Gone to Ghana!: Happy 19th Birthday Obroni!

Hey All!

I want thank everyone who sent me birthday wishes!

This week was a pretty cool week and all!

A couple days ago me and my companion were leaving the chapel and there was a very large group of kids about 20 or so all shouting obroni. (Obroni is "white guy" in Twi)

So I decided to stop and talk to them small. Their English was not very good so I was doing my best to communicate with them in Twi. They were all asking me what is my best food here in Ghana? When I told them fufu, they were all cheering, screaming, clapping, and running around in unbelief that a white man actually likes fufu! Then they asked... with what soup? I told them ground nut (peanut) soup and they did the same thing! It was just a pretty funny sight. Then as me and my companion were riding away, the kids were running after us trying to keep up.... eventually they had to stop because their mothers yelled at them for going too far away haha!

Also this morning we unfortunately saw a pretty big accident. Luckily we were nowhere near it. A huge 18 wheel truck carrying cocoa beans ran right into the back of a bunch of public transport vans (trotros)! It seemed like the brakes on the truck had gone out or something because the truck did slow down at all, it just turned and rammed the back of these vans. That was pretty crazy to see!

Life goes on! I love all of you and thank you for all of your support! Thanks for all of the birthday wishes again!

Odo,
Elder Brandt

BTW - you might have noticed I pulled extra money recently. That is because for my glasses, one of them does not fit anymore. When I put them on, then look down at all...they just fall off. I believe due to weight loss. And the other pair got spoiled. One of the other elders in the apartment accidentally fell on top of them and broke one of the arms. So I had to buy new frames. The eye doctors place just used the same lens from one of the pairs and cut it to the size of the new pair. They work and fit very well! Just thought I should keep you informed! : )

Mom's Q&A...

How was your Bday?

- It was kind of cool! The day was just over all good!
What did you do to celebrate?

- We went to KFC :)
Did you get your package?

- I just received a package from Poppa B. and Gigi! Thank you! :)

Yes Thank You Poppa and GiGi!!!
How is the bike?

- The bikes are cool! I feel like I am mountain biking all day and it's a great way for me to sweating a lot and losing more weight! ;)