Sunday, June 28, 2009

Child-trafficking

A few weekends ago Taylor, Matt, and I went for a walk with Arabna. She's the little girl we live with. We got about 5 minutes down the road when a woman pulled over in a taxi and called us over. We all walked over there and she asked us who and where Arabna's mother was, why we had her, and all sorts of questions. We explained what was going on and she said, "Well, where is her mother? It's just a little weird to see 3 white people with a black baby walking down the street without the mother." Eventually, she wanted to go meet the mother because she thought we were child-traffickers! She made us get in the taxi and go with her to meet Anowa! When we got in the car, I turned to Taylor to ask if she thought the woman was just trying to kidnap us. Don't worry, we made it safely back to the house. I guess it's a good thing that people are looking out for each other and their kids, but it's kind of sad that they have to.

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  1. God bless your efforts in Ghana! Please if possible visit the Volta Region where so many children are held in shrine slavery (trokosi). Your idea could be a great help to their communities.
    Lorella Rouster
    Every Child Ministries
    www.ecmafrica.org
    mamalorella@yahoo.com

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