With 9 minutes left on my time card, here goes! It is so low in connecting! I am teaching English to 6th Grade which means 11 year olds to 16 year olds. I have had some rewarding experiences. I taught present, past, and future tenses today by bringing in my motorcycle to the classroom ( [...]
Archive for February, 2008
A short word from David
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spending some donated funds!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many of our friends, family, and colleagues generously purchased Ghanaian leather briefcases or contributed cold cash toward helping farmers in Northern Ghana. First of all, thank you for trusting David and I to make wise use of the money, $1,600 in all. We have given careful consideration in determining the best use of the farming [...]
February 5
Posted in Uncategorized on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No doubt about it, life in an African village is different than in Portland, Oregon! Today we were to meet some representatives from the NGO Technoserve around 12:00 at the Senior Secondary school. As we drove up tt the school on the moto, several teachers were huddled under a tree as water was being poured [...]
Leather shop in Bolga
Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We hope to rasie some money for local projects by selling local leather products, primarily women’s purses. We bought five great looking and unique purses at this shop. – Lisa
Status of Northern Ghana in the Nabdam community
Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
January 28, 2008 We bought a radio last week and now are able to listen to BBC World Service with news on the hour. It’s truly wonderful to be somewhat in touch with world events. I listened with interest and incredulity to this morning’s 8:00 broadcast. They reported a news item from WHO (the World Health [...]
