here culturally) cooked extra food for everyone. They made bonbara beans, togdani (a starch made out of millet) and stew. Everyone really enjoyed the food!
After the food and fellowship. It was time for games. In honor of the world cup, Andrew and I dawned our Ghana jerseys and were the referees. Most people here play the same five games over and over again. Many times this leads to people that are very talented in these games, but this makes for poor groups activities. Since one person will dominate and the rest will be left out. So I always try to come up with simple new twists on old favorites to make things a little even. For this reason we all played indoor Foosball on Sunday.
The meeting room was cleared out and four ropes were strung across the room. Two goals were set up, and the people were the players. Each team got one offensive rope and one defensive rope. They had to hold onto the rope with both hands, and could not let go.
It was great, everybody love the game! Here are a few pictures of the activity-
After playing and cleaning up, everyone stay for the second service.
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