Sunday. Day 3

Yesterday morning we had a meeting with Lynley and then we were allowed to go back to sleep. Some of us did but some didnt because we are still getting used to the time change and when to sleep. That night, we set an alarm to get up for the meeting. We set it for 7 and when it went off, we got up and one girl even got in the shower when we realized it was still really dark outside. We checked the clock downstairs and it was only 2:30 in the morning! My clock was hours ahead. We set it again for 7 hoping it would work this time. When we got up again it was only 5:15. We finally just unplugged it and figured someone would wake us up. So we didnt get a lot of sleep that night.
After our meeting we got in some taxi's and went to the Beach. Its called La Badai Beach (Said like Body Beach). It was kinda dirty. There was glass and trash on the sand and tires and trash piles closer to the grass by the beach. But otherwise, it was really pretty. I rode a horse along the beach too, that was really fun. Then we sat on some chairs under umbrellas and drank pineapple juice while tons of people tried to sell us stuff. We were swarmed the entire time with people selling jewelry, paintings, drums, swimsuits, candy, and food. I did buy a couple of bracelets :) Everyone who was not selling to us was just watching because im sure it was interesting. haha
After the beach, we went to the Paloma Hotel for dinner. We ate outside under a roof that was all open on the sides. Lots of people got pizza and pasta. I got chicken fried rice, I really liked it. They were playing popular songs like Lil Wayne, Rhianna, Chris Brown, and Akon. haha And the tv in the kitchen had The Hot Chick playing. On our way to the hotel to eat, we saw a child in the street getting slapped by a woman and then she dragged him onto the sidewalk. A bunch of men came running and separated them and were telling each other that she needed slapped now. She was screaming and some people were pushing each other. It was crazy. It made me sick to watch them.
We went to bed early last night, it took me forever to fall asleep though because it was hot. This morning for breakfast I had bread and butter, a hard boiled egg (with a white yolk) white pineapple, and things that kinda looked and kinda tasted like pancakes or crepes. We all piled in taxi's about 10:00am to go to church. The LDS church and temple are right beside each other and it is gated off. It looked so nice inside the gates. So different from the outside. It was very pretty. The members were so nice and they wanted to take pictures with us and hug us and were so nice. We met the missionaries and the older missionary couple who is from America too. And in the new issue of the Ensign there is an article about Ghana. On the cover is a picture of a woman who was in the ward we went to! I met her! haha It was really cool because she is great friends with Lynley.
We have dinner tonight at 5:00pm. We moved it to an earlier time because we are all usually starving by 7:00 when it used to be. Until then we are free to do whatever. I plan on relaxing and working on my lessons because we start on Tuesday. Im nervous to teach but excited to get something going. The last 2 girls arrived so I now have 5 other girls in my room with me. We have the biggest room but the bathrooms are all the same size so we dont get lucky there. But we havent had any problems because no one is fighting to take a cold shower. haha
Today during church it rained for the first time since we arrived. We were inside but we could see it. It was really coming down! I thought it was neat. :)
So today should be a good day and I hope to get a lot done before we really start working.
Valeri