Today our excavation team enjoyed gifts of cokes and malts, but they had a setback when at about noon, the bulldozer broke down. Please join us in prayer that the parts required arrive tonight so that tomorrow morning it can be up and running once again.
Our construction team is doing extremely well! Please pray that the preparation for the latrine is completed quickly so that they can begin work there, too.
Today we teachers came to understand why some children less than two years old are showing up in the JK/SK class! Many of the parents leave early for their farms and leave the small children in the care of older siblings. It’s no wonder their teacher Frank did not know all of their names, as they normally gather and sleep in the back of the classroom while he teaches the students! We also learned that the reason some in the Gr. 6 class seem extremely advanced in comparison to others: it is at least their second time in the grade because they don’t have family to live with in the larger villages or cities where the junior high schools are.
At this point, all team members have joined us on site each day and the weather has been quite comfortable. Please continue to pray for health as some of the team are feeling a little unwell — they are getting the full Ghanaian experience!
Thank you all!
Kim
Carol Peterson says
Staying home sick when you have all the comforts of home can be good for you. Away from home, depending on severity of symptoms, it can be better to go to work… when that’s your purpose for being there. Imodium really works! FYI Take with water, LOTS, especially if you’ve lost a lot. Start back on solid foods only with something you like rather than something someone else recommends because it’s “good” for you. Remember to wash your own hands too!
Praying for restored health and maintained health.
I really enjoy reading the blog at the start of my day; am finding my mind wandering and wondering about all of you during my day at school. Hey, one of our portables has a furnace breakdown and it’s only 7 degrees out there so that class has moved into the library of our main building- waiting for repairs which can be really slow here in Brighton… We are still having indoor recesses at both break periods due to extreme cold.
Carol
Andrew Cheung says
Lord, you know the bulldozer broke down. They need the machine to do the construction and they come from afar to do so for your glory.
Would you care to fix it? I am sure you do and perhaps you will show them you care in the way only you can. Amen.