Glimpses of our Life in Ghana

We stayed in Accra overnight. When we got up, we had a flat tire. Thankfully we had a spare that was good! We had so much fun with these people! They spent a day and a half in Egypt on the way here. And then we packed as much into their week long stay as we could with out feeling like we hadn't even had time to catch up with each other.  Of all things, our men sat around and drank coffee and read books till late at night! They didn't do it every night but it happened several times! One day we drove out to the Palm press. We got to see the new house building project as well. Unfortunately the press was not in operation. We did meet the crew out buying palm fruit.  The row of big cookers. Beautiful bush land! A log bridge The palm press to the left and the foundation for the new house to the right.  One morning we went to fish market and Elmina castle. Someone said it would make a "Where is Waldo?" picture! I agree. It wa...

Maybe you thought you have seen all the graduation pictures! Well you have seen the important ones! But I am so grateful for Jeremy Weaver taking pictures and I love this row of snapshots, I had to share them!  When boys get bored while waiting for the excitement to start! They had obviously done this before! But not while Mom was watching! I had visions of broken legs and bleeding heads. I'm not sure how this would have ended, but knowing the resourcefullness of boys, they would have survived! But I wasn't taking any chances! I was going to put these on my last blog and forgot. I spent several hours puzzling over how to write an attachment letter. All I can say is, just sit down and do it! The students were very pleased with them!

Graduation was a bittersweet time. It was a time when we looked back over the year and remembered the hours that went into this school. And at the end of the day, Kenny felt it was worth it all. I loved coming over to the shop at the end of the day and listening to them work together while I worked in the office. They worked so well as a team and were always laughing, whistling, or singing. When I watched them up on that platform and remembered the frustrations Kenny had encountered at one time with each of them, but how well they had each done, it was worth it all for me as well. Graduation day was December 10th. The day after we headed to Accra to drop people off at the airport and pick our friends up the next day. in all the hustle and bustle of visitors, I didn't have time to sit down and do this till now.   Kenny and I spent many days discussing and planning. It felt a little like a wedding, all that prep work and then it was all over in a few short hours. Richard is ...