"I had a good day today. Just working with the kids, playing with them, hugging them all as much as I can and even in our 1, 2 or 3 minutes conversations I try to say things that I think will help them, about God, their future and family, things they could do to help the country, and how much Jesus loves them :) Even though I get frustrated with seeing some things in this country, I like Ghana and I'm glad came here.
This is the last week at Good Shepherd before the break, then I will only see them after 3 weeks. While they are on vacation I'll be working at Royal Seed orphanage as I told you, doing more work with the babies, and going to the villages in the rural area to teach the children that can't go to school.
I'm very excited about it, the work at the villages is really what I always wanted to do :) It is great to help those children and see how happy they are when we go there. It is like giving them a gift that they were waiting for so long, and I feel the same way having the opportunity to be here and meet them.
The work with the babies at the orphanage is great as well. Its always shocking and sad to see how many babies are left at the police station, bus station, markets and many other places everyday. They are usually dirty and sick, and we get to care for them a few hours a day. But God is good and they soon are better and at the orphanage they have a home and "family" to care for them.
The money from the donations is such a great help hunny, please let them know that they are feeding many hungry children, babies, and giving a pencil and notebook to many who maybe would never have it if it wasn't for their help. Besides buying them school supplies, I also buy lots of diapers, medicine, bags and bags of rice and vegetables and whatever they need urgently.
As you know I'm accomplishing my second month here this week, of course it feels like more, but I'm really happy to be doing it and there is a lot more to do before before I leave. I miss you, my family and my friends, and I'm counting the days to see you all again.
Last weekend I went to Cape Coast, about 2 hours from Accra. I got to visit the Cape Coast Castle, one of the largest slave-holding sites in the colonial era. It was sad to see and be in the rooms where thousands of slaves were kept, just like animals, suffering and dying. It made me think a lot about our history and these people here -I'll share with you my notes when I came back. I found out that one third of all the slaves from West Africa were sent to Brazil, making our country the one that had more slaves than anywhere else.
I also visited the Kakum National Park and got to go on the Canopy Walkway. It was one of the best things to see here. The canopy is a very unusual bridge, there are actually 7 bridges together with a length of about 1,000 feet hanging on trees at about 130 feet high, and we get to see the forest walking above it. It is beautiful!
I'll try to send pictures sometime when we have electricity here, now we only have the noisy generator at the cafe and it is very slow. haha"
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