Busy June

I've been keeping busy here, plenty going on. Besides teaching my science, i've been doing some typing practicals with my kids. since we don't have electricity, I've photocopied a picture of a keyboard and pasted it onto a piece of cardboard, then covered it with clear tape to protect it. I've made 24 of these "keyboards" so far and the kids love them: asdf jkl; Most of them have never used a computer before, so it something we can practice and a skill that they can actually use in the future.

The new group of volunteers arrived and their training is underway. That means that I've hit the one year mark in Ghana! wow! it passed without big event, and I feel good and prepared for the next one. I'm looking forward to another year of this life. The new volunteers went on Vision Quest, where they visit a current volunteer, (see early post of mine) and a guy named Arjun came and stayed with me for a few days. I showed him around and he visited the school and SWOPA and I think he had a good time. I had fun. visitors are always fun.

It was my birthday yesterday, now i'm 26. to celebrate, Robert and I ate riceballs with bito, aleefu and groundnut stew, my favorite! we drank wiskey satchets, not my favorite, and i listened to Enrique Iglesias sing "Si pudiera ser tu heroe" on the radio. It was great.

Next week is the STARS conference in Kumasi. I'm taking two of my students, Alfred and Grace, down to the conference. I'm at least as excited as they are, I'm going to see a bunch of teacher volunteers that I haven't seen in almost a year!

Also, a few new photos on facebook.

Love,
-Toby