Bamboo Cathedral

This is the "Bamboo Cathedral" at Ankasa Nature Reserve. The bamboo was really huge.

Amelia, our friend Wilson, and the guide, by the bamboo.

Walking down into the grove.

By the bamboo bridge that wasn't strong enough to walk on. I wonder why they don't take it down and reduce the temptation to walk on it.

Our Visit to Kojokrom

Last Thursday we went for a visit to Kojokrom with our friend Wilson. It's not too far away. It took us about twenty minutes to get there on a tro tro. It is so green here in Ghana. Here are some kids playing outside.

I thought the railroad tracks were really cool.

Amelia walking into Wilson's sister's house where we ate a delicious dinner of rice and stew.
Amelia holding Wilson's nephew. His name was pronounced Ahh-bay-you. I have no idea how to spell it.

This is Wilson's sister Grace. She was really, really nice.

Our friend Wilson with his nephew.

Kids Downstairs

These kids are always playing or learning at the bottom of the stairs. They are really cute and yell hello to us all the time. They like to give us fives.

This is me with the Elizabeth's friends. They always sit at the bottom of the stairs and try to teach us Fanti. We just smile and wave.

Workshop Week 10

This is our training workshop. We taught ten people the workshop and eight of them were trainers sent from Cape Coast. They will be teaching the Career Workshop to the people between here and Accra. They were pretty fun to teach. In the picture from left to right is: Anthony, Grace, Patrick, Amelia, Patricia, Knight, Lorenzo, Richard and Bossman. Another man, Joseph, wasn't able to come on Friday and wasn't in the picture.

Here they are, hard at work! From left to right: Grace, Lorenzo, Anthony, Patricia, and Bossman.

Kumasi

Kumasi is where most people from the Ashanti tribe live. We visited a cultural center where we saw a few different things the Ashanti people make--fabrics, wood carvings, paintings, brass work, and pottery. It was really cool. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take many pictures there.

A Day at the Beach

Ernest, me and Moses with a few boys we met at the beach.

Race on the beach.

Kristen brought a frisbee with her and it was a hit. These boys kept wanting us to take their picture. We told them that we would only take pictures of the boys with clothes on. That made a few of the naked boys run get dressed.

Relief Society Birthday Meeting

Is this what your Relief Society birthday party was like?

Fun Times

I am in love with this child. She is the cutest child in Africa. She refuses to smile though. She doesn't speak English at all. I guess maybe she doesn't speak any language. Anyway, I love her and want to keep her. Oh, and I don't know her name. Maybe I should find that out. Also, I promise Idon't wear the same shirt every day. I noticed that I am wearing this shirt in a lot of pictures. I only wear it once a week.

Kristen with a girl we don't know (in the purple) and a girl from the ward, Comfort. (That may actually be Comfort's sister Dorcus. We always forget which is which.)

Here is a Google image of a typical Ghanaian woman carrying her child. We see this every single day numerous times.
Here is little William, a random boy who wasn't too shy to let us practice with him. The nice girl at the top ran away from me when I tried to put her on my back.

Kristen and William. He looks a little more secure on her. That is probably because she has had lots of practice at home carrying people on her back.

Yep, that's right. Kristen can carry me on her back. It's amazing what you can do with a bed sheet. I'd like to say that we are both truly amazing. Oh, and just so you know, after this, we were trying to undo ourselves and we fell into a camp chair and broke it.