Day 20

Today we woke up around 6:15 which was sleeping in a little compaired to yesterday! I was nervous to go see the bonesetter because so many people said that it was emotional, but  I also wated to see what traditional methods people use to treat bones. So the bonesetter was located in this back part of the village by like this car fixer-uper place so needless to say it was kind of weird. So the first group of students got to go into the lady's hut to see her work on this baby who was 40 days old. The baby broke its arm during delivery and her mom took her to the hospital to get it looked at. She said that the hospital said she was fine and that it wasn't broken, but the mom knew it was, so she turned to a traditional method to heal bone. The bonesetter uses a vasaline like substance that has methanol in to to rub on the skin over the broken bone. IT was sad to see such a young baby in so much pain. The next group, my group, got to go in for the nest patient who was a little boy with a broken arm. The boy did not even make a peep when they were rubbing is arm, even when we heard his bone pop into place. It was insane and this little boy was so brave that it was moving. After the bonesetter, we went to Lake Bosumtwi to eat lunch, swin, and go on traditional boats! Lunch no joke took about 3 hours. So that was kind of hard to sit through, and was kind of annoying. After lunch, we went out on a boat like a little metal one, but with no engine it had to be paddled by hand. We went out in the middle of the lake and got to jump in and swim around. Swimming was so much fun! We were in the lake for about like 30-45 min and it was amazing! It is crazy that this lake was made from a meteorite! After swimming we went and sat on traditional boats. Mine was pretty much a wooden plank that looked like it was taken from an old dock (with rusty nails still in it!). The local fishermen use these boats and I have paddle them by hand becuse the spirit in the lake does not allow anything else for fishing. It was super fun trying to keep balance on it and I even stood up on it! This was some much needed relaxing time/playing time. Oh something I forgot! On the way to lunch at the lake we were driving down a dirt road when all of a sudden we came upon a huge hole in the road! Eric the bus driver tired to go around it and almost fell it so Marissa and I helped him to back it up all the way back down the road (there was no place to turn around). After we got back from the lake we all showered to get the lake smell off of us then went for Indian food. IT WAS WONDERFUL!!!! I love Indian food now! Sam and I have decided that once we are home we are going on a double date to get some (she is an Indian food expert lol). Tomorrow we are driving back and seeing the fetish priestist perform her talking to the spirits. I guess she get posessed and dances so that should be cool! The rest of the weekend hopefully will include going to a bead company (where they make beads) and going to a private island by ferry :)