God is good, even in the little things

Thank you for the comments, I just read them and they were encouraging and funny. To answer jin sheen's question, I have not been taking pictures because they don't allow them in the ward, and they didn't allow them at the orphanage. Unfortunately the battery died on the camera I borrowed from my sister. The converter they sell here has a border on it that doesn't allow me to plug in the square box plug that the camera came with. I went to the IT department and they showed me how to plug it into the computer to charge (I think you all know I don't know what I am doing with computers and cameras etc). Anyway, the camera won't charge using the computer. There was a girl that goes to Wheaton college in Illinois sitting near me so I asked her if she knew anything about it, and she said she had a canon as well and she has to plug hers in, it doesn't work using the computer either. So just when I thought I was out of luck, a man behind us said he has a canon and went and got his charger so I could charge the battery. So thank you God for coming through on the little things. I will tell you however, I don't know how often I will find someone who will help me recharge so pictures may not be pleantiful. Plus I don't know how to get them onto the computer anyway.

To answer Matt's question there are probably just as many guys as girls but most of the nurses and people I have met are girls. I did stop at the security office for something today and met the head of security whose name was Lars.

Last night Tammy who works in housekeeping invited me with her and 4 others to go for ice cream. We went in a Mercy Ships vehicle to an Italian restuarant called Monaliza (yes it was spelled with a z). We had really good gelato and some pizza that tasted typical american. They insisted on paying for us even though it was one of the girls birthday. The four people we were with were from Ghana, and one of the guys was telling us that when he first got here his roomate who was white invited him out to dinner. He said when the check came, he noticed multiple people paying and he didn't unsterstand why. Then he realized that they were waiting for him to pay so he finally put his money in. He said he was angry and thought, that is the last time I go out to eat with these white people. See, in the Ghana culture whoever invites you out to eat pays. Now that he knows in a lot of other cultures this isn't the case, he can laugh it off. It's funny though, in the states when pay our own way we call it going dutch. In Sweden they call it going German.

To answer Heidi G.'s question, the food is ok. Some is really good, like the lamb, and hummus. The rice etc. I might get sick of soon. I will never go hungry however because they always have bread and NUTELLA!!! I think everyone knows what nutella is, but in case you don't, it is a chocolate hazelnut spread that is popular in Europe.

I also just found out I don't have to work tomorrow. They canceled me because we were overstaffed for the day. It's funny, I have only worked one shift alone so far. I was scheduled for 7 in a row though, so now it will only be six. So thats fine, I will just go with the flow.

Tonight I have a meeting about tropical diseases. That may be interesting. Thanks again for all the support and for praying for me. Sorry these are so long, I think I get carried away a little. I hope it's not boring.