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The driver and guide drop us off at Emmanuel and Kadiatu’s place. It is in a nice gated compound. Of course it has no running water and very limited electricity. They do have a generator that they run in the evening. So we learn to use the buckets of water in the bathroom to take a shower and flush the toilet. The water comes from a well in the compound.

The kitchen is a room with two charcoal fired cookstoves and one gas fired stove. These are on the ground and the ladies squat on stools to do the cooking.

The family is excited to welcome us. Massah who is 9 years hugs us readily. Little Kathy, 22 months, is afraid of us.

Some gifts are exchanged. They have had two paintings made of us to give us. They also gave us two African shirts.

Kadiatu and Fatu serve us a nice lunch, yam and stew and later of dinner plantain and fish. . The African tradition is to feed the guests and the people in the home eat separately. It can be a little awkward for us Americans!

There is a little electricity in the evening but not when we go to bed, so the night is a little difficult. Hot and humid and no electricity for a fan.