Adoration

I have been offered a Guinness numerous times since arriving in Ghana. The most interesting was one day at the Parliament House when I almost passed out. I asked to sit down and for some water, the man asked if I wanted a "malta" - I kindly said no and asked again for water.

The second most interesting was today. I went to a baby adoration, which is where tons of people gather to see a newborn baby. The first thing that happened to me was a woman tried to thrust another Guinness into my hands. I asked her if I could have a coke instead. I figured it would be best not to have my first attempt at alcohol when trying to see a baby.

The music was so loud it hurt my ears. They fed us - my first Ghanaian meal at someone else's house. One of the girls I lived with traded me plates because she said what they gave her wasn't spicy at all. The "not spicy at all" plate had rice with a huge lump of pepper on the top. I ate around the pepper, and it was still so hot that my tongue burned the whole two hours we were there. All I can say is thank You Jesus that Seth doesn't like pepper.

The parents, who I had never met before, ever, asked me to come and take a picture with them and the baby. I am pretty sure they wanted my picture because I was the only "obroni" (white person) there. But, that meant that I got to hold him. He is beautiful. His name is Jeff Joseph Tete Asine. I am certain I butchered that spelling horribly. I wish I had brought my camera.