Quilts and bugs!

It is wonderful to purchase these quilt tops - made by African women in Ghana.  They are sold by an African Art shop here.  I usually cut them in half and then border each so it makes a small quilt that is easier for the leaving senior couples to pack and take home!  
Thanks Lindsey and Sister Dube for the jumbo rick rack trim - it makes it must easierto bind them.
I also can bring the back fleece up to bind the top - when I don't have the rick rack!
Elder Smith helping tie a quilt when the power is out!  Nice LED lanterns make enough light!
Centipede we found out walking this morning - gross!  They were hugs in Jamaica!!  

When I have to walk around the Area Office to conduct business - official or not - I find great pictures and take a picture of them to share with my blog.  These are two of them. 

Beautiful family - it is amazing to see the happiness of most of the people here.  By our Western standards they don't have a lot of material goods to be happy about - but they smile all the time!  
 

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