## Today wasn’t like any other. It was amazingly great. For the first time since the invention of social media, I honestly believe today has shown more people the real difference between online gimmicks and what a real community looks like. Today, I have been able to put faces to the various usernames such @mcsamm ,@richforever ,@anaman ,@collinz ,@debbynep ,@jakemore ,@kshemen ,@steem4depoor ,@tj4real ,@ehnkannde ,@desmond41 ,@joshuanaabu and a lot more. We were fortunate enough to have seasoned steemians @tojukaka ,@ejemai ,@gee1 ,@ewuosu ,@fisteganos ,@adejoke16 ,@ibukun *** Today, I realized many things about what Steemit stands for. It is not just about money. @ejemai said something wonderful during his speech which I believe got the attention of the many gathered. >“The real currency we get rewarded with on the platform is not really STEEM or SBD, it is **RELATIONSHIPS**”. @tojukaka also gave an outstanding presentation on how steemit has helped develop his local community. It was just amazing how these young people from Nigeria, full of determination and hope to create a better world not just for themselves but also for their communities.

To be frank, these guys today through their interactions with us have shown us how small we the Ghanaian community have been dreaming. For us, it was all about getting enough SBD to prevent hunger but today as I have stated earlier on has been a game changer. I believe more Ghanaian steemians have as of today come to the realisation that in other to get value from the steemit.com community, you need to bring in value. You need to bring in something worth supporting and praising. ************* The program ended and we took a lot of pictures as a group and with one another. It was like nothing I have ever seen before. What kind of social media can get people travelling from different countries just to meet up with other people and educate, laugh and take pictures with them.

One thing that got me amazed to the core was the warm reception we got from the family of @tj4real. When I say the family, I mean everyone from the father, mother, his two big sisters and even his brother-in-law. I personally came to visit him on the 5th and I have been here since. The family spent all night, cooking for the guest who would be coming. It was surprising for me as my own family didn’t even want to hear me speak about an opportunity as this and here is a father who gave out his three cars so we can go out and convey the members from their various resting places to the venue. To this family, I say God richly bless you. **** After the meet-up ended, a few of us including the Nigeria team were invited to the family’s home for a small get together where we interacted with one another.

I believe this is the first of its kind where a social media platform can get ordinary people like myself and many others, some students, doctors, farmers, writers and many more together in a room and have a healthy conversation. ***I believe I speak for everybody when I say It was really impactful.

I hope next year’s will be a much bigger affair where we can get people like @ackza ,@nanzo-scoop,@ak2020 ,@steemed-open ,@tytran to come and share with what will be a much larger community, their thoughts on how we can develop more as a team. This is @kwakumax and trust me when I say, we had fun. 6th January 2018 has really changed our view of things. It is our turn to show others what we have seen.***