Day 4

It's day 4!!!! The vibe was lifted today with the arrival of Ken Bentley, Vice President of Community Affairs and Cecilia Dei-Anang from Nestlé Ghana. Ken got the opportunity to meet Comfort one of the homeowners. Her house is almost done! Only the floors are left cemented and then just cleaning up and she and her family will be ready to move in! See the picture to the left of Ken meeting Comfort.

Daniel the foreman for the mason work has nominated Kristen as the number 1 worker for the day. Let's not leave out Jordan who works very hard wherever he is needed. Mitch somehow managed to get dirtier than ever before! The roof has been started on the 2nd house and will be ready for plastering/rendering tomorrow! Jordan found a new way of cutting the roofing iron with a machette and a tree root.

We had a treat today to have the opportunity to purchase handcarved items right at the site. We got a lesson in bargining with the traders. We have nominated Maria the Chief of bartering. She was quoted a price of 15Ghc (that's about $10.00US ) to 5Ghc ($3.00). She was also trying to get a voodoo doll and quoted her $150.00 US, we'll see how that goes. Especially since voodoo is not indicative of Africa. (Try New Orleans and then you'll get a voodoo doll!)

We are on our way to a cultural event tonight at another hotel. I'll tell you about that tomorrow. Internet willing! Hopefully, I'll have some good pictures for you as well.

Sorry we haven't been updating flickr. It's just been too difficult to get many pics saved. Until tomorrow...this is Douglas signing off. Picture me wavying with my right hand. (Just so you know it's an insult to wave with your left hand here in Ghana. The left hand is used to clean oneself...you know what I mean.) See the guy to the left digging a hole for those purposes.