My last week in Hospitality was a busy one! We have a mass exit of crew members, and we also had our "Thank You" reception for all of our local partners and NGO's while in Togo. We had the US ambassador, and many other very important people!
June the 1st, was an interesting day! It was my first day of summer program, but it was also a day that i got to head on down to the radiology department, and kinda of observe what they do! We have one x-ray machine and one CT scanner, one of three in all of West Africa! Now with it being very close to the end of our field service in Togo, they didn't have any patients in, but i was able to see how each machine worked and Fumi, the technician, showed me some interesting scans from January till now! One of them i got to see was, a little boy, who i saw when i visited at the pediatric ward in Lome. He had a very large head, and it turned out to be fluid, but this procedure is even quite risky in the US, so there was nothing they could do for him! :( He was the cutest! I hope that someday something can be done for him, and at least some of his pain and suffering will be taken away.
The was my morning, in the afternoon, i officially started the summer program, with Ioan, Bekah, Michelle, Margo, and Matt. We met for about 4 hours, starting to plan, get to know each other, and learn information about the Academy. We also met for the majority of the next day, planning our first weeks schedule. I have the amazing pleasure to work with Michelle from the US. We are the leaders for the 5th- 8th grade group!
We have about 8 kids, and they are all amazing!
This past Sunday, i got to go to the fishermen village church again! It truly is a blessing, they worship so freely, and really love God with EVERYTHING! It has started to challenge me to live for loving God, and not loving myself. This Sunday, i had the privilege to hold the cutest baby ever! He kept blowing me kisses, and almost fell asleep on my shoulder. They also love dancing! Which makes me so happy, they don't care who looks or what they dance like! Us North Americans should take some lessons....
Monday morning was Summer Program Day 1! :)
Started off the first day with some lovely music, done by Michelle and I :) We did some funny camp songs, such as Baby Shark....or The Great Big Moose! Then we played our theme song for the week, it was called Fly! :) The kids seemed to enjoy it! We have 24 kids, from age 3 to 8th grade :)
Each day we start off with music, and then spilt into younger and older for our devotions. We are doing a bible study on the Psalms, and the older kids are starting to really enjoy it, we have them read the psalm from two different versions, and then ask some questions, and the we have them re-write it in their own words! :)
Now for some very exciting news....I GOT MY PASSPORT!!!!!! On Thursday morning, i once again headed off to the Canadian Consulate, and signed a few papers, and voila i have it! The picture of course looks horrible! But don't they all?
This past week has been a long one! Got my passport, said goodbye to a few close friends, and finished week one the summer program! This week at bible study, my fellow Canadian led, Derek, who will be leaving me on Monday! :(
Monday...June 11....MASS exit day. We have over 40 crew members leaving us! My own bunk mate Tori...I'm not sure how I'm gonna react, its gonna be a long and tough day. I am also getting two new roommates that same night.
My flight is officially booked for home! I leave the ship October 30th, and will arrive back in Canada on Halloween, Spookkyyy. So I better see some costumes at the airport! :)
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| Fishing Village! |
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| Derek! He can't leave :( |
5 more months in Africa! :) God Bless!
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