a visa victory

yeah. a victory.

on saturday i went into accra with an especially suicidal tro tro to pick up my passport with my visa extension (when i applied in egypt for a 3 month tourist, they granted me a 2 week business). i got there only to find out that immigration was closed and that the guy gave me the wrong pick up date. figures. it gets better. i sat and talked/begged the guards to see if there was any way of checking to see if it was ready. they got their friend who got my passport. it was on the top of the pile. and there were no bribes at all. flexibility in an immigration office can work either totally for or totally against you. ive witnessed both.

on sunday, i took prosper and her mom, rita, to the beach for rita's birthday. neither can swim. that did not stop prosper from hurling herself into an especially strong atlantic undertow while either yelling 'lindsay leave me' or 'white woman come for me' at any white lady swimming further out than i let her go. the highlight of the trip for prosper was probably more the car rides though. you dont drive on camp so it was a pretty serious outing.

camp updates... still feeding, still sewing and still sponsoring. my time is winding down way too fast so we're still just making sure everything operates smoothly and that i have all the pictures and information i'll need to do things easily back in canada. if there is anything you want to know/see about the camp. tell me. nows the time.

i only have 2.5 more weeks here (i fly out december 3, home the 5th). so, if youre at all thinking of donating and want to have me oversee your donation, get on it! donation ways are still the same (look to the right of the blog). i'll take pictures and what not.

the biggest news i have this week though is that... a website will be up in a matter of days! keep checking here, your inboxes and your facebook accounts (or wherever else i harass you) for the site and a real life newsletter.