Today was the first there hasnt really been any rushing about or scheduled things that had to be done so that has helped with orientation a little just having some ground to find my feet.
The day started at 8.00am with devotions at the clinic with Ebenezer (the clinic chaplain) and some of the waiting patients. Then Rebecca, Holly and I had a lesson in the twi language with Ebenezer. It's going slowly but we have been picking up some bits and pieces here and there, such as greetings and basic words. Ebenezer certainly seemed pleased to meet someone from Northern Ireland and certainly someone who knew Dorothy and Phillp Parish and the Rev Dennis Bambrick!
After lunch we had a final stand off with the ants that have been sharing our house and our food...it just went too far when they helped themselves to the Hobnobs!!! So hopefully they have got the message and we shall try and live peacefully with them.
In the afternoon i managed to steal some of Andrews time to try and get filled in on some info about the clinic, it's work and the local area. Also a little bit of what i would be doing. It was interesting to hear hoe the new National Insurance Scheme for health care worked. Each person has to pay a yearly registration fee of 80 Ghana Cedes. And the government take 2.5% from any purchases made in stores in the country towards National Health. This does sound good in theory because if someone needs a procedure that costs 800 cedes they would have nothing further to pay. But when you then learn that the average income of a household (meaning poss 8-10 people) in the surrounding vilages is 5 cedes a month which is approx £2.50 it's a little more understandable why everyone hasnt signed up for it never mind being able to pay for medical treatment!!
So yes it was good to chat to him in person rather than just by email! He and Ju are still patiently awaiting awaiting the birth of baby Nicholas....
Andrew Working hard at his desk.
Well the thunder is rolling in across the lake so i will have to finish so i can make it back up to the house before the heavens open!!
Unfortunately as you can see I didn’t make it!!!
So yes it is rainy season!!!
1 comment:
Yeah - you are blogging - and with photos too :)
Great to hear how you are getting on, and I will post you link on the church FaceBook site. Aren't we all getting technical!
Have you thought about Twitter - one line updates that can be posted on the side of your blog, and also friends/family can follow you on their mobile - they get your tweets (!) as text messages? I am janmary3 on twitter.
Hugs and prayers from Lisburn.
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