Day 19 (wednesday)

Live To Inspire!

Walking out of one of the classrooms.

That cute little guy again...he loved me!

I don't remember her name but I captured such a beautiful smile!

A look inside one of the classrooms.

Me, Eddie, and another resident.

 

Slept well and got up early and had some coffee.  Instead of oatmeal porridge, I had wheat porridge and it was actually pretty nice.  Maureen and I were getting ready to visit the children's home one more time and Kwadwo stopped by to check in on us and to see how I was doing.   He ended up giving us a ride half way which was nice to have a little bit of air conditioning. We left to the children's home from ted junction and when we arrived, there was a group of people (I learned that they were from Georgia, most from the university) cleaning up and painting the play area which was badly needed.   I originally wanted to go because I wanted to snap a picture with the younger kids holding little signs (oh my was it incredibly difficult to try and manage all the kids but eventually Maureen and one of the teachers got them calm enough to take a few pictures (it didn't necessarily get exactly what I wanted but it was still great).  We helped take the kids to classes and I got to watch in on some as well (getting them to their classes was quite a chore as well).  I learned that the organizational skills of the organization is less than ideal and seemingly not a priority.  Finally we got them all to their classes and Maureen and I decided to mingle with some of the volunteers (we also met some volunteers from France and one in particular, Fiona, who had just arrived today and will be here to volunteer for a couple weeks before going to Togo for one month to teach French) and spoke again to Eddie (who was beginning to teach some of the Georgians Azuntu [which is a popular African dance]) and another older girl who lived in the home.  We really had a nice time and it was wonderful to see people taking care of repainting and cleaning up the facility (at least the play area).  We left and made our way to ted junction and then home before we warmed up some lunch and took a rest.  I really loved those kids and may go back a time or two to volunteer in some capacity. I took a much needed nap and woke up to the power being out and getting really hot.   Maureen began making dinner a while later as well as the peanut brittle that I loved (it was a bit sugary but still very tasty).   I was able to access the internet from her connection and send some emails and touch base with a few people.