Day 2 with Efu

Today I wanted to get up bright and early to help Efu with her morning duties. When I woke up around 6:00 Efu was gone she had breakfast on the table waiting for me. It seemed as if the kid's were gone too. I stumbled outside in my sleepy state. I found Efu siting on her boat paddling out. Her kid's were walking towards me with water on their heads. I found myself wondering who to help. I ran inside and grabbed a bucket and joined the children. We gathered corn and water for the house and then the kids ran off to school and Efu headed back in with a load of fish. She looked at me and said," Today we will go to the store." I looked at her in agreement and went to grab my shoes. As I reached down to grab them and put them on my feet I resisted. I walked over to Efu and handed them to her, she didn't know what to do with them so she had me sit down and started to put them on me. I looked at her and thought wow! So I stopped her and had her sit down and put them on her. She walked around in them feeling them out. Then I said," Ready?" She looked and walked out. She seemed to be walking funny, it looked as if she had bricks on her feet. When we reached the store she opened the door for me and showed me around. The store was a very small room with a cash register, which she bought with some of the loan, and a case for the fish. She opened the case and showed me all her fish. The look on her face when she showed me them was the look of a little girl with a new doll. She knew the names of every one, it was her passion! After learning and "meeting" all her fish we cleaned off the catch of this morning and headed back home. She said she wanted to show me some of Ghana. I approved so we set of on the journey of Ghana. First we stopped at a small street market, we bought salt to season the fish and I bought a couple friendship bracelet that the woman made in front of me. For me the bracelets symbolized the journey to Ghana and the experience in Ghana. We walked the whole street market looking at the stores and talking to the owners. Efu said to me," It would be great to bring my fish here." Right as she said that it became my mission to put her in the street market by the end of my trip. After the street market we walked toward a mountain and found a beautiful waterfall! Efu's smile when we reached the waterfall was priceless! She jumped right in, I joined her and gave a little hoot and I hit the chilled water! She swam down to the bottom and smiled at me as she came up and held up a fish. I could tell she spent a lot of time her.. like I spend time at the soccer fields she spends it at a beautiful waterfall! She was at home swimming around and going behind the waterfall. I wanted to spend the rest of the day there! So I told Efu that and she just smiled and nodded. She stood up and waved me on. We walked back to her house and the kid's were sitting down talking and she walked over and whispered something to them and  they stood up. They grabbed a jacket and a bag with something that looked like food and walked out. I didn't know what to do so I grab a jacket and something that looked like food and followed them. They seemed to be following the trail we took to the waterfall but it looked different probably cause I knew the gift at the end. People in the U.S. ask for presents like clothes and video games but these people just want food or waterfalls, simple stuff. When we reached the waterfall the set down a handmade blanket and we all sat down on it and lay out the contents of our bags. Mine had some fish in it and salt, Efu's had two different kinds of rice and the kids had salsa and chip and other appetizers. The kids bags were not empty when we started to eat. They seemed to have something saved for later! Dinner was wonderful, it was the most peaceful dinner I have ever had. I listened to the waterfall and the stories about school from the kids. After dinner one of the kids handed me a dessert that looked like a brownie. I took a bite and right then and there I could have married that kid. It was a brownie with real sugar and almonds, it was amazing. All the sudden I was splashed with a bunch of water and turned around and Efu was in the waterfall. It was not only cold it was dark, but she didn't seem to care at all! So I carelessly jumped in after her. We swam around under the waterfall with fish hitting my legs underneath the moon. I was getting chilled and decided to get out forgetting that I didn't have a towel. I decided I was going to lay on a rock and hope to get warm when a warm towel hit me. I looked back and there was Efu lighting candles. She wrapped herself up in a towel and lay down looking at the starts, I joined in silence snuggled up next to her. I started to drift off and the last sight I remember after a great day was the moon on the waterfall..