Typical day in the bush

This young lady was out in the yard preparing supper.  All the cooking is done outside on an open fire.   There are always goats around.   From old ones to middle size ones to very small cute ones.   You have to keep one eye on the ground as you walk around because they leave land mines all over the place. 

 Typical small school house.   One room, open to the world.   The black board is just a cement wall with black paint or charcoal.  The desks are wooden, one piece.   These boys were playing checkers on a very large checker board.  We tried to teach them English while we were there but none of them understood a single word we said.   They were all very happy to see us and seemed happy to be in school.  However there was no teacher around, that could be why they were happy to be in school.

There are half built buildings all over the place.  Walls only, no roofs or floors.  Grass and trees growing inside.   They build as they can afford it and it takes a long time to get the building to this stage.   Then the builder might die or move or can't afford to finish and it never gets completed.  Buildings are built out of cement blocks that are made right on the site of the building by the builder.  They have a form and a pile of sand and cement and a bucket.  Slow but strong and fireproof.   

Sister Nielson is buying what is called here "Bowl Float".  They are kind of like a scone but are round and about the size of a soft ball.   The bread is kind of sweet and they are very good but really filling.   Leaves a lump inside of you about the size of, you guessed it, a soft ball.  The price is right though,  25 cents each, that is 50 paceways here in Ghana money.  

We went down a small path out in the jungle and it opened up into this yard.   I thought this was a really cool picture.  The pot is sitting upon three supports which are made out of dirt or clay and the fire bakes them then they can hold the pot.   There are very small ones also for small pots.  They cook corn and palm nuts any many other things in these big pots, and occasionally a small missionary.  It was getting close to supper time so we thought it would be a good idea to go.  Even the people out here in the jungle are willing to talk to us and are all very nice.