short.

This blog will be short, mostly photos, I think! Later this week I will post a good update.

I'm burnt out.
I've come down with a cold. Luckily it's not the stomach flu or some odd travel sickness.
I'm grateful for that, just unfortunately stuck with an incessantly runny nose and an irritating, super loud cough. It's weird that I can get a cold in this kind of weather! The heat hasn't been unbearable, but the temperature definitely seems to be increasing (apparently the dry season is approaching). I thought about getting a thermometer somewhere, but figured it'd just be in Celsius anyway and who wants to do that conversion each time I'm curious about the weather temp?! So like other Ghanaians, I've started to become accustomed to not knowing the exact time or temperature, due to not having the resources at my finger tips (like at home: the mac, my ipod or cell). WELL I'm sick and I'm afraid I've made two little ones sick, too!
:/ I know their tolerance to germs is much different than that of kids in the States,
but it still makes me sad to know that Lydia's cough might be my fault. Hopefully not, but today I mostly was out of the classroom. Tomorrow or Friday I'll be back, -- of course, since it's Halloween and I have a suuuuuper fun lesson plan. I'll be taking lots of pics! Happy Halloween!
Hope all is well with everyone back home!
Lots of love to you all and thanks for the prayers and
good thoughts sent my way! :)
-Emmy

Please enjoy these photos for now...

some of my students

Professor - "Prof"


Forgive


Stephen


Junior


Mommi


Calvin


Belial


Laura


Wendy

Nazra! Nazra! Nazra!
She loves her name...
and pictures of herself.

Forgive, posing with some of the new chairs!

hmmm...

there she is!
~

Janet, Rahil, and Raphael (new students!)

Elijah, Isaac, and David

Manuella! my baby girl across the street :)
Shouldn't she be mine?!


Prof and Emmanuela

The "Sour Patch Kids"
first they're sour, then they're sweet.
Oko and Ate, the troublemaking twins.

More painting.


Learning to wash-- the Ghanaian way!

Darrell loves the camera

D-A-


Naptime! Not used to this "school" thing
Ishmaelou, Amanda, and Bilad


I'm trying...


My alphabet!


Stephen, enjoying his juice during break time.


It's getting there!

~

xo