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September

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Boys and their dreams! Once again I have not taken time to write, but in looking back over pictures I decided there were some things that I should still share and will just try to do several post in a row and catch up. The beginning of September we went on a long over due vacation. This place is a bit remote. On the southern most tip of Ghana. Just a beautiful, beautiful spot. There were a few people around, but the best part of vacation in Ghana is how empty everything usually is. We slept, played games, went for walks, and the boys and Kenny took surfing lessons. Our little cottage. No running water and no fans, so I wouldn't want to stay over hot season, but it was manageable this time of year. The boys loved surfing! The southern most tip of Ghana. So, so pretty. We caught a glimpse of a whale but they said if we had been a week or two later we could have seen more. And then it was back to work! Our annual tomato day. With less people to help and less people to work, we only di...
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August

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After the busyness of the last several months, August was definitely quieter. Which was a good thing since we officially started school the first week of August. We had worked ahead in July in Math and Language, which I am sure we will be very thankful for at the end of the term. It takes a lot of the stress of having to keep up out of my life.  A friend brought me sourdough starter awhile ago and Kelsey has taken it over from me. She loves trying new things. The road to our village has been a work in progress ever since we lived here. The humps and bumps have been a source of frustration and irritation but we have gotten used to them. Every year, one section of the road floods and all the vehicle owners in our village complain and then promptly forget about it in dry season when something could be done. The Ghanaian ambassador to Canada has a house in our village and she got the ball rolling to officially fix the road. They are putting gutters in and supposedly it will eventually ...
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July

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As you may remember, we had a flood right at the end of July. Since Wendy and Melissa were going to be helping at Living Hope it seemed like a good time to introduce them to some of the teachers and so we all went and helped clean out the school. Our joke was that they are "WATER" students so we need to get them as wet as possible! Austin helped man the pump. Way more fun then a mop and bucket! Kelsey carried many head pans of water out. I was worried about how sore she would be the next day but for the most part she was fine. The pump was struggling and so we scooped and carried water. We emptied one classroom and started another before the pump got one as empty as it could and then we finished mopping it. Mama Justina made banku, stew, and sardines for the clean up crew. The house that Gary and Whitney Weiler had lived in is getting turned back over to its owners. So we cleaned it out. Not an easy job since no one has a lot of storage area besides the two containers that ar...
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