Day 27 – Transition
Transitioning back to the States now.
We are all moving around each other this morning, avoiding eye contact because of our departure from Ocean Breeze.
It’s 7am and the car is here to drop Kofi and I off at the Cape Coast Ford station (Ford Passenger van to Accra), and Jen to the Kumasi station. Esi had to get a few uniforms sewn for school, so she will leave on Thursday now. Of course, tears are flowing as Jen hugs Sis. Paulina and Esi goodbye. Kofi is cool, because he is rolling with me to Accra and we still have some business to handle before our goodbyes. Before I left the chalet though, Esi’s Grandmother came by to thank me for assisting Esi with her schooling. AND WAS IT A THANK YOU. She must have done at least 20 prayers for me and the family. She spoke of her role with counseling Esi and Kofi. She spoke out the blessings that will shower me, OBey and the family. It was a very special ‘thank you.’ PEACE OCEAN BREEZE!!!
We dropped Jen off at her van and said our goodbyes to her. She must have been holding on to her emotions, because her tears were flowing as I hugged her goodbye and put her on her van. She is a traveler, so she will be fine as she moves solo through the northern region of Ghana. PEACE JENNY TROTRO!!!We arrived in Accra at about 11 am and I sent Kofi to the Registrars General Office to pick up our NGO forms that we had filed a few weeks back. I checked into my room and got on the net for a few to check on my emails. I didn’t get too far into my emails before I heard from Esther’s Sister, Sandra. Sandra lives in Accra and was assigned to me by Esther to take me around a few places to pick some items for the States. She is the middle child between Esther and Nancy. I never met THIS one and wondered why. As we moved through our day, I realized why Esther never really spoke about her. Sandra has a strong mind and spirit. When I spoke of Esther, I could tell that they have a ‘little thing’ with each other. I joked with her about it and she gave me the look like ‘please don’t start anything Mr. OBey.’ LOL!! I left it alone…FOR NOW.
I got a call from Kofi that the guy at the Registrar’s Office did not want to release the papers until Kofi gave him some money. I told him that I am on my way to go see the Minister and I will bring the Minister there with me to give him his money. Of course, he told Kofi that he will do it, but he has to give him something. I called Kofi back after riding on our THIRD TROTRO through this crazy busy city, to check on the status. I told him to meet us somewhere since he was close to where we were going to be. They met us and I had Sandra play the role of our Rep that deals with the Minister. She was to demand the guy’s Managers’ contact information for Mr. Appiah. We practiced as we were walking there. Once we met up with them, she got all DIPLOMATIC on me. Looking at me like, ‘maybe you should give him something.’ We got through it. He was trying to get GHC 50 from us and I ended up giving him GHC 6. He ended up being alright by the end. But I had to tell him that he needs to respect my Son more. My Son is a man, not a little boy. He told me that it is because of his character and good energy that he has gone this far with us. I smiled at him and we left.
We traveled to the art center to do some shopping and then back to the hotel for my 6pm meeting with Adeline, the UNICEF Representative stationed in Accra. We had a great dinner meeting. It looks like we are going to have a great relationship with UNICEF here in Ghana. It was also very good for Kofi to participate in the meeting. She liked Kofi and gave him a lot of encouragement to continue his good works.
TIME TO CHILL. Transition time. I had a full agenda as to what I was going to do to chill and transition back and ended up laying down for some quick meditation and FELL OUT! LOL! On my family to catch this flight. The shuttle is waiting for us to carry us to the Airport. PEACE GHANA!!!
“I’m awake, I have worked, and I’ve been blessed. It’s Time to Take Me Home!”
Love Family.
