Our First Trip to Africa!

And no...it wasn't for our adoption. :-)

Over spring break, we traveled to Ghana to visit a sister NICS school, American International School. It was our first trip to Africa, and it was an amazing experience!

We spent time visiting and observing various classes and talking with teachers and administrators about some great ideas that we plan to bring to our school next year. That might sound boring to you, but that stuff really gets me fired up! We came back refreshed, recharged, and ready to tackle the end of the school year! I got SO MANY great ideas while we were there, and I am excited to get them ready for next year!

We also spent a day visiting the coast and touring the slave castles at Cape Coast and Elmina. It was nice to see more of Ghana outside of the big city of Accra, and it reminded us A LOT of Guatemala in many ways (tigo signs and tampico...to name a few). The laid back culture and lifestyle of Ghana definitely made us homesick for Guatemala.

And...even though our child will not come from Ghana, I could see the dream of him or her (or them!) in the faces of the little children, especially when I had the chance to visit the school's PK-3 class and spend time with a young couple who recently adopted two Ghanaian babies from a local orphanage.

What a blessing it was to spend time in that beautiful place with so many wonderful people.

Fourth quarter...here we come!

~Laura~