Thursday evening, Friday, and Saturday, I was fighting a flu bug. Several of the children had it before me, but fortunately no one has gotten it after me ... yet.
During my illness, I did not have any babies in my care. In the meantime, Romana has reorganized the duties of all of the house mothers/care givers. At present I do not have responsibility for any baby. That, of course, could change at any time. Attached you will find photos of 2 of the babies we cared for. I'll send others later. I will continue to hold them when it seems appropriate.
Soon Rachel will change her mode of teaching her 9 unruly 5-6 year olds. She will set up stations with her doing the lesson, a volunteer doing a circle time, and me doing an educational game (of which we brought quite a few). We each will have 3 children at a time, rotating them every 20 minutes. 70 minutes straight of schooling with one person was just too much for these kids. And Rachel's time came after they had already been with the full time teacher for more than 2 hours. Not an easy task. Hopefully the change will be good.
Soon Rachel will change her mode of teaching her 9 unruly 5-6 year olds. She will set up stations with her doing the lesson, a volunteer doing a circle time, and me doing an educational game (of which we brought quite a few). We each will have 3 children at a time, rotating them every 20 minutes. 70 minutes straight of schooling with one person was just too much for these kids. And Rachel's time came after they had already been with the full time teacher for more than 2 hours. Not an easy task. Hopefully the change will be good.
Yesterday Rachel and I went to church with Romana, her kids, and two other westerners. Afterward we went to the Accra Mall ... very Mall looking, with large and small stores and a food court. We also spent the evening with Romana. During the day, we got some answers to questions, figured out ways to do the shopping we need to do at a variety of place, made a plan to go to Akinyi's piano lesson with her tomorrow, talked about the trip up north, and learned more about the very intricate process of children coming to BH and adoption (to American or Ghana) or foster placement (in Ghana).
This is a house mom making a dish called Banku:
The children are watching a movie that I brought ... one that is family friendly and teaches values. We alternate my movies with the Disney type they are used to. The older children like mine because they are new. The younger ones fall asleep at some point because there is not enough loud action to keep them awake. This movie is almost over so I will attach the photos and send this on its way.
Peace and Joy,
Judy Griffin
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