On September 3, 2010 the "Fetu Afehye" or "Cape Coast Festival", was held. We went with President and Sister Sabey to get a "feel" of the culture and history of Cape Coast.
While waiting for the festival to begin we hiked up to a lighthouse to view Cape Coast.
The festival parade represented tribes from various villages dressed in their traditional dress.
The chiefs were carried on "thrones" while people dressed in the same color, danced and marched to very loud music.
The whole experience was noisy, hot, crowded, and exhausting. After we fought the crowds and walked back to our vehicle we found that it was blocked in by other vehicles. We had to leave our car and call the Assistants to come rescue us!
But the day had a very happy ending! We were able to witness Felicia Enchill from Abakrampa be baptized! Her husband, Charles is the first counselor in the branch presidency.
The Enchills with the "angels" who helped us teach Felicia the gospel of Jesus Christ. Sister Afrani and Sister Odebia never gave up on Felicia even when she refused to come to church. They just kept loving her and teaching her and one Sunday she quietly walked into Sacrament meeting! Three of their six children have also been baptised. They are now preparing to enter the Temple in the near future, to be sealed as a family. We ended the day feeling the quiet peace of the Spirit!
While waiting for the festival to begin we hiked up to a lighthouse to view Cape Coast.
The festival parade represented tribes from various villages dressed in their traditional dress.
The chiefs were carried on "thrones" while people dressed in the same color, danced and marched to very loud music.
The whole experience was noisy, hot, crowded, and exhausting. After we fought the crowds and walked back to our vehicle we found that it was blocked in by other vehicles. We had to leave our car and call the Assistants to come rescue us!
But the day had a very happy ending! We were able to witness Felicia Enchill from Abakrampa be baptized! Her husband, Charles is the first counselor in the branch presidency.
The Enchills with the "angels" who helped us teach Felicia the gospel of Jesus Christ. Sister Afrani and Sister Odebia never gave up on Felicia even when she refused to come to church. They just kept loving her and teaching her and one Sunday she quietly walked into Sacrament meeting! Three of their six children have also been baptised. They are now preparing to enter the Temple in the near future, to be sealed as a family. We ended the day feeling the quiet peace of the Spirit!
Love seeing Felicia and Charles, what a blessing for a great family!
ReplyDeleteI guess i didn't know that charles' wife wasn't a member yet. what a great day! i miss sister afrani and odebia. please tell them hi from me. and let them know that i still do the alphabet dance on occasion. i love the pictures of the festival i feel like we missed out a little since we didn't see chiefs on thrones. so thanks for the pictures.
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