Ghana Team Journal

Thought for the day:

“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on it’s ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.” --Albert Einstein

Journal by: Cailin

Today we took the lovely walk to the village and said hello to the Queen Mother. After that, Amo dropped us off at the library.

We met Samuel. Only one word to describe him-inspiring. He is so intelligent and so full of life. To take a year off to build the library is amazing. The amount of love he shows not only for the library, but also for the kids is beautiful. To be blessed with the opportunity to meet such a devoted man is so special. Samuel left us to teach the kids on the computer. At first we were clueless. We just didn’t even know what to teach them. After some time we figured out what to do. I asked the kids to type on Word a paragraph about themselves, to talk about their family, friends, school, dreams and anything that came to mind. Once again I was inspired. This time by the children. The two that caught my eye the most were Kwaku Tieku Dadey and his older brother. Kwaku is good with the computers and seems to be street smart. His older brother is brilliant. He wants to go to college in the US and become an engineer. He knows so much and is so bright. All the children are full of knowledge and dreams.

After spending an amazing day with them, everyone came home for lunch. Esther’s friend came to size us for our dresses. Then it was time to go read. Samuel split the kids into groups. I had a large group of younger children. They were so sweet and playful.

After an hour the van came to take us on our 30-minute ride to the Cedi Bead Factory. The way of making beads is so interesting. All the girls bought beautiful jewelry. It was very interesting, on our ride home, to observe the people around us. I’m so intrigued by the emotion worn on all the faces.

We shared a lovely dinner even thought all I had was rice and popcorn. Today was full of inspiration. Even Esther’s choice to adopt and Sandy’s choice to raise 7 children is and inspiration. Being here in a town no one would think of, I find myself surrounded by people that inspire.