Trip to Zambulugu

Yesterday morning, Cindy and Natalie went with Mona Hewitt, a long-term missionary here, to take a lady home who had just delivered twins three days before.  The mother had asked Mona if she would give here a ride home because she had no transportation and she had not only one new infant, but two.

This is not usually done because there are so many who could use transportation that there's no way to answer all of the requests.  Nonetheless, Cindy and Mona could empathize with the new mother and agreed to take her.

Her village of Zambulugu is about 30 minutes drive from our village of Nalerigu.  The trip took them off the "main" dirt road that leads out of our village onto a smaller dirt road.  This eventually narrowed to a narrow foot path but the truck could still drive down it (after they got the cows out of the way).  They passed a school where all the school kids were smiling, waving and yelling "Sulaminga!" which means "white man."  (We hear this a lot when we are in the market.  I guess since we are just one of 4 families of white people in the village, we really stand out! )  Soon the path narrowed to the point that they had to walk for about 10 minutes to reach the village.

                                                                                                                                              Photo by Mona Hewitt

As they walked through the corn field and approached the village, a lady came out to greet them and see the new twins.  Then, as they entered the mud hut compound, they passed a man weaving thatch for a roof.  

                                                                                                                                               Photo by Mona Hewitt

The central gathering area of the compound was concrete, but the huts that were along the perimeter had dirt floors.  They followed the mother into her hut where she laid the newborns onto a mat on the floor.  Inside the huts were mostly just mats on the floor and some pots stacked in the corner.  

After a quick stop in the hut next door to meet the grandmother of the twins, they began making their way to leave.  They soon realized that many of the school children had now made their way into the small village.  People in Ghana are generally very friendly and hospitable, but the children especially like to run and greet you.  So after a photo session, they returned home!

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