These last couple of days have been very interesting in Hohoe. It hasn't rained in a few days which is rather uncommon for this time of year. We are also still having trouble with the water system and the running water turns on and off during the day. I only have about 4 more days here though so I am trying to make the best of it. Yesterday was a very exciting day for football and I spent most of my time watching world cup games. Since there are volunteers here from the United States and England we like to watch those matches with out host family. Yesterday though, the two teams were playing at the same time because they are within the same group and we were able to find a restaurant here that allowed us to watch both matches at the same time on their two televisions. That was a lot of fun and in the end it worked out for everyone because we both won the games we were playing and both got to move on to the next round in the world cup. The U.S. game was a very exciting one because we scored our only goal in the 93rd minute of the game, which is during the additional time that had been added on by the referees due to time delays during the official playing time. The U.S. team was so lucky and we were all so happy because that meant that we got to move on. Later that night, Ghana played against Germany while the other two teams in their group also played at the same time. Ghana ended up losing the game 1 - 0 but still got to move on to the next round because Australia beat Serbia by 2 goals! This means that each team in the group had beat each other and even though Ghana lost, they had more points then Australia and Serbia because of the points they received for the win and the draw they had. All of this probably sounds very confusing and I still don't really understand the world cup point system. One thing I did learn that is that now the United States will be playing Ghana on Saturday night! That is going to be one exciting game and people here in Ghana have already started asking us if we are American and that Ghana is going to definitely score on us and beat us. This makes me kind of nervous because I would really prefer to not get yelled at by any Ghanaians of the U.S. does happen to win. I also leave Sunday morning and would like to get out of the country safely without any Ghanaian hating me for the fact that the U.S. beat them in football. Maybe a draw would be the best thing but I am still very nervous. I'm sure things will be fine though and some friendly competition is always fun.

The children at the orphanage are going to be very hard to leave as I have said before. I want the best for them and I still can't believe that I will be leaving them so soon! I am very excited to get home though because I do miss my family and friends so much and am looking forward to spending the fourth of July with them when I get back.

I will write again Saturday to make updates on how Ghana is dealing with the U.S. and Ghana match. Everyone here is already excited so I can only imagine how exciting things will be game day.