Hello! Sorry I didn't finish the last one. Life is good in Nkoranza. It is still the dry season, which also seems to be clean up time. Ever since Christmas there are always fires burning. People are out cleaning up the brush and pruning back the bushes and trees. Although apparently some of them are looking to chase out animals for the bush meat. They call rats "grass cutters" and seem to make a tastey meal. There's no accounting for taste! Als...

Hello! Sorry I didn't finish the last one. Life is good in Nkoranza. It is still the dry season, which also seems to be clean up time. Ever since Christmas there are always fires burning. People are out cleaning up the brush and pruning back the bushes and trees. Although apparently some of them are looking to chase out animals for the bush meat. They call rats "grass cutters" and seem to make a tastey meal. There's no accounting for taste! Als...

Greetings once again! 2011 is off to a great start. I thought it would be hard learning to live with three new volunteers, but they are easy to get along with and all is well. Kylee is even keeping us well fed. She is a great cook and we are experiencing fine dining here in Ghana. Petra gave me an African cookbook for Sinterklaas, and we are using it a lot to create interesting dishes from the ingredients we have available. It is a nice change from the usua...

Happy New Year! 2011 is off to a great start for me. The holidays at PCC were really nice. Christmas Eve the Fra Fra group came to make some music for us, but they did not perform alone. Our caregivers were all dancing and singing with them from the beginning. The first of many Christmas parties! I went to church at midnight for the midnight mass I was told was happening, only to find the church in silence and darkness. It was just like when I arrived and n...

Merry Christmas!!! Wow, sorry about not being in touch. I can't believe how much time has passed! I haven't been sick for the last month, but I have experienced what it is like to be sick in Africa. I haven't had anything serious, but the problem is you never know! I was sick for a week and then a week later I had an infection in my leg that made getting around quite difficult. Fortunately our Mamayama is a knowledgeable doctor and helped me out with my leg...