We are off to Ghana, Africa for a three-week volunteer placement at Village Exchange Ghana. We will work primarily with their micro-credit program and Kolby will also spend some time teaching English to local youth. Our micro-credit work will involve assessing and selecting loan candidates, organizing workshops, reviewing business plans, and setting up new loan groups. Offering these small loans to the disadvantaged women of Ghana is VEGs main tool for poverty alleviation and Kolby and I are excited to take part in such important work! I'm not sure if we'll have internet access while we're there, but I'll be sure to post about our trip after we get back on August 16th. Please pray for our safety... Africa is a long way away from home!
Open Water Certified
Kolby and I, along with my family, finished our SCUBA certification this past weekend. We had to do four dives at a lake and demonstrate that we could successfully do all of the underwater skills like achieving neutral buoyancy, removing and replacing our mask, navigating using a compass, using our buddy's alternate air supply, and doing an emergency ascent. Despite having to get into a full-length wetsuit in 100 degree heat and then carry 65 pounds of equipment on our backs down to the water, the actual diving was a lot of fun. We saw some nasty 2' long catfish and my dad had his ear bitten by a sunfish so hard that it bled. Good times. I would have taken a picture if I thought anyone would be able to stand seeing what we looked like in those wetsuits. It was a great thing to do as a family and now we're ready for our trip to the Great Barrier Reef!
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