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| Connor's Creative Art Center |
The Creative Art Center is coming along great and the outside is getting painted! It is really looking more and more like 3 huge legos. Until the art center is finished, I will be doing art classes with all the children in the dining facility and in their rooms. Monday was our first official art class. So I packed up all my art supplies in the big bucket I purchased in the market and headed over to the dining hall with the kids drawing books in my other hand. This week we are talking about telling our story through drawing pictures. We talked about what the kids wanted to be when they grew up, and they got a chance to tell their own story through art! They were excited to tell me what they wanted to be when they got older. Felix said, “I want to be a solider because I want to bring peace to the world.” Albert and Freeman want to be doctors so that they can help sick people. Mikaya, Joseph, and Gameli want to be footballers. They had a chance to share with each other their story and show their drawings!
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| Gameli |
Towards the end of art class, a big storm came with heavy rain and then the lights went out! It was pitch black, and we couldn’t see anything. (It is daylight in Ghana from 6 am to 6 pm.) Fortunately, I had my phone so I could see a little to gather up the supplies. The kids and I made a run for our houses, but it was pouring so hard and was so slippery with all the mud that I just about fell. Gameli was so sweet to run beside me and make sure I made it ok to the house. We were drenched, but the kids loved it! I must say it felt refreshing from such a hot day! Lesson learned…when teaching in Africa always carry a flashlight! It just might be the most important supply!
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