Apologies for my Slacking Blog

Now is the time when I catch you up with the last few weeks and apologize for my lack of fun and entertaining blog posts to keep you all giggling in your seats.

First things first, consider this blog "pictureless until further notice". While, Ghana is an extremely safe country, and Ghanaians are among the nicest people in world, a few bad seeds have drifted along and snagged my super sweet and extremely portable digital camera. Boo Hoo! I know, it kills me too. Especially, last night when I was hunting a spider the size of a Frisbee, with only my headlamp, a frying pan and a can of insecticide. The whole time I was thinking, "Man, I could really use a picture of this for my Christmas card". But alas, it cannot be.

In other news, my first term as a teacher in Ghana has nearly come to an end! Next week marks the begining of a two week period called, "Revision Week" where teachers fail to come to class and students read through the copius notes they have taken throughout the Term. I plan to go to every class with an English book, a Science book, a Math book, and a French book and answer any and all questions that my students may have in any of their classes. It can't hurt and it will certainly keep me busy.

I can't believe that in just a few weeks I will have been here for a whole 6 months. I guess time really does fly. Before I know it, I will be saying my farewells to a village of friends that have grown and supported me over the last years.

I also want to wish everybody a wonderful Thanksgiving, which is just next week! Fear not, I will be celebrating in true American fashion: surrounded by fellow Americans supping on Turkey, cranberrys, and pie.

Fundraiser Ended

Well as you can see, my field hockey fundraiser, although not entirely successful, definitely brought in some much needed money for my field hockey stick project. The next step is to take the donations I received and plead with STX to work with me to get as many sticks as possible to my school in Ghana. None of this coordination has been easy and I really appreciate everyone who has had any part in supporting me, either financially or with encouraging words.

Thank you so much!