Hello. Long time no chat! It's the joy of living in a developing nation and my inability to cope with the heat. I can't face walking into and through town on my afternoon break and in the evening it takes a while to cook for 4, eat and clean. Two Sundays ago I had a nice little blog done, but in my haste to leave I didn't save it somewhere else before saving it in my blog. The internet server was down and the whole thing disappeared. It's been a good three w...

Hello all! Hope you've had a good week. Exciting news from Chile! I've had a great week. I might be starting to get used to the heat. I still sweat lots but I've had more energy and that has been very helpful in my job working with children! Aaron is the boy I feed three times a day. I have been playing with him more at feeding time and in daycare. We get on well but getting him to eat all his food is a bit tricky! I'm getting more lively and playful i...

Happy thanksgiving Canada! While the thought entered my mind some time last week, it never came back until just now, having read an e-mail from mom. So I guess tonight's dinner will be my thanksgiving dinner. But last night we ran out of gas for our propane stove. So thanksgiving dinner may be jollof rice from town! I'm off exploring a bit today. Mom has generously sent me a package with some treats and flavour packets from home as well as some crossword pu...

Hello. So this is the end of week three! Week one was new, overwhelming and exciting. Week two was a challenge. Now in week three things are starting to feel normal. This is my home now and living in the conditions I do feel very normal. And some of the things I found challenging about working at PCC I am starting to see in a different light. I didn't intend to compare this community with my beloved community of L'Arche Cape Breton, but it is hard not to h...

Alleluia - Amen! Today is church day. Figuring out where and when to get to church was a challenge. Today I finally made it for an entire mass! And it was almost 3 hours long. But it did not drag! There are many, many churches here in Nkoranza of many different christian faiths. Last week I tried very hard to make it understood that I wanted a Catholic church. My understanding was that there were many from PCC going to the Catholic church and they would l...