Naming Ceremony & Farewell Dinner - June 4th

This morning started off bright and early with a LONG bus ride into the Volta region to go to the Torgorme village for our naming ceremony. Unfortunately the traffic delayed the trip quite a bit so we arrived late and Awuku had to apologize for us. Walking into the village with all of the drums, welcoming, and shaking hands with the elders and inhabitants of the village was just awesome. It was such a great experience to be a part of!! My name was Kwabo Nukunu, girl child born on Monday and wonders. Dancing with all of the kids was so much fun! Those girls were so sweet! After the dancing ended one just ran right into me with a hug, it was so precious. Then as we took our tour around the village I was never without little hands to hold and guide me along. They were beyond precious. Watching the clay pot making was amazing - that is seriously hard work. So impressed with those women. The whole morning was just wonderful and well worth the hours spent on the roads to get there and back!!









On the return drive we stopped by a wildlife reserve, but because of the mud we weren't able to drive back and see much. But we did get to see ostriches (probably one of the weirdest looking creatures in existence) and some baboons. After getting back to Accra I think we were all pretty excited! But we also had our farewell dinner which was great. The performers were really cool, though honestly I would have rather done without it and just have been able to talk to everyone. But they were still pretty amazing to watch. The teachers' introductions for each of us were so sweet and touching. It was all very bittersweet, but a good start to the winding down of our time here. It's been wonderful and I will miss Ghana dearly, but I'm so ready to take this experience back home and figure out what exactly it means to me and what I will do with what I've learned here.