{"id":3976,"date":"2022-10-01T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3976"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:33:48","slug":"rainy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3976","title":{"rendered":"RAINY DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had some relatively lowkey plans for the day, but Emmanuel called this morning to say he needed some extra rest. He has been fighting a suspected bout of malaria. (He says he gets malaria about twice a year.)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He first started feeling poorly a few days ago but I think he soldiered through and held the disease at bay by sheer willpower while he drove me all over the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So when he got back to his family yesterday after being gone since Sunday morning, he finally gave himself permission to feel sick.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emmanuel&#8217;s illness and a gray blanket of clouds with steady rain all day meant some Saturday down time for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I didn&#8217;t know how much I needed it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The combination of endless novel experiences, cultural awkwardness, spiritual highs, anticipation of the future, and some homesickness have taken their toll.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My host (who is a member of Mission Resource Ghana&#8217;s Board) was out of the house along with other members of the family, so I had a lot of alone time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You know how little of substance you get accomplished on a Friday evening after a long week of work?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was my whole day.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I did get started editing my photos and experimenting with ways to match up clients with their names from my notebook. It&#8217;s going to take a while, but here&#8217;s the start:<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(You&#8217;ll notice that, like Haitians, Ghanaians are not enthusiastic about smiling for photos!)<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6B92D0CC-2091-4B8E-A055-771B3BD9B493-2-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2188\" height=\"3024\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/8485FE18-5941-4871-BB25-47EF3B7B38E0-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1143\" height=\"1629\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/D0124C23-71EB-4829-9432-3578EBE7A994-2-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2421\" height=\"3024\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/F15EF055-FA4D-4A31-B6CE-30231590E09A-2-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2260\" height=\"3023\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/717E0E76-C462-4953-B574-1B8C0A69A5A7-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had some relatively lowkey plans for the day, but Emmanuel called this morning to say he needed some extra rest. He has been fighting a suspected bout of malaria. (He says he gets malaria about twice a year.)\u00a0 He first started feeling poorly a few days ago but I think he soldiered through and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3982,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976\/revisions\/3982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}