Joy Family Lodge Accra

... are in a hospital does not mean that your “there is never a dull moment in Ghana” realization will be put on the back burner.
You may just be awakened at 6 in the morning by a marching band parading by the window.

10. Don’t assume that just because you are in a hospital does not mean that the god awful bug infestation that this country seems to have is going to be non-existent.
There will still be ants in and around ...

... strange other men come from!

Anyway, I think it's time I got some sleep. It will be strange to be in another country in just over a week - to be anonymous again and not to speak to every second person. I think I will be waiting for eveyone to say hello, and maybe I'll be the odd one out - saying hello when it's entirely unnecessary. Time will tell. My next blog will probably be from outside Ghana, so until then, I hope everything's going well at home, and I await your updates eagerly!

... ian girlfriend happens to get pregnant right around the time he gets a lett** from his british girlfriend telling him that she will be moving to nig**ia to become his wife. The play was a comedy obviously and ended with the nig**ian giving birth and all three people deciding to live in the house togeth**.

This play was a lot bett** than the last one we saw. I think it mightve just been because it was easi** to und**stand (the oth** one ...

... It was a tiny, run down shack that housed far too many people. Kwame told us that this woman had just suffered a stroke a month or so ago and could not walk. She too had about 8 or 9 kids that she was taking care of.
Kwame told us that there were a lot of orphaned children whose parents were either dead or had abandoned them.
Apparently it wasn’t uncommon for people to take them in just so they wouldn’t be living on the streets begging for food.
Awesome.
Accra, Ghana reneemarie

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I also got my internet back and got up super early the past two mornings (as in 4am) to check email and go run with the cross country team. so if you are online at midnight back home, you might catch me :)

cross country still doesnt do much and we go out for our own 30 minute runs after they meet...but supposedly tomorrow we are running a 4k course. i dont have class all day tomorrow, so hopefully that'll get me tired enough to nap for a good part of the afternoon ...

here are a collection of pictures up to this point in my trip.

some are the hostel I was in before, some are the current one (which is pretty much identical), some are from places around campus, and there are a few from the day we decided to go to a quiet beach and ended up at a pool at a resort on coco beach about an hour from here (which was SUPER nice). Enjoy! and comment if you are wondering what any are! each one probably has a story

... times, asking me if I was leaving. The drummer that I have a crush on, Yusef, helped me pack my drum (he is very much a gentleman), and I didn’t even get to say goodbye to him because the kids were bombarding me. The drummers had to keep shooing the kids away. Anyway, everybody split up, most of the drummers and dancers left before I could say thank you and goodbye to anyone. Adom gave me a bit of money for performing. Then Uncle Sulley, Yaawza, and I got into a friend’s car and ...

... it to some water over the stove and mix it until it becomes a ball, just like banku. Then you prepare some soup or fish with sauce and eat it together. If you couldn’t tell, I’m loving the food here in Ghana. I think I might buy a mortar and pestle while I’m here, depending on how much it costs. They have mortars here made from clay that has ridges on the inside, so it’s easy to mash ...

... tagged along. So I got to check everything out, and we talked a lot. Brother told me more about how traditional funeral ceremonies work. I always heard that they could go on for 4 or more days, with music and dance almost the whole time. I've wondered if the same musicians and dancers perform the whole time or not. Somebody mentioned that akpetese (really really strong liquor made from palm) helps them stay up and energized, so I thought that maybe they just kept ...

... your support!  I hope that each of you have been able to see God's blessings in your year and are able to see God's work in your lives.    I will send out a post when I get home to let you all know when I have arrived safely!  If you want to see more pictures or hear more about what I have been doing please feel free to email/message/call me!  Thank you again for everything!   God bless!