So, yesterday I got to go to the village with Becky. We went to Ajadaa (Ah-jah-dah). 
It's out went toward Ghana and then a little North. The road was awesome! By awesome I mean the worst I had been on since I got here. I, of course, took pictures :). We went through 3 ditches that were very deep and in the rainy season they are very flooded. It took about 45 min. to get back there. They were suposed to know we were coming but they weren't for sure so most of the women were working in the fields (or where ever). Remember that "time" here is not exactly the same as you think of time. We arrived at about 3:30pm. Greeted some people and then waited. And we waited - talking with one of the older Christian women. And we waited some more. We walked around outside some - over to the water well and then over to one of the family compounds. We greeted them. I say "we" greeted them - I did not talk, Becky greeted them - I smiled. I got my second or third marriage purposal, can't rememeber which number I'm on. Very tempting, but no. I laughed and they all laughed back at me. They saw that I had a camera and asked me to take their picture - the one you see on here. They all want to see it after you take the picture and just laugh at themselves. 
It's so funny because they are so excited and if they are in group picture - they want to know which one they are. It's funny. Anyway, so after "we" talk with them some - we headed back to the building and.....yep, waited some more! Finally people start showing up at about 4:30ish. So Becky starts teaching and we end up leaving the village at about 5:35pm or so, which puts us back at home around 6:30pm. Over all I would say that I have never enjoyed not talking so much in my life. You really learn to observe and watch when you are not running your mouth. There were more chilrent there and they broke my heart. If you could hear them sing...
It's out went toward Ghana and then a little North. The road was awesome! By awesome I mean the worst I had been on since I got here. I, of course, took pictures :). We went through 3 ditches that were very deep and in the rainy season they are very flooded. It took about 45 min. to get back there. They were suposed to know we were coming but they weren't for sure so most of the women were working in the fields (or where ever). Remember that "time" here is not exactly the same as you think of time. We arrived at about 3:30pm. Greeted some people and then waited. And we waited - talking with one of the older Christian women. And we waited some more. We walked around outside some - over to the water well and then over to one of the family compounds. We greeted them. I say "we" greeted them - I did not talk, Becky greeted them - I smiled. I got my second or third marriage purposal, can't rememeber which number I'm on. Very tempting, but no. I laughed and they all laughed back at me. They saw that I had a camera and asked me to take their picture - the one you see on here. They all want to see it after you take the picture and just laugh at themselves. 
It's so funny because they are so excited and if they are in group picture - they want to know which one they are. It's funny. Anyway, so after "we" talk with them some - we headed back to the building and.....yep, waited some more! Finally people start showing up at about 4:30ish. So Becky starts teaching and we end up leaving the village at about 5:35pm or so, which puts us back at home around 6:30pm. Over all I would say that I have never enjoyed not talking so much in my life. You really learn to observe and watch when you are not running your mouth. There were more chilrent there and they broke my heart. If you could hear them sing...The pictures I put on here are of the people I mentioned before and also the church building that they worship in (taken standing in the front).
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