Today was the second day of classes! After a long, bumpy bus ride, we arrived at the village and all of the kids were already standing in front of the school. When we piled out of the bus, they came and attacked us all with huge hugs. While setting up for class, the children learned…

Today was truly awesome!!!!!  After much planning and nervous anticipation, we arrived in the village to begin our reading camp.  There were no children when we got there, so we had time to sweep out the classrooms and set up.  And then they came—58 beautiful children ready for this new adventure.  They had never experienced…

Photo by Tana Lopez/Woven Eye Saturday, July 30, 2011  In the morning we went to the Children of Mary Preschool for their graduation ceremony. Children of Mary was started by Mercia Laryea, Ghanaian Mothers’ Hope Ghana Executive Director, 6 years ago when she retired from the Ghana School System. Now, Mercia spends most of her…

  This is a very short blog to let everyone know that most of the team has arrived.  They are staying at the Kris View Hotel which has a beautiful view of Accra.  After a good dinner they have gone to rest. Everyone room has a cell phone and they should be calling home.  They…

We met Lady last year while visiting the patients at Amasaman Hospital.  She was a young girls of nine, living in the bush with her family.  When the public health nurse was told of Lady’s condition she gathered a team to investigate the family. The 7 children were kept naked and had never seen strangers—not…

      Mornings come way to early in Ghana—6 am here is still 2 am in the US and it takes several days for my body to catch up to the difference in time.  It is easy to stay up late at night (it is 1 am right now) but then I want to…