Your donated glasses began to arrive this week, yeah!! Thank you so much!! We were so excited to receive them, I just had to try a few pair on. They are right in style with the bright colors of Ghana. We will be donating a bunch of them to Engage Now Africa.
We have to work to limit them to those who really need them, because everyone wants a pair. We try to explain that they don't need them until about 40 and they will get headaches if they wear them before that. The two ladies who REALLY did need them were so excited to be able to read the small print in their bibles. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
Three years ago, some of the Sr. Missionaries became aware of a couple members out in Kasoa who had started a school in their home. She is a former teacher and they live in an area where there are many children who don't attend school.
This is the original home where the students used to come for school. The improved roof and ceiling fans are new since then. It still has concrete floors, but many homes are dirt or wood.
The students learn French as well as English in this school. But the schools don't teach practical experience and that is very evident in critical thinking and technical areas. Our kids in the US have no idea how fortunate they are!!
My Sr. Missionary hair twin, although her's looks much better in the back I can see that now.
They have 3 classrooms of little children, siblings of the older students. They start school at age 4 and go all day.
The little guy on the left is fading. It's a long day!! I can't imagine 4 year olds sitting at a desk to play/learn all day. And this ranks as one of the better schools.
And the performance by the older students finished him off.
These are children who were found on the street and not in school. They have homes, but little else. They are fed one meal a day at the school. Sometimes that is their only meal for the day.
They don't have PE, but this certainly ought to fill that requirement.
Although they are wearing some traditional attire, the girls wore black tights which are hot in the sun and heat, but they all seemed to be having a good time and enjoyed their performance.
The original home is straight ahead. The wing on the left and another just like it across on the right are the school rooms now and were built by donations and volunteers.
They have nicknamed the one on the left "Missionary Hall" built by donations from Senior Missionaries before us.
They put on quite the performance!
It is required to get a physical exam upon entering the country. We had one done by a local Doctor who is a long time member, but the rules have changed and we had to go to the immigration office with two other missionaries to get them redone, a new way to extract money, $800 later for the 4 of us. It was not a big deal, just a blood test, questionnaire and BP, but leaving there was difficult since someone decided to park behind us. Chuck and I walked back to the office close by, to get a Book of Mormon for the Dr. who wanted a copy after asking various questions of the 4 of us. The other two waited with their vehicle and we all got out of there about the same time. Another reason why we tend to walk whenever possible!!
We also had a couple days of rain. It felt like the Northwest, only warmer, but still much cooler than normal here. Quite a pleasant week all in all.
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