Good Update

So after feeling so worn out yesterday while writing the e-mail my past day has actually picked up. Yesterday afternoon at the orphanage I met some of the older kids. It was funny because some of the kids were actually older than me. They told me that I either looked 14 or 19. I am not sure how that works. There is this one boy Alfred who is 18 who I really connected with. He was easy to understand and reminded me of one of the kids from El Salvador, Samuel. It is really easy to get along with older boys because they remind me so much of my brothers.
So there was a man who showed up at the orphanage yesterday named Antonio and he is a flight attendant from Italy. He is in Ghana flying once a week and every week he comes to see the kids. This week he took them all to the beach. There were 5 of us volunteers and we each took a taxi down to Labodi beach. There were about 30 kids and this was an all boys trip. I of course didn't know about the beach trip and so was not prepared, my jeans and t-shirt got a little sandy and wet. It was so fun to watch the kids run into the water and draw pictures in the sand. We even got a soccer game going on the beach with some of the older boys.
I met another volunteer John who is not through Projects Abroad but here by himself living in the orphanage. He is only here for another week but we were talking about different ways I could spend my money that was donated to me before I left. He was telling me that two of their kids are not being treated for HIV so I need to check out the prices on that and see if it would even be possible for me to use the money that way. The kids are all starting to learn my name and even greet me when I come to the orphanage, which is really enjoyable.
On our way back from the beach we shoved 30 kids into a tro tro and sent them off with Antonio back to the orphanage. Then we had our second quiz night last night. My team won!! I feel like I am really connecting with a few volunteers here, which is helping a lot. The good thing is that I am really connecting with two girls, Jessie and Christina and a boy, Patrick and they don't leave until after I am gone. I managed to connect with people that will be here for my entire stay which is a relief.
Bad news: I think I have been sleep walking, and I am not sure where to. hmmmm my roommate woke up in the night and the door was open and I was out of my bed. That makes me really nervous and might explain why I am so tired and why in the past couple nights I have gotten a lot of mosquito bites. I am feeling stronger today and happier. I am excited to go back to the orphanage in the afternoon and this morning was the first morning that me and Claire (another volunteer) got ALL the toddlers to sleep before we left.
For those of you sending me e-mails I really appreciate them. I am sorry if I can't respond back as detailed but know that they are helping me keep chuggin'. I am going out to buy a French English dictionary today to teach myself French so that I can talk with Abdoulsalam. I miss you all and keep writing me!!! Love you.