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Ghana
Father Joeker
By Fr Joseph Panabang SVD
Beaming from ear to new Bishop Dominic Nyarko Yeboah of Techiman, with whom I had spent my pastoral year, was giving me the sign of peace. ‘You are lucky I refused or else you would never have become a bishop,’ I whispered and that sent him thundering in laughter.
Journey to Asukoko
By Fr. Joseph D. Panabang, SVD
Ghana, West Africa
Red River
Last December, 1988, Patrick and I started our first missionary journey to Asukoko. “Asukoko” means red river. I jokingly asked my guide whether this red river had some connection with the Red Sea and he said emphatically, “Oh no, none at all.
Even a Tractor Can Not Pass
Because of the bad road, most of the vehicles going there are tractors but they only get as far as Kunsu. Alighting from the tractor at midday in Kunsu, we proceeded the last four miles to Asukoko by foot. The catechist of Kunsu joined us to make the group “Trinitarian.”
