For those of you that think my life is difficult here, it's really not. Yes, there are challenges. Yes, it can be hard. But in different ways than I would have thought. Easing into the school life has been a breeze. So here's what a few of my typical days have been so far:
Up at 6am to go for a run. All the locals look at me like I'm insane, it's actually quite funny. But, the temperature is perfect in the early mornings, and it's a neat way to see the neighborhood. Our area is quite nice, and it seems like we're the only white people. Actually the other day I saw some missionaries from the US and the UK, and it was litterally a shock to see other Obrunis in my area!!
We go to school at about 8am, and I'm usually teaching for most of the mornings. My Class 4 loves playing games. Class 5 loves to draw. And Class 6 is all about the drama. So I'm trying to find a balance of what to teach in all the classes! When I'm not teaching I'm helping Maddi's younger kids, playing in the creche, or yesterday I sat in on a french class.
Afternoons have been no classes this week because a lot of the kids are in Cadet Rehearsal. Next week theres no classes because it's a big Cadet thing that we're going too. (Life is really relaxed hahaha). So I've been spending lots of time just hanging out with the students.
It turns out a lot of them our Mr. and Mrs.Dadzie's (Our hosts) grandchildren, and they were all over yesterday. A bunch of them helped me handwash my laundry. Mom I got pictures because I know you don't believe that I can handwash laundry!!
After school we either relax, go into town, go to the beach, or just go for walks. It really is like living at home. So this week is midterm holidays, so we had wed/thur/fri off. 3 other volunteers and I travelled to Cape Coast yesterday, and the rest are joining us today. It's a beach resort type weekend, with visiting the town and the Cape Coast Slave Castle today, very interesting!
Not much else to report for now, hope this gives a sense of my life here so far!
Sarah xoxox
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