Hi All, We've had a great few weeks in Karaga. It's been awhile since our last post, so we'll try to fill you in on the "latest and greatest" with the new pics. The rainy season has finally come....and not a moment too soon! In the first photo the kids came running to our compound to play in the puddles. They had a blast (and we did too!). All the Ghanaians call us "silliminga", which means white person in Dagbani. Awal, Zakaria and Hadija came running to us one afternoon, raising their feet saying they were "silliminga" too because the bottom of their feet were "white". We thought it was hilarious and photo-worthy! When Cameron and I first came to Karaga, we wanted to have some things to do with the kids, so we had two 1x1x10 sticks cut into "blocks", then we painted letters and numbers on them. The kids come every afternoon to play with them! The adults thought we were crazy and that the kids wouldn't like or know what to do with them....but they figured it out....especially when Cameron builds a huge tower, picks up a kid in "airplane" fashion and knocks them over. The next photo is of a couple of kids who had fun with some side-walk chalk (it's kinda funny, but chalk here is a form of candy, so they eat it, then have pink and blue mouths!). Then there's Candi (who's one of my FAVORITE little kids!) We had some frozen juice drinks and shared with her....it was the first time she's ever had something frozen and she completely freaked out!!! She couldn't even hold it in her hands, so we had to wrap it in a towel. After it melted she had the biggest smile on her face and was TOTALLY loving it! The next one is of me hanging our clothes in the house. A huge storm came and we didn't know what to do with our wet clothes, so we put up some sting and let them dry there. We've definitely learned to be innovative here!! Next is Cameron and our friend Ana at her village a couple hours from us. She helped build a nutrition center and we're so proud of her! This past week was Child Health Promotion Week through UNICEF, so we had a hand washing table built for our school. It was kinda crazy....I had to literally "hand-over-hand" teach the kids what to do with the soap and water. Now the kids are constantly washing their hands...it's amazing and I'm so proud! The last photo is of me and some of the school kids. The little girl I'm holding is Hadija....I keep trying to convince Cameron to bring her home with us! We'll see in a year and half......:) Enjoy the photos!
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Wow, we totally loved the new pictures. Tucker and Livvy thought the kids rolling around in the rainwater was awesome, and rylie thinks it's cool that someone else likes to eat chalk as much as she does. And Tucker saw the Silliminga feet picture and said, "Hey! They have white feet! But their skin is black!" He was totally amazed, and then I told him the story you wrote in the blog and he thought that was pretty cool. I love reading your blog with my kids - it makes these experiences so personal to them, and I think that we're all learning so much from you. (As I type, they keep finding reasons to talk about things that are white, so they can use their new vocabulary word, 'siliminga'.)
We miss you! Tried calling again today - silly service to Ghana... we'll try again soon! Lots of love!
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