Ghana Team Journal

Quote of the day:

“I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” – Edward Everett Hale

By: Billie & Gary Kennedy

Our day started with a French Toast breakfast, minus syrup. Daniel would have preferred regular scrambled eggs. We discussed with Esther the schedule for five of us to go to the Volta Hotel for appetizers and drinks. She would have a taxi here at the St. James by 4:30 P.M. and we would depart from the Volta Hotel by 7:00 P.M. and have a late supper at 7:30 P.M.

Five of us ventured off to the school and our respective classes. Most classroom participation was about the same as other days. Gary, and the Teacher’s Aide, seemed to be left with the responsibility of keeping the kindergarten children occupied all morning. The main teacher left fairly early to take her 11 month old to the clinic. The other teacher left and didn’t come back until lunch.

The five of us returned to the St. James Hotel for lunch and to check out Daniel’s abrasion on his leg. He told Esther he was feeling better and felt like he was good to go to the library for reading time, and also for the trip to see the Dam by the Volta Hotel. We also discussed who would be asked to come to the dinner Friday evening. We were told to tell the teachers to be here at 6:00 P.M., knowing they would show up by 7:00 P.M. We also discussed with Esther the time of departure on Saturday for Arla, Judy, Billie, and Gary. That time would be 9:30 A.M., even though our flights would not depart until 9:55 P.M. for New York, and 11:00 P.M. for Amsterdam.

Our team went to the library for reading with the children. There seemed to be fewer children than normal. At 4:40 P.M., Billie, Arla, and Judy went in the first cab to the Volta Hotel. Daniel and Gary had to wait for the cab to return. We five enjoyed a beautiful setting on the patio at the Volta Hotel. We enjoyed the view of the Dam, even though it was cloudy. We were able to take some camera shots of the moon coming up. Our appetizers and drinks were great. Daniel ordered the Ghana version of McDonald’s chicken nuggets. We believe he ate too much as he wasn’t that hungry when we returned to the St. James Guest House for our dinner of Shepherd’s Pie and Minestrone soup.

Our evening waitress reminded four of us to take the Post-Service Program Evaluation forms back to our rooms to complete before departure on Saturday.