The Work Begins…

There is a stark difference in the temperature on the days it doesn’t rain (today) versus the days that is does (the last two days). 

Here is a picture of some kids we were waiting under an awning with during the rainstorm yesterday. 

This one is a beautiful rainbow that appeared after the rain. World Joy is a great organization which builds schools out here. They are fantastic!

Today was SO hot it was ridiculous. I think I may have received my 8th sunburn! The other three definitely got a lot of sun as well, especially Nate.

I drank over a gallon of water by 5pm and had only used the bathroom once. And speaking of bathrooms, I had to go while we were out and I learned what a standard bathroom in the village is like. Nkansah showed me one to use. He laughed at me when I wanted to take a picture of it, but I could not miss documenting this.

We will not start teaching classes for a couple weeks, but today we started doing some preliminary work. We met Nkansah (our loan collector and translator) yesterday and he took us out today to meet previous loan recipients. These people are so grateful and you can see these micro-loans are truly making a difference in their lives. I love meeting and being with the people. I love immersing myself in the culture!

Throughout the day I was able to get pictures of various parts of town. 

These “cute babies diapers” made me smile.

This is cocoa that is out to dry in the sun before it is sold.

This lady has her baby strapped to her back and is carrying a huge load of plantains on her head. You see this everywhere. It is fascinating to me.

This is a small stream down one of the roads. There is garbage EVERYWHERE. I am happy that the BYU nurses are out here to help teach hygiene to the people.

This is a dead scorpion on the road. I hope I don’t have the pleasure of encountering any alive.

No matter where we go the children flock to us. It is like we are celebrities.

They flock in even greater numbers when the candy comes out.

The houses are typically built as people can afford to build them. They live in them in the meantime. These kids were just kicking it in this section of the house which has started to fall apart. This housing type is probably closer to 50 years old Stephen Sr. said.

We stopped by the health clinic and their standards are a bit different than ours in the states for sure. This is the maternity wing. I did not get them in the picture but chickens were running around through the clinic.

This is the records room.

I love nature. I love people. And I love that I get great versions of both here in Ghana. I will end this post with this video of the rainstorm yesterday to give you a small taste.