Holiday today & tomorrow!! I slept for 10 hours! I'm also allowed to use a flushing toilet nearby...well happy about that!So Rachel & I are staying at May's house with the girls & little Benjamin. I'm so happy about that because they treat us so well & as a part of the family.This morning we braved a bit of rain and went to Kumasi zoo again. It will be the last time I go because I don't like to see the chimpanzees getting harassed by the locals to...

Today was a light day of work. There were only 2 bags of cement so I just mixed those...Then in the afternoon, we went to school to teach & saw some of the kids playing football & everyone else stood around, so we watched some too.Martin came to Kumasi for the weekend. It took him 8 hours to get here!! We went to see the animals at the zoo....that was an experience! For some reason, you can get really close to the animals. They're behind bars, but you can...

This week we started teaching at school. Phil & I are teaching a group of 35 of 8-12 year olds. So far we have taught Arts & Crafts. Its been good so far, a success.The children sit on benches & they still use the cane, which I am quite distressed about. If the children get too excited, bad things happen, so I've tried just keeping it nice.We have used stickers for them to draw enlarged version next to it. Today we got them to draw their favorite plac...

Hard work and hairdosAnd so the work begins. I was expecting our first day at work to be a discussion about what we will build, maybe discuss the layout and designs of the toilet etc. I was wrong!Today was our first day and we were quickly introduced to hard work; levelling the ground, digging trenches, moving rocks, mixing cement (without a mixer!) and collecting water - on your head!Although it was hard work there were many hands to make the work fun. Many memb...

On the road to AchiaseAn early start for our long journey to Achiase, where we will be living for the next 9 weeks. Our luggage had expanded with African drums, traditional clothes, masks, paintings and much, much more, so trying to fit it back into the van with us all was a little challenging.There was lots to see on the way; from dodging vehicles to stunning mountain sceneries, the five hour journey flew by. Once we reached Kumasi (the nearest city), I began to...