Today we went to church with the BH kids. We stayed in the kids area, since it was another chance to be with them. The building was under construction and open with chairs and a roof, no windows. It was about 2 hours long for the kids and the adults were still going-maybe 3 hours or more. It was really hot and they bring water bags for the kids. Most of the kids at the church are from BH. Even the little ones like Jeremiah go, all the kids walk there holding hands and the older siblings carry their younger ones. After Ian decided to stay at BH to play with a friend he met and the rest of us went to get gifts for our trip north to meet the kids' extended family. We found nice gifts and also a market with some regular groceries. We bought cheese and olives, pita and a couple other treats. Lots of things are expensive like the cheese block was eleven dollars, olives nine, 2 bags of skittles for ten dollars and baby formula for twenty dollars per can. We went back to the hotel and then to BH to pick up Lamisi, Linda, Ian, his friend and Lamisi's. Jeri ( the house moms call Jeremiah this) was napping. We swam for a couple hours and felt refreshed from the heat. We took all the kids home, hugged on our children and headed back to the hotel to do laundry and eat. Tomorrow morning Matt goes to court and I am going to help at school. Ian and Mary can catch up homework! Pray for the adoption to be a full decree! See my next post for some basic Ghana info!
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Hello DesJardin family (now extended!) - The kids look great and really nice, cute too. I think it is great you are adopting these kids from Ghana. Mary Beth, I liked the story about how the boys were following you and copying you.
ReplyDeleteIan, how do you like having two more sisters? and a baby brother? Do you think any of them will be divers? Me and my family are heading to Perfect North tomorrow for a day of skiing.
From, your friend in Cincinnati, Mary Claire.