A few Saturdays ago Alainie, Karen, and I spent the day with George on his farm. George volunteers on the ship as a translator for us in the operating rooms. He has great passion for farming and invited us to plant some mango, coconut, and guava trees on his family's land (which is about 2 hours north of Lome.)
We stopped a bought a few trees along the way for only a few dollars each!
Yovo (whitie) way of carrying the trees...
Togolese way of carrying the trees!
These lads were apprentices to the mini-bus driver who drove us to the farm. They joined right in on the carrying/planting action! They laughed a lot at the sight of yovo girls digging holes!
Alaine executes a fine diggin' swing!
We met a few of George's sharecroppers (as my grandpa would say) who stay on the farm in mud huts. The lady in the pink shirt has 9 children! Her husband is on the far left. Her two smallest children loved the cheerios we brought to snack on!
The sharecroppers have built small huts for their gods to live in just beside their own homes.
George and I smile as the last tree is patted into place!
Now it's time to make our way back to the bus!
Pit Stop! Alainie and George machete down some tasty Togo bush grass
to take back to the city to feed George's urban goats!
It was heavier than I thought it would be!!!
Karen, Me, & Alainie
The closest water supply to the farmland is this river which is several miles away. We relaxed and watched some kids swim as their moms washed laundry nearby.
So Cool!!!
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