Days 10 and 11: Village Life

There are a lot of visiting doctors here right now and that is making the work a little bit lighter. This afforded us the opportunity to go out and explore the village life yesterday afternoon. :-) We walked along the road, down to a resevoir, to the well and water pump, and then back to the market and through the prarie back home. Everyone thought it was quite a site to see a Caucasian and an Asian person walking down the road together amidst all the Ghanaian Africans. They were all quite friendly and many wanted to tell us "hello" and talk to us. We even had this boy Daniel walk most of the whole way with us (for about 2.5 hours) and guide us along the way. Very neat!

Thinking of you and appreciating your prayers,

Love you bunches,
The "A" Team :-)
(Albert and Amara)

Many Ghanaians live in mud huts with a central courtyard for community interaction.

Most families own a donkey in order to help them transport barrels of water and other items. They are very friendly.. just look how fuzzy and cute its eyes are!

This is the reservoir from which they draw water for drinking/washing/etc.. no swimming allowed!

This is a water well that is connected to the reservoir.. imagine filling a barrel one bucket at a time.. it takes a while!

Amara's takes her turn to help pump the well water

Every three days is market day in town.. it's like a big flea market that offers everything from produce to clothing

Us with Daniel (our tour guide/interpreter for the day) standing across the street in front of the Baptist Medical Centre

Hiking through the savannah plains near the BMC compound