It has been a few days since I lasts updated you. I visited Village of Hope on Monday - Wednesday of this week. I had never been there before. The college group from MRCC came in Monday night...So I was surrounded by "Obrunies"! (White people). I did feel bad for Linda, my ghanaian friend. She spent more time in the kitchen cooking than seeing the campus. She said she wanted to learn how to prepare American foods for me.
Jeff and his group were wonderful. The few days I was there I saw and heard their excitement in meeting and playing with the children. School is on break and doesn't resume until next week, so the children have plenty of free time. Jeff also brought me two important items from the states. The first was another trunk of medical supplies. AND the second was the new I-pad 2 which I had ordered prior to leaving! I was so excited to get them both. THANK YOU JEFF. Please remember, anyone who is coming from the states to Ghana, I would love to have you bring me an extra bag of supplies for which I will pay the extra bag charge and meet you in Accra to pick it up. I am going to always be in need of supplies from the states!!!
I am settling in very well. As I said before, school begins next week and my first teachers' meeting will be tomorrow. I will find out my teaching schedule and then start preparing my curriculum.
The 3rd hiccup of my new move is a BIGGIE! I am experiencing difficulty in accessing YAHOO. So I have now created another e-mail account. It is ghanacheryl@gmail.com At this time, I am able to use the gmail account, but not the Yahoo one. I am also experiencing difficulty with I-tunes. This in itself would not be a big deal except this is how I set up my I-PAD! I have the new one and can't even use it yet! What a crime.
I do have one "funny" story from our trip to Village of Hope. Linda does not yet have her drivers' license; therefore, I am doing the driving! On our way to VOH, we were stopped by the police before we had even traveled 10 miles. No problem right?! I have my international driving license.....Well, it seems that the insurance card we have in the car is expired! And so, the kind policeman informs me that he is going to arrest me, take me to jail and to court. Linda jumps out of the car and wants to know what the man wants. I tell him that I do not want to go to jail. He doesn't seem to care. So.....I calmly get my phone (I am entitled to one phone call, right?) and dial Dan's number. When the policeman sees me on the phone, he demands "who are you calling?!!" in his gruffest voice. I quietly reply "The car's owner." I tell Brother Dan what is happening and that he had better not let me be arrested. He talks to the policeman, who then tells me I can go. Dan tells me everything is fine. I ask "What about the next time we get stopped?" (Police stops are frequent in Ghana.) He just says call me every time. Linda tells me that the policeman wanted me to pay him some money to let me go. Well, he didn't get any money from me.
We only got stopped three more times and those policemen only wanted to see my license and then let us go on our way. When we arrived at VOH, I called Brother Dan. If you know me at all, you probably know what happened next.....I had just a little anxiety in my voice and asked him "Dan, please tell me you are in Accra!...The police have arrested me and I am in the Accra Jail! Please come get me out!!! " He is just in disbelief, but I convince him that it is so. He asks to speak to the policeman. I then, of course, tell him that we have safely arrived at VOH. He just laughs. I do so enjoy teasing people!! When we left VOH, I called Dan and told him we were on the way home and if we got stopped I would be calling him. We were lucky on the way back and did not get stopped once.
I have had to stop eating so much fruit due to tummy issues. On one of the religious Kids TV programs Rodney watches, the lesson was on the Fruits of the Spirit. So I decided to look those up in the Bible.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
I am certain that if we all lived with these fruits every day our tummies would feel better and the world would be a much better place. HAVE YOU HAD YOUR FRUIT TODAY?! Be sure to share it with others!!
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