Akwaaba! (Welcome)

Dearest Readers,
We made it to Ghana safely after a few glasses of FREE wine and lovely British flight attendents. Meg and I could not stop laughing when they asked us if we wanted any tea or coffee in their accents. We decided it would be best to respond to their questions in our own British accents- it went quite well. We arrived last night around 8:30 and were greeted by the lovely Sister Maggie and Sister Esther. The drive from the airport to the convent was around 30 minutes on a paved road and very light traffic compared to the normal 2 hour commute to Accra. Once we turned onto the road that leads to the convent we experienced our first unpaved road. To call them bumps would be an understatement. It was more like the surface of the moon, craters, dust, and all. While driving 2 miles an hour, swerving to avoid the giant trenches in the ground, we decided this part of the drive was more like a roller coaster. The sisters really got a kick out of our comparison and the way we held on for dear life. Once we arrived, we were greeted by 3 other Sisters - Alice, Evelyn, and Comfort. The others were sleeping. We snacked, talked with the Sisters, and were eventually led to our room.

Our lovely beds are complete with mosquito nets. And we slept like babies. This morning, we took showers after being slightly confused on how to turn them on. While showering, we heard interesting noises coming from outside. Meg cleared this up and explained they were sheep and goats walking around the compound under our window.

Sister Evelyn gave us the grand tour - around the convent and down to the school. We saw the classroom we will be teaching in and minus the spider it looks the way we imagined it. We had a nice lunch with the Sisters, and will be going to mass tonight at 7. We will let you know how that goes... we heard some stories about dancing down the aisle and singing.