Transportation Tuesday

Transportation was our teaching theme for today in the school. I love that when Pat asked her class 'How did I get here' and they answered 'By bus'. She was sure to explain the actual route from Canada to Ghana involved planes to cross the 'big water' as well...I suppose to them it looks like we did get here by bus as that is the way we arrive each day :). Donnie and Glenn taught us how to build a good paper airplane and by the end of today you saw most everyone in the primary schools playing with them outside.

Our junior high 'profession' speakers were Joe and Ebenezer...carpenters and business men. Yesterday David spoke about the many years of hard work it took to get his doctorate to do what he does today. Today, Ebenezer encouraged them by saying that if you like a trade and work hard to learn it, you can succeed at that and do well! Not everyone needs to be a lawyer, doctor, engineer, etc... The trades are always needed, and as Joe's boss said to him years ago, 'You'll never see a computer swing a hammer'. Ghana is growing in development, and Ebenezer has been to most of the different areas of the country to work on various projects.

Back at the worksite, Linda helped systemize the flow of concrete for the pouring of the top bond beam. Once it was flowing well, the framers of the forms were having a hard time staying ahead of the pour. They worked extremely hard today! The team earned their dinner tonight working later than usual to meet their goals so that tomorrow everyone is back in Carpenter in time to watch the next Ghana match in the African Cup...motivation gets a lot done :)



Today over 200 names of all the donors for this project were written on the blocks...thank you for all your support! Without each one we wouldn't be here building, teaching and donating approx. $5000 towards school scholarships.

Ebenezer introduced Brenda to a young teen today names Rita. She has lost her mother, father and brother and is living with friends. For this reason she dropped out of school last year. He also introduced her to the elder of the Tinga church and one of the members who is a nurse that works at the Tinga medical clinic...she will be sure that Rita gets her lunches if she starts to go to school once again. Looks like I might have a new girl in class tomorrow!

Our evening routine after dinner has been that some of us join the Ghanians who watch the African Cup games in the conference centre, some prepare school lessons and sharpen pencils for the next school day, some head back to our compound to play scrabble or cards, and Nolan, Josh and Shawn (and sometimes Donnie, Tim and Pete) stay around the main compound in their spare time and into the evening to play with the kids from Carpenter. After a hard days work, they seem to be the only ones that have the energy to do that! And to think...'God never sleeps. Simply staggering' (Louie Giglio).


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