Greetings from Ghana y'all! Today was a heartwarming and emotional day begining with the standard breakfast of omlettes, rolls, toast, and cinnamon rolls. We then loaded up the bus with the supplies to give to the schools, and were on our way. The first school we stopped at was the one where Rita, Steve's wife, teaches at. They were very welcoming of us, showed us new dances, and had their school band preform for us, which was amazing, by the way! The children and teachers were very grateful for the school supplies we brought them. The second school was an elementary school, and they too had song and dance to share. Sarah Berman then taught them one of our songs called Praise Ye The Lord. After the giving of the supplies (which they throughly apprecieated) Mark led a group in showing the Ghanian students how to do the Macarena. At the third school, there was also dancing, but this time, all of us joined in on the fun! We all laughed and cheered together, and had a wonderful time mingeling with the school children and their teachers. Afterwards, we went to a place where a group of women make designs in cloth, and then create clothes out of it. Their fashon is slightly different than in America, but it is still very cool. Many of us ordered some clothes to be made for us so that we can stand out a litle bit more back home. We gave the women a radio and a bunch of CD's so that they can be entertained while they are working, some new shirts, and enough money to supply all 40 of them with medicine for a month. They were very grateful in recieving our gifts, and it showed in the huge smiles on their faces and in the way they applauded us when we were through. Back at the hotel, sorry...Royal Basin Resort, dinner was delicious as usual, which was egg rolls, rice, chicken, and beef stew, and VANILLA ICE CREAM!!! From all of us, to all of you, goodnight.
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