Day 41

Day Forty-One:

I should probably start off by telling you guys that this has been a VERY action-packed weekend by Ghanaian standards, which really just means we've been sitting for long periods of time in places other than the orphanage and the volunteer house. What a hard life we live :)

On Friday, Pastor's daughter Amanda came home from school in the middle of the day not feeling very well. She had a high fever a fellow volunteer, Min, and I took her to the government clinic down the road just to have things checked out. Like most kids, Amanda is really afraid of needles, so when she had to have her finger pricked, both of the nurses had to hold her arms and legs. Onlookers might have thought someone was trying to cut off her hand the way she screamed, but she made it through.



Then, in typical Ghanaian style, we sat at the clinic for another 3 hours or so to see the doctor. It's really kind of nice to sit and wait here. There's usually a breeze, and we had biscuits and the Slovenia v. USA match to entertain us.
About halfway through, Megan showed up to bring us bread for lunch. Very nice. All this time, though, I was trying to coax Amanda out of her fear of seeing the doctor, because she most likely wouldn't need an injection. Bad call. The doctor told us she had malaria, which requires a pretty painful shot on the butt. There was quite a lot of kicking and screaming, "Mepowcho, mepowcho!" ("Please, please!"), and the poor child hobbled all the way home. Of course, she's fine now, but it was quite a show.

As for Saturday and Sunday, Megan and I took a trip with all the other volunteers to celebrate beautiful Becca's last weekend in Ghana. We spent the night in Kokrobite, a beach town about an hour from Bawjiase.



The beach was really great, warm water and good weather, but the real draw was the food. We had french fries, pizza, grilled cheese, ice cream, apple pie...quite a bit of good food. We spent the rest of the time relaxing outside with the many other obroni who were enjoying Kokrobite. Even this little trip is making us so much more aware of how little time we have left in Ghana, so hopefully these last couple of weeks won't fly by too quickly.

As for things around the orphanage, we're working on getting a new toilet area built for the kids and adults this week, and Pastor's also working hard with some fundraising organizations in the U.S. for development at the orphanage, so if you could remember to pray for good weather and clear communication, it would be greatly appreciated.

We hope you're all doing well and having wonderful summers wherever you are.

Blessings,
Megan and Chelsea