Midnight Prayer

So at home I was woken up in the middle of the night by smoke detectors, drunk roommates, or parties. These days it's a bit different...I am continually woken up by the girl who lives next door to me because of her LOUD PRAYING!!

These Ghanaian Christians are OUT OF CONTROL. They sing, clap, stomp, speak in tongues, chant, drum...anything to be as loud as possible. The other night some dogs were attacking each other outside of our window, so my neighbor began loudly praying to make them go away. She said the dogs came because of her failure to go to church that night. I strongly encourage her to attend church EVERY night, to avoid dog attacks as well as midnight prayer sessions.

Anyway. Yesterday we went to an herbal HIV treatment center. It was very interesting! They use ARVs still too and refer patients to the hospital, but rely a lot on herbal remedies. They showed us mysterious bottles which could supposedly cure stroke, menstrual cramps, all sorts of things...interesting, to say the least.