Saturday, December 22, 2012

Christmas in Nyariga

P1030431Got the Boxes

all ready so I could see what to give which person.

P1030430Musa was the first

person into the boxes.  He was picking for his brother and

Sister.

P1030433Paul open

his lorrie and knew exactly how the sound should be.

 

P1030434He was so

excited that he got a book.

 

P1030435Brenda and

Cedric were happy to show what they got.

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I love the smile on the young girls face.

P1030448Grandma

and I tossed the ball to each other. 

P1030461My sweet

kids that love a book that is all there’s.

 

P1030469Lambert’s

Mom, Toleta, jumping the rope that one of the

girls got.

 

P1030485More

Neighbors showed up to see what the White

lady was up to now.  I had so much fun watching

them smile and laugh when they tried on of the

toys.  It was a great start to my Christmas Holiday.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Voting for a New President Ghana Style


                                                                                                                                  
P1030369 Everyone standing in
line to give their voters card to vote for a President and
other elected officials.

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This is the
machine
that caused all
the trouble. I
think it is all
the dirt from
outside and on
the hands.






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 The
voting
booth
kept
blowing
over.





        




P1030365The ballot
has pictures and party symbol so if the illiterate can vote.
 

















This is proof that you
 have voted they dip your
 pinkie in permanent purple
ink so it will take a few days
 to wash off but then you
 can notvote twice since
 people can see you finger.


It was a very interesting day
 as I came and went to see how
 things were going.  People were orderly and excited to vote especially those that
it was their first time.  We had some confusion with the machine and though the
polls closed across Ghana at 5 pm MANY people were still in line because the
machine would not take the finger print information.  I still heard noise at 7 pm from
the voting area.  There were 5 voting areas in our little village and they all were in line
after 5 pm.  Apparently, same thing happened all over Ghana.  Never a completely smooth
election no matter what country.  It will be tonight, tomorrow, Monday whenever before
we know the results.