Sunyani market: Wednesday 21 June

After school a couple of the teachers came with us to the Wednesday market, the big shopping day in Sunyani, basically Dundrum Ghana style. It was huge with lines and lines of stalls stretching away as far as we could see. Our guides took us to the areas we would find most interesting and we could have bought anything from jewellery to deodorant to a new bra, freshly made peanut butter, rope, yams and fish looking up at ye for dinner and for starter a lump of cow-hide to make soup !. The colours, the noise, and the smells enthralled us all and we caused great merriment in our gaping and pointing.

We had already decided that we would have no evening event today but that after dinner we would come together to reflect all that we had seen to date and maybe to answer any queries that have arisen.It was fitting to have this space to take time to talk about what had happened in St James' and to pray for the boys who had died, their families and their teachers. We talked to each other our highs and lows and our impressions of life in Ghana. There was good sharing among the group and we all enjoyed this time on our own.