December 30, 2008

Our day was spent going out into the village locating the children that we sponsor and making sure that they have their uniforms, school supplies and that they are attending school. Many of the children know us and come running to welcome us. What a joyous reunion. We have come home! We have driven from community to community, asking permission to visit as is the custom and then when we are ready to leave, we must ask for permission to go. Each visit is quite an event.

December 29, 2008

We arrived in Accra, Ghana at 8:40 a.m. after a flight of eleven hours. Mr. Aquatic was waiting for us to drive us to Ada. He has been our chief officer of protocol, driver and friend for the past several years. We were hurried out of the city due to the presidential elections and they were concerned for our safety.

The first stop we made in Ada was to stop at the library that we built for the people of the community. We had the building built and delivered over 5,500 books to line the shelves. It was a beautiful sight to see the libary painted and with the handprints of the children around the outside of the building.

Humanitarian trip to Ada, Ghana 2008-2009

December 26, 2008

A team of four teachers and two students left Salt Lake City on our annual humanitarian trip to Ada, Ghana. Ada is a remote, mud-hut village east of the capital of Accra. Operation: Love In Action has been involved with the education of the impoverished children, medical supplies to the local clinic and helping the farmers with irrgation. This year we will be concentrating with education and in locating as many children who are not able to attend school due to lack of finances.

We left Salt Lake City, Utah at midnight the day after Christmas driving on snow-packed roads to the airport. We arrived at JFK in New York early the next morning. Four of the team decided to go and explore New York while making friends with a cabbie from Africa. We began with Ground Zero, the Empire State Building and ending at Time Square. We had left our coats in SLC and braved the cold of New York. The Empire States Building was nearly empty due to zero visibility and we were able to ride to the top without any waiting. What's a little cold to Utahns.