Saturday, July 25, 2015

6-1-2015 Many of the great couples we serve with here in Ghana

Dr Grant & Susan Hill from Canada

Ridges

Calls

Joan & Robert Smith
our great friends from traveling to China

Jan & John Kirkham-legal

President & Sister Hill of West mission

Heckels

Pecks from Pocatello,Idaho

Panters-humanitarian

Watsons-family history

Crisps our mission office couple

Parkes-work in the temple

Wildes He is the executive secretary to the West Africa 
Mission presidency

Lathams from the West mission

Keeles-West mission office couple
We got to know them at the MTC in Provo

Barretts-He works for the church in Legal and 
she is a psychologist helping our missionaries with issues.

Terrys & Watsons

Slaters he also is an employee in legal.
Terrys-he does IT and she does literacy

Richards-(their daughter was visiting) He is legal

President & Sister Vinson (area presidency)


5-18-2015 Trip to Ho with the Brown's

We traveled up to Ho (about 4 hours away in the Volta Region) to work on the home for our new missionary couple that is coming.
Of course we had to get a flat tire on the way!!


This peacock struts around the hotel

The view from the Sky plus hotel out over looking Ho

The Brown's and us took a side trip to the Monkey Sanctuary.

A phone booth in the middle of nowhere

Attack of the monkeys. We walked up and I did not even
 have any food and they jumped all over me

Rob Brown

Larry





Ficus tree feeds off another tree till it kills it.

Nature walk in the jungle.


a bridge headed to Kpando

5-7-2015 Trip to the Nzulezo Village on Stilts


We took a trip west along the coast. We picked up the Miles & Seeders in Cape coast and continued on to the village. On the way, we passed these cute boys cooling off in the river--they were excited to pose and wave to us.


We stayed part way to the village at Busua Beach Resort. A very nice resort on the beach.
The swimming pool

The restaurant

The beach

The food was great

Flies are included


Our room







Seeders, Us, Miles


We hiked along the coast
The local people and sites were great. The kids came out to greet us.








 Some kids were getting water from a well for their family



At the end of the hike was an old slave fort. Fort Metal Cross at Dixcove. It was built in 1692








The harbor near the fort
The light house for the coast

 Our guides Frank and Joseph
Walkway to board the canoe to go out to the village.

Our canoe??

Ready to go




We met the chief and he returned with us to talk to us.

Hanging fish traps

The village from afar. The village was settled as they tried to have protection
 from the kidnappers to trade into slavery. 
They settled on building their village out on a lake.











The people have farm lans across the lake they go to work and bring back food.