Week Two

Greetings from Abomosu! This week has been fantastic. The four of us
have split up and are teaching phase 3 classes in Akwadum and Ekorso;
about 15 students total. One of the most rewarding experiences about
teaching these incredible people is when it finally “clicks” for them.
The information we teach is just theory, until it can be taught in
such a way that it becomes applicable to them. By far, the most
challenging aspect we have come across is trying to communicate. As
great as our translators are, we are never quite sure how much of our
teaching is being communicated to the students.  We will be finishing
up Akwadum and Ekorso phase 3 classes this week, which is when we will
turn to teaching phase 1 and incorporating Abomosu into our classes.

Paddy, one of the students from Ekorso, seems to really have a grasp
on the importance of figuring out all aspects of a business. Over the
weekend, we saw him in one of the villages we were touring around.
When asked what he was doing, he responded, “I want to make sure I am
paying a good price from my suppliers.” If only all of our students
could be like him!

We have our weekly service lined up! We will be helping out at the
schools and the new community library. They also have a health clinic
that we’d like to volunteer at, but Stephen wants us to help get this
library project off its feet. The library is beautiful! They probably
only have 50ish books so far, but with the help of a generous donation
from World Joy, they expect to have the library filled with books in
the next several months. Stephen and the other community leaders are
making a strong push to help increase adult literacy. Instead of
seeing adults sitting around, Stephen would like to see them reading.
The plan is for us to do story time with the children, in addition to
tutoring the adults in the evening.

We’ll be making our first trek to Accra this weekend! Wish us luck ;)

Sincerely,

W.W.A.C.
(Wayne, Wendy, Andi, Carter)