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...

Hello! It's been an eventful two weeks! Last time I told you about the Yam Festival. It was three evenings of fun and I made it to them all. Danced with my three little friends again too! The kente trip was nice too. And I got to eat a cocoa bean! It is very different from anything you would expect. There are many beans inside a pod growing on tree branches. I got to take a bean and put it in my mouth. it is covered in a bit of citrus and is sweet and tan...

Makye! I'm having a good bit of fun this weekend. It turns out the yam festival started yesterday. So last night a few of us ventured off to find the festival. We didn't know what we were looking for, but we knew what area to look in. The music was pumping in the streeet and eventually we ended up at the chief's house where the music was also pumping. There wasn't much going on in the house, but there were many people out in the street. The children were h...