Day 2: Our first full day in Ghana was pack full of eye-opening experiences and everlasting memories. We started off our day with our first devotion at 6:30 am and our first Ghanaian breakfast of eggs. After our breakfast, we headed to the JoshKrisDan Home for two hours of bonding with the children. Following that, we made our way to the first school we would visit- Ningo Senior High School. Ningo Senior High School was made up of over 1200 students and all of them piled into the auditorium to welcomed us to their school. They showed us several traditional African dances, African drumming, as well as a piece of African Drama. We surprised the students by performing two Ghanaian songs as well as a classic American song. We also had the amazing experience of getting to sit in on a couple of classes. A couple of us learned more about Introduction to Business while the rest of us were given a grammar review in an English class. Having the chance to sit in on these classes gave us a new perspective of education and allowed us to have an awesome interaction with the students. Once we were all done with Ningo Senior High, we headed to the second high school of the day- Global School. Global High School was a private boarding/ day school that consisted of roughly 200 students. We had a spontaneous assembly where we introduced ourselves and gave them the gifts of Millbrook jerseys and a couple of soccer balls. Following the assembly, we spent a good twenty minutes interacting with the students and exchanging bracelets and just getting to know them. We then concluded a very full day with a wonderful performance given back at the JoshKrisDan home and a full dinner back at the hotel. We're visiting two middle schools tomorrow, and we're looking forward to meeting more children and getting a better feel of Ghana and the Ghanaian people.
Favorite Memories of the Day:
1) A few seconds after we got on the bus while leaving Ningo Senior High School, Kayla was pleasantly surprised when she was tapped on the shoulder by a cute Ghanaian boy who put on a necklace for her, one of his only possessions from home. Kayla tried returning the favor by giving him a friendship bracelet and taking a picture of him to keep the memory clear. He told her to never forget them.
2) As we were introducing ourselves to each of the schools, Mary was always greeted with the loudest applause and cheers. It was such a wonderful feeling knowing that the kids were so interested and excited to get to meet us.
3) Gib wrote an elaborate song about peanut M&M's on Emma F's ukelele (lyrics and/or video to come)
4) The Emmas were both proposed to (and politely declined) on the bus ride back to the hotel tonight by 20something year old Ghanaian drummers, Joe and Emmanuelle.
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