The closing ceremony was attended by the entire staff of the eye center and four missionary couples. The medical director and attending physician were very attentive to our needs and comfort, providing lunch and water. Our project next year for Emmanuel will be different equipment.
On Saturday, we enjoyed two sessions at the Accra Temple, and on Sunday the Panters took us to the Botsoma ward for church which was a large ward for Africa. Elder and Sister Baker are learning the ropes in order to replace the Panters as the new humanitarian couple for the Africa West Area. In the evening, Panters hosted a dinner at their apartment for the couples living in the same complex which is about seven. The picture below shows Gabriel who is excited to be baptized in two weeks.
On Monday morning we flew to Cote D'Ivoire with John Buah who is employed as the Area Welfare Manager for the Africa West Area. Still in the rainy season for Africa, the highways filled up with water but didn't slow us down.
We implemented a project for a small NGO Humanitarian clinic by setting them up with basic eye examination equipment. It is like Christmas when we open up all the big boxes which have been sitting in an empty room just waiting for us to come!
This picture shows the local Bishop handing over the certificates for the equipment to the Centre De Sante Humanitaire.
We met with several government agencies in order to introduce possible LDS Humanitarian projects for
Cote D'ivoire. We enjoyed having Sadia, the public affairs representative for the church travel with us to act as our translator. French is spoken as the first and only language in the country. We visited two general hospitals and a Catholic hospital. All were very receptive and shared our common desire to help wherever we can.
John Buah, and Jesse and I represented the church.
These women are sweeping a major road as the traffic bustles by.
