Five Day Forecast

The comparison is hardly fair, but here's the upcoming weather for Tema, and for Milwaukee:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
86° F | 78° F	89° F | 78° F	89° F | 80° F	86° F | 80° F	86° F | 78° F
Clear	Clear	Scattered Clouds	Scattered Clouds	Chance of T-storms 30% chance of precipitation

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
40° F | 31° F	47° F | 36° F	40° F | 29° F	32° F | 23° F	29° F | 18° F
Chance of Snow 20% chance of precipitation	Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy	Chance of Snow 20% chance of precipitation	Partly Cloudy

Third Try's a Charm?

In just about 24-hours we'll be on the ground in Accra, Ghana where I'll (finally) begin an 8 month teaching assignment.

Our flight, Delta 166, is scheduled to arrive at 7:35 AM Tuesday. Ghana's time zone is "Greenwich Mean Time" - yes, THAT Greenwich - also known as GMT, or UTC-Zero. Simply, it's 6 hours later in Ghana than it is in Wisconsin (at least during the winter months, when WI is not on daylight saving time). So, if you're back home reading this, you should be sound asleep when Cori and I touch down. Of course, our brains and bodies will also be on Central Time, so I hope WE aren't sound asleep too!

Once we get to Accra, I expect we'll be met at the airport by someone from the school who will drive us to Tema. Once we get settled, I'll try to post an update.

Such anticipation (and nerves)!

A couple new images

Last week Cori visited her OB doctor a final time before our Ghana departure just to make sure things were still going well, and to talk about the options surrounding birth in Ghana versus coming home before term. While there we took a couple more images of the baby via ultrasound. In one, the baby's head looks a bit too much like an alien! In the other you might be able to make out the baby's finger. I think it's picking its nose - now that trait it got from its father.

It's a Dancer!

Today Cori and I had the 12-week ultrasound. Everything is looking great! The baby's heartbeat is 167bpm - right where it should be - and it's spine measured normally.
The coolest part was watching it move, and boy did it ever. It was kicking, and thrashing, and dancing all over the place. I'm not sure if it was disco or ballet, but it's got some real moves. Obviously, for those who know me, it got its dancing skills from Cori.

Beautiful Ghana

As Cori and I wait for that slowly approaching period of departure (attempt #3), I continue to read about the magic and beauty that is Ghana. Or more accurately, the Ghanaian people. As Dan Lawton points out in the Christian Science Monitor, while the Ghanaians lack the material wealth of the US, they may be richer in another sense:

In the United States, I sometimes go a day or two without greeting anyone. It's easy to mix in with the masses – to drift to work or school in a bubble – simply nodding your way through the day. Nowadays, I handle most of my communication via e-mail and text message. In fact, sometimes I think my digital relationships are eclipsing those in the real world. I recently lived in a subdivided house for a year without speaking to my neighbors. We simply exchanged stoic nods as we passed.

In Ghana, I have danced, eaten, and spoken with more strangers in six weeks than I would have in America in six years. And this paradox – that despite its material wealth and technological might America is so standoffish and lonely – has been burning a hole in my head.

Thanksgiving

"Could you please pass the cranberries Mr Ambassador?"

Looks like Cori and I will have a Thanksgiving dinner after all. How exciting!























I wonder if we will be able to watch the football games?

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