Glimpses of our Life in Ghana

New Hope Vo-Tech school is finishing another term of school. It is the second one for Ken and with the help of God, it has been successful. From left to right, the back row is, Mensah, Zeberu, Anthony, Albert, Francis, Davis, Jarell. The front row is Ernest, Benard, Meshak, Richard, and Ken. Only one student that started the term dropped out. And we are amazed how far they have all come. Anthony teaching Meshak and Davis. Albert teaching Richard. Class time. Their table of parts to use for teaching. Today, last years class came to celebrate the final stage of their education. They have completed their attachments and are free to find paying jobs now with their certificates in hand! This years class celebrated the end of their term here. They will be here all of next week yet but with us needing to leave bright and early the following Monday morning we decided to have the party today. From here they will all go on to doing attachments and then next year we will have a graduation for the...

I think October was one of the longest months we ever had in Ghana. We are so ready for a break and with furlough just around the corner, time can't go too fast!  One evening Lonnie Weaver's girls came for the night and the next day while their parents were in Accra. Kelsey had so much fun playing with girls for a day! Her brothers struggled with jealousy a bit but they survived! They washed all their dollies clothes. We took a walk in the field behind our house in the afternoon. One Sunday afternoon we went on an excursion to a dam not too far from our house. Thanks to recent rains, there was a nice amount of water running over it. Part of the old water treatment building. They still use the water from this dam but have new facilities. We also stopped at the beach on the way home. It was a beautiful day! Austin has been loving every moment he gets to spend at the shop helping Kenny. Austin and Kenny made a boat one weekend and we walked down to the river to sail it. A fish tra...