This morning, I am the only one at my house. The woman that lives in the next room is gone. We have private rooms, that both open to the outside, and our own porches. I also have a small room for a kitchen, and my latrine and bathing “closet” connected to my porch.
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Swearing In
When I was in third grade, “maxi” dresses, with hems that nearly brushed the floor, were all the rage. Continue reading Swearing In
Mother Africa
In some ways, it feels like ten weeks has flown by. In others, it seems like we will never be done with training and get to move to our sites where we think we will be “free”. Continue reading Mother Africa
Toto, I Think We Ain’t in Kansas No More
You kind of expect to hear more about superstitions here. We have a lot of fun joking around with our Ghanaian trainers, especially about juju and dwarfs.
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The Value of Things
On Thursday, we visited the bead market in Koforidia. It was a field trip for our language class (technically “language and culture” class). We were to use our vocabulary to shop and bargain for better prices, or to get “a dash” — a bit extra.
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Of Bees, and Birds
I didn’t go with them…there were only enough bee suits for fifteen. But I heard what happened. Continue reading Of Bees, and Birds
Glimpses of a Life
I went to confession diligently in my adolescent years. But I often left feeling more guilty than I went in, always unable to tell the priest everything. Continue reading Glimpses of a Life
On the Long Bumpy Road
During the past few weeks of training, we’ve been traveling to different sites around Ghana, staying in hotels that are also contracted to feed us. I remember how much I was complaining, just a couple of months ago, about what it was like to live out of luggage. Now I live out of my backpack and it’s starting to feel normal. Continue reading On the Long Bumpy Road
Body Language
One of the things I’ve liked best about language training is how cultural differences show up in our studies. Continue reading Body Language
Akrokerri
On Tuesday morning, we all left our site visits and went on to the next part of our training.
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