Friday, January 13, 2012

This morning, the kids all woke up on their own.  They were in better moods today than they were yesterday.  They were all ready when the taxi came.  

Joe and Mack ate breakfast at the guest house and then headed to the airport to meet the Luthers.  The Luthers' flight was delayed.  They waited until they arrived.  Then, they got all of their luggage loaded up in our car and got a taxi for the Luthers to ride to the guest house.  When they got to the guest house, they unloaded what the Luthers need for the next few days.  Joe kept the rest of their stuff in the car to bring it on home for them.  Then, they loaded up their stuff that they had left at the guest house and headed out.  

They stopped at the Immigration office to get the paperwork that we need to get started on our residents' visas.  Then, they sat in traffic for almost three hours.  There is road construction, and they had it narrowed down to two lanes – one lane going in each direction.  So, it took forever to get out of Accra.  Then, just as they were leaving Accra, Joe heard a strange noise.  He pulled over to see what the problem was.  One of the back shocks had broken and had dug into the tire.  It happened at a good place though because they were able to get a new tire; then, they were on their way once again.  

This morning, I walked to the taxi station and took a taxi to the post office.  We had a package.  I got the package.  Then, I took a taxi to the store and got a drink and a snack for the ride home.  I took another taxi back to Kansawarado, the area where we live, and walked home from the taxi station.  The package weighed about fifteen pounds, and it seemed to get heavier as I walked along.  It is only about 1/4 mile from the taxi station to the house.  When it is over 100 degrees though, it seems like it is a lot farther.

Dan brought the kids home from school in a taxi.  He told me that Bonnie had to go to the office today.  Here, they think that the pronouns he/she are interchangeable.  He was talking about Bonnie but said, "He had to go to the office."  I thought he was talking about Danny, but it was Bonnie.  She wasn't paying attention.  Brother Morgan was there today; so, he talked to Bonnie.  It was just a warning this time.

Gilbert was so excited that he got to read today.  He said, "Mom, I did super!"  Danny said that he did good with his blends today too.  We worked on both of those things last night.  

There were a couple movies in the package.  The kids had fun watching Flipper.

Joe got home about 8:00 this evening.  We were so happy to see him.  He brought in a box of a dozen Dunkin Donuts!  I thought maybe there was one in Accra now, but the Luthers had brought those donuts for us from the States.  That was very nice of them!  We will enjoy eating those for breakfast tomorrow.  He had some other treasures that he found too.  The store that gets some American products had some things that were about to go out of date; so, the prices were marked down quite a bit.  Hooray!

A demain,

Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie