A very busy day ...

Hello family and friends …

Today, thanks to no rain, we were able to go back to the village to see the glass beads being sorted and strung. As always when we go outside there was a group of kids who followed us around. After talking to one boy’s grandpa we found out he had skipped school just to be able to see us again. When the boys told him to go back to school, he joked back telling us to go to school. We continue to be amazed at how excited some Ghanaian people are to see us and how they welcome us into their culture.
From our return visit to the bead artist, we traveled to a street market to purchase souvenirs from the vendors. It was somewhat overwhelming for us to be in the market being harassed by the vendors to buy their products. Luckily, we had Boats and the rest of the Twum family with us who watch out for us and make sure we don’t get ripped off with our sub-par bartering skills. We stopped at a hotel for lunch and then continued our journey to the Lake Bosumtwi. There we learned about the history of the lake and took a voyage on a boat. We were able to see another village on the lake, as well as the beautiful mountains and trees that reminded us of the Serengeti. We drove back to the hotel while singing some random choir camp and SNL songs, including trying to teach Boats (our guide and a good friend of the Twum’s),that famous VBS song, “Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Oh, baby, let my people go …”.

All is well. We are loving our time here and cannot believe the trip is flying by so fast.
Peace and love.
The Youth of Ghana’09