Dad asked this fellow to bear his testimony. In the background notice the banana trees and the soccer posts. 

You can see the children lining the first rows of benches and the adults standing in the rear. Notice the sacrament table to the right. 

A long distance shot of the Dodowa group 

Here is one of the friendly chickens who kept things lively during our meeting. I missed the shot of the rooster 

People out in the villages make charcoal out of a certain kind of wood and sell it to people for cooking 

Dad couldn't resist taking this shot of the artistically arranged melons and oranges. The Africans have learned how to present their produce in eye-stopping ways even when they have no money. Try and get your oranges to stack like that. Doesn't it make you want a bite of that watermelon? 

Our group of Mission Presidents at the Cape Coast Slave Castle. We had an informative tour of the castle and the museum. It was hard to see and hear about, but it was good for all of us to get the sense of what has transpired in this place. It makes us appreciate the West Africans even more when we understand the extent of their sufferings in the past. All of West Africa is working so hard to move past the tragedy of those days. It looks lovely from the top where the British lived and ran the exporting, but underneath where we are standing was were the cells and tunnels were located where the slaves were kept prior to shipment - just like so many cattle. How sad to witness man's inhumanity to man! 

The young man in the blue shirt is our tour guide. He just graduated from university and was very articulate and knew his stuff perfectly. He is grateful to have a job. Elder Thompson, our Executive Secretary is in the center. President & Sister Ounlou (blue dress) are the mission president in Ivory Coast. 

A little fishing village exists just outside the Cape Coast castle. The men repair their nets on Tuesday because they say that Tuesday is never a good day for fishing. They get fish and also lobster along Cape Coast. We also saw some boys diving for oysters. 

The work of these fisherman goes on just like it has for centuries 

Fishing boats and nets just outside "the door of no return" 

I couldn't resist this perfectly framed picture of Cape Coast taken through one of the castles ramparts 

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These are some of the cannons that protected the Cape Coast castle from other countries seeking to take over the slave trade. 

Another view of the lovely Cape Coast just at sunset. 

This was taken on the beach outside our hotel. You can see the Elmina Slave castle in the distance. There were dozens and dozens of these slave castles in the past that dotted the coast of Ghana, but now only a handful are in good enough condition to allow tours. We're not sure what condition the two old duffers in front are in. 

These are some of the beautiful plants that grow across the street in our neighbors yard. It is the most vibrant orange color and is called a flamboyant tree. No wonder the Ghanaians love beautiful colors in their clothing. They are surrounded by beautiful color every day. 

One of Ghana's tro-tros (public transport) loaded in the usual way with wall to wall bodies inside and piled to the sky on the outside. 

These are pictures from our trip to the mouth of the Volta River. These are actually vacation huts that can be rented. Any takers? The Volta is the water you can see, and the Atlantic ocean is just a block away on the far side. The huts are just shelter, no toilets, kitchens, or furniture, but the Ghanaians do use them for vacations. 

Somebody obviously has money on one of these islands. It is most likely the Lebanese who have built some vacation homes on some of these islands. They own all of our grocery stores in Ghana. I couldn't resist the contrast of the old fishing boat with the new jet ski. 

They still work the river like they have for centuries. These men are hauling sugar cane.