We left Accra, the capital city of Ghana, yesterday at about 11:00 am. We took our ride across the countryside (much of it dirt roads with many pot holes) and arrived in Abomoso (also spelled Abomosu) just after 1pm.
Upon arriving at the house of Stephen Abu Senior, we were promptly fed lunch and placed in rooms. Spencer and I have our own room and full size bed, with a ceiling fan. Oh how excited we were for the ceiling fan! Literally, it was our saving grace as we tried to sleep last night, otherwise, I don’t think we would have slept a wink.
Anyway, Brother Abu then gave us a tour around his farm, which is incredible! He has dozens of little goats and chickens that wonder around the property, and just 4 days ago, his dog had 4 little puppies. They are adorable! Upon seeing this, I realized that my little sister, Sydnee, would be in heaven here. All the little baby goats and chicks and dogs would keep her happy for life. So Sydnee, your next stop is not Abomoso, Ghana!
We also got the tour of his gardens, orchards and nursery. He grows pretty much anything tropical you can think of. There are little pineapples all over the place, he grows avocadoes, bananas, plantains, mangoes, some weird potato-like things, yams, cabbages, oranges, and coconuts! When we got to the coconuts, he decided to cuts a bunch of them down so we could drink the milk and eat the meat inside. It was so much fun! I’ve never had such a soft coconut, or such sweet milk. The pineapple here is so sweet there’s almost no sour in it. I could probably eat a whole one by myself without my mouth even starting to get raw. The mangoes are amazing too. I’ve never had such soft and juicy mangoes – I didn’t even really like them until I got here! But I think it’s gonna be fun to have so much fresh fruit around us.
Spencer and I then got a tour around the town. Wow! This was when we really saw how they live here. It’s such a simple life, but they’re so happy. Everyone was so kind to us, and as we walked around we had a following of little kids yelling, “Obroni! Obroni!” which means “White Person! White Person!”. It was really quite amusing how excited they were to see us. And when we got back from our tour, a huge mass of children were waiting for the chance to meet and play with us. Emily, Joey, Spencer and I ALL had massive circles of kids surrounding us, touching our skin to see if we really were white, teaching us their language and hand games and jumping all over Spencer and Joey.
The little girls’ first desire for Emily and I was to play with our hair. I think our blonde hair is quite foreign to them, not to mention how soft and easy it is to do. They had fun just touching it, and before long, we both had our whole heads braided.
Once it starts to get dark, everyone, even the kids, begin to retire home for dinner and bed. I think everyone in the town was in bed and asleep by 10, no joke. This house was completely dead. And then everyone’s up around 6. It’s a wonderful life here. We are definitely going to have to adjust in many ways, but I am grateful for the chance we have to live here and be with all these kind, wonderful people.
Here are a couple pictures from today. I hope to post one or two every day, along with a new story or adventure here.
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