The house was about 20 years old and was about 2,500 square feet. It was immaculately clean and even though it was very plain, painted in beige colors and all adobe, it was very well kept. Once inside, Fred introduced me to the houseboy and the cook. He certainly had a great deal of help … Read more
He gently pushed me towards the booth! I had never been through a strip search and believe me, they didn’t miss a single possibility when it came to searching. If looks could have killed, Fred would have been toast on the spot! I could eat on the flight, I couldn’t even talk to him until … Read more
We went to the airport to try and catch the flight out to get Fred back to Ghana and every day for three days we went back to the pension and took the few hours of daylight to play the tourist. I was in awe of the architecture and sore I could hear the roar … Read more
“Fred!” I squeaked, moving toward him. A very large black man on Fred’s right held up his right had just like a traffic cop. He pointed to my seat. I sat down, thinking, “What could be going on? Why would someone want to keep me from my husband?” It was the longest flight I had … Read more
I called the US Embassy, the State Department, the Ghanaian Embassy and anyone else I could think of, but no one would respond. I’m sure they though I was just a hysterical female. I flew back to San Francisco devastated. On July 25th I got the third call from the man with the accent. I asked, … Read more
I waited the entire weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday! But the phone call didn’t happen. On Sunday evening after six, Fred’s mother called and asked me to go to Lafayette, call her with a pay phone number and to wait for Fred to call me there. After I called her, I waited for slightly more … Read more
While in Ghana, Fred witnessed many children who were malnourished. Many of the children had distended stomachs. To fill them up they ate a steady diet of tofu and it bloated their tummies. Fred arranged to buy two of the irrigation systems and had them shipped to Ghana by early-June. He spent two weeks researching … Read more
I raced to catch the phone before it stopped ringing and caught it on the third ring! “Will you marry me?” the caller asked. “Who is this?” I asked laughing. It was such a relief to hear Fred’s voice. He had been gone for four weeks and had planned to be gone for two. I felt … Read more