Mary & Sarah!!!

October 22, 2008
Today Kenz and I went to visit Mary & Sarah at their school. I cannot believe that it was only a few weeks ago that the girls had no idea that they would so soon receive the opportunity to go to school, and now it's a part of their daily routine. How cool! Thank you to everyone who helped make that possible; it is such a huge blessing and these two girls are receiving an amazing education because of you.

I talked with the director of the school about expenses and about other logistics, and hopefully, with all of the donations, we will be able to support the girls for an entire 12-month school year. After talking about tuition and school fees, Robert, the accountant, introduced me to Mary and Sarah's teachers (pictured above).

Mary is in class 4 (aka "4th grade") and is taught by Mrs. Lucy. Sarah is in class 3 (aka "3rd grade") and is taught by Mr. George. Both of the girls' teachers were incredibly impressive and kept telling me how much they love educating children. Neither of the girls know the English alphabet yet (and the school is taught in English), but Mr. George promised me that "if I give him one school year", he will "raise the girls up" and teach them how to read. He explained that if a child can read well, then she can do almost anything.

Their school is one of the top 100 best primary schools in Ghana, which is very encouraging. The director told me that many of the children that attend the girl end up going to universities and technical colleges. His own children attended the school, and now one of them is the headmaster, another is a teacher at a different school, and another works for one of the Ghanaian banks. I was assured by the teachers and other staff that the Masco School has the finest standards and expectations. I got the feeling that the teachers really care about investing in their students.

After Mary & Sarah got out of school, I shared the letters written by students in Cathy Dalimonte's 3rd grade class with them--and their eyes lit up when they realized they were written specially for them and that they came all the way from AMERICA! Hopefully, I will try to work with them to write letters back to your class!

As Mary & Sarah walked with Kenz and I to get a tro-tro, they were so sweetly singing the Masco school song...it was just precious.