"Ahhh You are Back in GHANA!!!!"

Ok So I am actually unsure about if the followers get an e-mail notification every time I post, I thought the did but maybe I was wrong...can someone let me know?

It is my first weekend back in Ghana and I am taking it easy. Since Adenta is so far away I have to leave Osu by 5 to get back before all the insane traffic hits and I am stuck in the tro for 3 hours.

I love Auntie Helena's family. If it weren't for Adenta being so far away I would love to live with her for the entire 6 months. Her husband is hysterical and she has a 4 year old daughter who runs in circles around me jumping up and down when I get home. Helena also has two other children but her son is schooling in California and her daughter is old enough to live on her own. But to replace those 2 children she took in her sisters children since her sister could no longer take care of them.

It is so nice to have them to come home to at night and tell me stories about when they traveled to the US. Both Helena and her husband have spent a decent amount of time in the US and Chicago was their favorite city :) They told me all about their adventures in the city and about how they used to just get on the bus and ride it in circles until they felt like getting off. I heard all about how they have gotten lost and the best places to buy cheap phones.

Next Wednesday, Kwame (Helena's husband) is going to take me to see some of his projects out in the villages. He works on building schools in rural villages so that the kids don't have to walk 15 miles to get to school. He also does a sex education class for middle aged women and explains to them that if they don't want to have a kid....they don't have to!

Then Helena has talked about us possibly traveling north of Kumasi (another big city north of Accra) to hold a training for orphanage workers in that area.

I read in the newspaper yesterday that Ghana gave money to Haiti....how amazing. In the article it explained that they gave $3,000,000 to start off with beacause that is all they could afford but they would continue to provide aid as their budget allowed for it. It even told people that they should donate at least 1 cedi (1 dollar) even if it meant they couldn't eat that day...and that not eating for one day would make a difference in the lives of the people of Haiti. What if every American didn't eat for one day and instead used that money towards Haiti?

I love being back in my area of Accra. All week people have been calling my name saying "ahhhh you are back in GHANA!!!!" one of the best feelings ever.

I am now on my way to Osu Children's Home to spend the day with the kids. I fixed the comment box so that anyone can comment now. I love hearing from you guys, so please continue to e-mail me etc.

oh p.s. my yo-yo sized spider has a wife....she is fatter and likes to run