Kpando bound

Monday night was spent in Accra, Ghana (the country's capitol) with the other 15 volunteers at a comfortable hotel with clean sheets... nice welcome to adventures ahead.

The next morning, I got to go on a very short run while others were eating breakfast and getting ready for the day. Just outside the back road leading to the hotel, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint temple was on Independence Blvd., so that became my destination... a little breath of fresh air (I looked forward to spending time here in less than a month)!

While on the grounds, I ran into a member of the temple presidency, and he kindly instructed me as to how I would might go about finding the branch that I was hoping to search out in Ho village. Perfect!

Soon after a nice shower, Karly and I departed along with Mr. Forson, in the Ford with all the school supplies, having split ways from the rest of the volunteers. We would see them in three days.

Prior to getting on the road to Kpando (north east of Accra), we made some administrative stops in search of text books and cabinets for the classrooms. Nonetheless, we left the city with neither due to various disappointments. Try later.

Religion... my hunch was that Ghanaians were a religious people by the signs that we saw and names of every store such as this one...

The road was full of potholes and quite bumpy at times, but somehow we managed to both fall asleep as Forson drove at "efficient" speeds...

By evening, we found ourselves in Kpando and Torkor, enjoying delicious mangos in a slight breeze on the school compound, listening to the beats of the drums as children practiced a dance they would perform in 10 days... beautiful.

The road to the school compound (Kpando-Torkor, Volta Region, Ghana)

Mr. Forson Glover (director of the Bishop Forson School)

Grafted Mango raised and picked just for our visit!

Farms around the school