My Friends

Taylor--my companion? She is quite possibly one of the coolest girls I've ever met. She's from California, just found out she got into Oxford for grad school, and she's brilliant. She loves talking about the gospel and any world issue. She is the other intern here with me and is in charge of school selection. Basically, she evaluates prospective schools and helps decide who gets the new MGRs. We get along really well. I'm soooooo grateful that she is so amazing.

Arabna--the 2 year old we live with. She speaks English, gibberish, and Twi. Although her gibberish could be Twi...I guess I wouldn't know. She is famous for saying the following:
-JenJen
-Tay
-I beat you (pronounced "Ibeachyou" with a smile) I think one of the workers taught her that.
-Come
And then she will basically repeat anything you say and in the same tone of voice.

Narteh--the "probationary country director". He's not in trouble for anything, it's just the title for the first 3 months or so until it becomes official. He is the one on the MGR with me and the kids. He is with us just about always. He usually drives (although I have started to be brave enough). He takes us to where we need to go. He speaks English and Ga. He has 4 sons: Victor, Alex, Charles, and Henry, and a daughter: Floxy. His wife (Anna) made us dinner a few Sundays ago. We ate Fufu (mushed up cassava and plantain with the consistency of bread dough) with groundnut soup over it. The soup had chicken, beef, snail, crab, fish, and any other meat you can imagine in it. I just had the broth. It was good.

Josephine--She's a beautiful Ghanaian girl who met Sarah in a previous visit. She comes with us on most days to the schools. She just got hired as a ticketing agent? for Lufthansa. She speaks English and Twi. She has inspired me to get my hair braided. Maybe this Saturday? She says it will only cost 2 or 3 Cedis. That's like, $1.50! I'll let you know how it goes.

That's all for now.