Volta Lake Bridge, this lake is the largest man-made lake in the world. Amazing that something this grand can be engineered, yet many still live in homes made of mud and thatch.
Elder Lyon on the Bridge, on Halloween, wearing his lion king costume tie.
In Kpong, where we met the other mature missionaries to deliver furniture to the new Elders in our District, these darling little school girls were so excited to have their photos taken. They were squealing with delight when we showed them each photo taken. (We have video that is fun, but with our Internet service we are unable to download it.)
Lake Volta Dam, another amazing engineering feat. View from the Lake Volta Hotel.
Sister Lyon, Elder and Sister Baker, Sister and Elder Dalton on the terrace of the Lake Volta Hotel Restaurant. Great to have a meal made by someone else! The food was great, the atmosphere beautiful. A very nice place with all the amenities we are used to in the US of A. We were even brave enough to try some local food here, we had Red-Red (spicy beans & rice with beef and plantain) and Talapia (the local fish in Volta Lake, delicious although very boney).
In front of the home of Elder's Onyo (from Nigeria) and Boyd (from Utah) in Kpong with the other couples.
Elder's Onyo and Boyd after our first district meeting with them. We had them come to our home to get curtains we were not using and fed the always hungry missionaries. Elder Boyd was especially excited to have an American type meal of left over potatoes and beef, topped off with Ghana Chocolate cake.
The Ho Elders greeting each other as they come to our home for a meeting.
The meeting house in Kpong, we long for the church to find property for the Ho Branch to have a new building too. Property is very difficult to purchase because of tribal, government and old family ownership of the lands.
Celestine is 9 years old and wants to be baptized. Her older sister Helen is a member and sets a good example for her. She is presently taking the lessons and will be baptized on November 26th.
This beautiful baby is being cared for by Benedicta, a young single adult in the town of Tsito whom we were visiting.
The Young Women's Presidency of the Ho Branch. Sister Lyon (First Counselor), Sister Ansah (President) and Sister Badu (Second Counselor and the older sister of Celestine) meeting together in Tsito at the Ansah's home.
Shepard, very excited to be getting baptized this coming Saturday.
We are still awestruck by the things people carry on their head's for example this woman with a sewing machine, a boy on the way to school with a full basket and his soccer ball on top! We have even seen someone carrying a large table on top of their head.
Crossing a small creek to visit a less active single adult ... the places we go ...
Beautiful landscape above our home where we walk for exercise.
We just love how the women carry their babies.
This band is playing in the streets of Ho for a funeral. Funerals here are quite the experience. They are a two day event always on Friday and Saturday. They are usually held long after the person is deceased, depending on when the family can travel and when all expenses can be met. They quite often include a marching band, all night vigils, posters all around the town, etc., etc. If the person dies before the age of 80 red and black are worn. After 80 they wear white.
Self propelled lawn mower. Very interesting how they use a cutlass (machete) to mow the lawn, cut down weeds, trim trees and bushes. An all purpose tool!
THE END
of the week.
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