Volta River Ada Foa Day Trip February 2014. (Looks like I am WAY behind! I started this in February and forgot to finish it).

So a few Saturdays ago we went to the Volta region about 2 hours away.  There were about 40 of us went.  We visited a village to see the  Empowered Playground and road in canoes to get there..

 

     On the Merry-go-round where the children spin and this charges the batteries used for 

      Electricity for lights in their homes.

     

    A few times around was plenty for me.  You can see me in the white hat.. :)

  Batteries that will go into homes and provide light for one light bulb for a few hours 

  a night for a week.

    

      A single light bulb like this one.

    

     

     

     Brother Bullock talking with the children. He always shows them his bird calls, and they try 

     to copy him. :)

     

    

    

  

As we were leaving I had a few suckers I gave to these little boys. As we pushed off into the water we noticed that I don't think they knew what to do with the suckers.  Pretty sure they had never had a sucker before.  They didn't speak English either, but were interested to see all of us visiting their home.

                                    And we headed back from the village .

        

         A GREAT day.  As we were on the canoe it's pretty humbling to see the circumstances 

      some live in .  But this is all they know and they smile and go on with their lives.  As I have 

      said before we feel VERY blessed to be here as a missionary .  Africa really does welcome 

      us with open arms every where we go. We love these wonderful people.