by Frances W. Rosenau
Greetings from Tema - the major sea port of West Africa. Thank you for following the blog, gentle reader. Despite our best plans and efforts, blogging has proven difficult. Even when we get internet access, sometimes it does not work for one reason or another. I overheard someone this week say, "Now I understand why our partners don't return e-mails."
All of the group is here now. There are 14 Americans on our team and several Ghanaians traveling with us. We travel by a large bus that we rented from the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. We visited the SOS children's home and saw the wonderful work they do.
Children are raised in homes with a mother and other siblings of different ages. It is meant to create family life and prepare the children for adulthood and parenthood. I was moved to see the good work they are doing.
On a cultural note, it is strange not to have my cell phone around all the time. When I was at the Albany airport without any way to contact the outside world, I felt very isolated, as if no one would know if something happened. Now, that I have been in Ghana for aboutt 10 days, it seems very natural. Part of that is because we have wonderful hosts who arrange all of our program. But, it is also that I have gotten used to being disconnected. I didn't realize how much I depended on my blackberry as a crutch until I went with out it.
We leave early Wednesday morning for more traveling around the country. We will be in rural areas for a few days and may not have internet access until Thursday night or Friday. Stay tuned for more photos and comments.
Greetings from Tema - the major sea port of West Africa. Thank you for following the blog, gentle reader. Despite our best plans and efforts, blogging has proven difficult. Even when we get internet access, sometimes it does not work for one reason or another. I overheard someone this week say, "Now I understand why our partners don't return e-mails."
All of the group is here now. There are 14 Americans on our team and several Ghanaians traveling with us. We travel by a large bus that we rented from the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. We visited the SOS children's home and saw the wonderful work they do.
Children are raised in homes with a mother and other siblings of different ages. It is meant to create family life and prepare the children for adulthood and parenthood. I was moved to see the good work they are doing.
On a cultural note, it is strange not to have my cell phone around all the time. When I was at the Albany airport without any way to contact the outside world, I felt very isolated, as if no one would know if something happened. Now, that I have been in Ghana for aboutt 10 days, it seems very natural. Part of that is because we have wonderful hosts who arrange all of our program. But, it is also that I have gotten used to being disconnected. I didn't realize how much I depended on my blackberry as a crutch until I went with out it.
We leave early Wednesday morning for more traveling around the country. We will be in rural areas for a few days and may not have internet access until Thursday night or Friday. Stay tuned for more photos and comments.