Ghana Team Journal

Quote of the day:

“Unless you give yourself to some great cause, you haven’t even begun to live.” – William P. Merrill

By: Billie Kennedy

Today was a holiday so there was no school. We all arrived at 7 AM A.F. (African time) for breakfast, with great enthusiasm to get back to work. After breakfast, Esther took the guys to the job site, and promised to return for the girls and help them buy pails before going to the job site. The pails were obtained thanks to Judy, and the girls went happily to the job site.

On arrival, we were introduced to Rita, the Water Lady. She, with a large bowl on her head, and us, with small pails in our hands, walked across the road to the water pump, a distance of 2-3 blocks. Rita, bowl on her head, was faster than us, pail in our hands. I think she made at least 6-7 trips to our 3-4 trips.

Soon the construction crew said enough, and we stopped and walked to the guest house and got cleaned up for lunch.

After lunch, we crowded into Esther’s car to go to the Continental Hotel where we planned to swim and take a boat ride. Esther went and got her children and a niece and nephew to accompany us on the boat ride, Isaac, Nana, Papa, and You. We all put on our life jackets and boarded the boat for a ride on the Volta River. Our ride was wonderful and we were all disappointed when our driver turned around and started back to the dock. Our plans for swimming were ruined when dark clouds turned into a quick, heavy rain. We returned to the guest house to rest and catch up on CNN news before dinner. Dinner was rice, chicken in curry sauce, and salad, and thanks to Judy, chocolate cake.