Dreams come true!

This morning I arrived in Ghana around 9:00 am.

I had gone from this: 

to this:

to this:

We got to deplane down some stairs, walk on the tarmac and then take a little shuttle over to the terminal.  I even got to exit out of the stairs at the back of the plane!  I've always wanted to walk out on the tarmac so it was a very exciting moment for me.

Akwaaba, meaning welcome in the mother tongue of the Ashanti tribe,

welcomes everybody regardless Ghanaian or non-Ghanaia.

After going through customs and baggage claim we made it to the terminal to look for Atobora, the Employment Center manager here in Ghana.  He was nowhere to be found.  The taxi drivers instantly approached us like little vultures trying to give us a ride to our hotel.  One of them did let us use his cell phone and we were able to call Atobora.  The vultures made us tip them for using their cell phone.  I didn't know how much was appropriate but we ended up giving them like $4.

After leaving the airport we headed over to the temple complex to see where the employment center is located.  The Ghana temple is so beautiful and it's grounds stand out like a gem.  While we were there the person setting up our apartment called and said it was ready.  We came to the apartment and I was pleasantly surprised.  It's about as big as my apartment in Provo but just 2 bedrooms and a better layout.  We have A/C and WiFi so that is really nice.  The WiFi is sorta slow but it is good enough for simple browsing and chatting

Well, I'm going to bed now because we have church bright and early at 8:30am.  I'll give an update on the ward.

Actually, due to slower internet I went to sleep while the pictures loaded.  Now it is 2:22am and I am WIDE awake.  Hopefully I can sleep soon.  I woke up because the A/C in my room is set to 18C (65F). I'll learn for tomorrow night.