What a wonderful weekend it has been! Katie and I left around 5:30 am on Friday and made it to Sokode by 9! There we met with Togbe (chief) and Alice (the pastor and head of the kindergarten) we discussed the plans for the kindergarten school as well as interviewed Togbe on the grasscutters. It was great to hear what positive effects the Heifer project is having in the village. How lucky are we to be working with such friendly people. We had lunch at Goldfinger again (on Togbe’s tab) and then sat around a bit until we caught tro tro’s to Kpezde. Dr. Amadhe’s brother planned to meet us there by 4 and amazingly (considering this is Ghana) he did! We barely made it to Kpoeta as our cab died on the way and rolled down the hill. Luckily we did arrive though and quickly got settled in Dr. Amadhe’s beautiful home. Soon we were greeted with a delicious meal set before us by the chief’s wife , Christian’s wife, and mother. After eating more than our fill we settled in for an early evening.
Saturday we woke up to a delicious breakfast and then went to the chief’s palace. I can not possibly capture what it is like to interact with the chief and elders. There is a lot of time where no one talks, but simply sit in each other’s company. We of course were given tons of bananas and coke and talked about our visit and the clinic. We watched some news about the election which was to take place the next day and then when Barney came on, we watched. Classic moment in life right there.
In the afternoon we went to a beautiful waterfall in Kpoeta that the people desparetly want to be visited by travelers. We took dinner and went to bed early as Katie and I were both feeling exhausted. Christian was the dearest companion. He is one of the cutest most upbeat people you will ever meet. He constantly is on. “That is great” and “I’ll be back in a jiffy”.
Sunday we listened to the radio about the election and also went around town. Katie did interviews for her project and I played with kids. What fun! We were of course given more coke, bananas, and the dreaded malta. We got to take another tour through the clinic, spend time with the chief and learn more about Kpoeta. I got pretty far in The lord of the rings (all 3 books) and we listened to news about the election. We were sad to go to sleep since we knew it was our last night. We woke up to another ginormous breakfast followed by of course waiting for the car. I showed Christian how far I was in the book and I have never seen such excitement over such a thing. “Congratulations show much” That’s great” and he literally jumped with excitement. It was so sad to leave him. And kpoeta. I can’t believe that is the last trip. I sincerely hope that I will be able to return again,. Christain says he will call us when we are back in the US. I can’t wait. J What wonderful relationships I have made here!
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