Beautiful Ghana

I have been here now over two weeks and six days in the school. I have fallen love with my students! They(40+) are beautiful 6th grade girls going through puberty…they are anywhere from 12-19 years old. They are so sweet! This past wee I taught Math everyday, and now this week I will teach Math and English to two sixth grade classes. I have taught them many songs, like lean on me, my God is so big, Lord I lift your name o high, and Bind us together Lord. They are so eager and excited to learn nw songs. They also love to teach me fante, tre, and their other native language…I am having a hard time keeping them straight.
On Monday I was shocked and discouraged when my coordinating teacher called 22 girls to the front of the room to cain all of them three times on the back for talking too much. I thought, how am I ever gong to control 40 girls with out caning them…although this week has gone really well.
On Tuesday Night, I went to Madam Cynthia’s apartment for dinner(Rice and Chicken) with Ronella. On Wednesday morning we went to mass with our students, bc it is a Catholic School.
We walk about 35 minutes to/from school each day, every day we take a little different route, taking different streets and shortcuts through the market and people’s yard. Everywhere we go people shout “Obruni,” which means white person. They often ask, “what is your name? Or how are you? Way more often than what we are used to in the states. Everyone is very friendly, and wants to be friends with an Obruni! They Love Obama, there are Obama posters, clothing, and memorabilia.
I have got into the routine of walking home for school, sometimes stopping at the market, and then going for a run and a swim..shower..dinner..and then lesson planning and journaling.
This weekend, on Saturday we went to Accra to do some shopping for souvenirs and fabric. It was an interesting trying to catch a bus and taxis with 8 girls where ever we wanted to go in the crazy city. We were fortunate to have a tall Ghanaian man named Jerry to bring us around. Today we went to a church service that lasted almost 4 hours and it was mostly in fante….haha! Then when we got back, I went straight to the beach! Then I went to find a place with Ronella to watch the African Football Cup…they made it to the finals…. But sadly though they lost to Egypt. That’s all for now. I think I am going to stop checking my facebook, and just check my email and blog once or twice a week because the internet is sooooooooo slow! So if you want to contact me, try one of thoses..