Emmanuels's Visit Day 4

Day 4, November 4th 2011: Today Emmanuel, John, and I went to The Wilcox Property to go for a walk. We were about half way through our walk when Emmanuel spotted a luscious pink rose bush. He breathed in the strong sweet smell then asked what they were. John and I looked at each other in amazement. How could someone not know the almost addictive smell of a rose!We explained to him that a rose was a sweet smelling flower that many people never stopped to smell them. A bewildered look appeared on his face. "How could someone not stop to smell these!" he said we laughed and continued walking. As we walked and talked about Ghana Emmanuel's eyes filled with sadness. John and I could tell that he missed his home town very much so we changed the subject. We explained to Emmanuel about SBMS and about our bike trips. We talked and talked until we got to the giant rope swing at the end of the trail. After many MANY swings we decided to go home because it was getting late. We went right to bed when we got home to rest for next action packed day!