Life in Ghana

Last night Romeo, his cousin and I went to my place for dinner (Romeo's mom is the cook and his brothers bring me breakfast, lunch and dinner). Then we walked to the school in the next village to meet some of their friends. That night some of us went to Atomic which is a local pub and I taught them to play the gauntlet (high or low). It was absolutely hilarious because drinking is not popular in Ghana at all. Especially for anyone under 30. So after a beer (about a litre) everyone was singing and dancing haha. I really love this town everyone is so sweet and kind and happy to see you. The children are so excited to see an Obruni and they run after you yelling "Obruni, Obruni!" Stephanie and Chloe came back today but Chloe leaves on wednesday and Steph only has 2 weeks and then it will just be me. I think 2 Swedish girls are coming tomorrow though with a different organization to work in an orphanage. I also got to move houses which I am very happy about considering I went to the bathroom last night and hundreds of coachroaches were crawling up the toilet. My new place is much nicer. It is on the rooftop of a house and I have a room with a fan (thank god because I didnt have one the last 2 nights) a bathroom with a western toilet! (that dosent flush) and a little fridge (that I cant really use since the power goes out all the time) But its definitely an improvement! Im trying to find some stuff to clean the bathroom up but I have been unsuccessful thus far. Today was also my first day of work! Today I mostly learned what I would be doing and then watched and helped with TB vaccinations for newborn babies. We had about 15 babies come in today because they didnt have any vaccine left last week so it was busy. The family planning and maternity ward of the clinic where I will mostly work is usually busy in the morning and then it completly dies down during the day. Today we got off at about 1:00. Tomorrow is community outreach where we go to a small nearby community to weigh the babies to check for malnourishment and give vaccines. I am really excited to go as it will be one of our busiest days other then Thursdays which is supposed to be packed. Because it is easter weekend I was given Friday and Monday off so Anna and I are going to make a trip to the Volta Region. Steph and Chloe just came from a town there called Ada where you sleep on a hut on the beach and the Atlantic is on one side and Lake Volta is on the other. They said it was one of their favourite places so Im really excited to go! Talk to you in a few days xoxox