Update

Hey Everyone,

Sorry for not updating for like, over a month. Anyways, a lot has been going on. I had my directing class performance, had my full-length play reading, and finished my finals for dance, drumming, choir, and songs. So, all I have left is a written final for "History and Development" on the 9th of December. Up until then, I am just hanging out pretty much. Trying to plan some trips, find people to travel with. Might be going to Togo and Benin pretty soon. Thinking about doing a few day trips on my own this week and next. Thanksgiving is coming up as well, so we have a special Thanksgiving/Farewell dinner with ISEP on Thursday. That should be very fun. Umm... I am terrible at tracking everything back so I will just tell you I have made even more friends here. The past few weeks have been absolutely amazing.

I have a new favorite memory in Ghana. I made a bunch of spaghetti for some friends and myself, and ended up feeding about 5 grown men plus myself and my friend Marge. It was so much fun, all eating the Ghanaian style, straight from the pot and all digging in at the same time. I really felt like I had a family in that moment. We said grace, we laughed together over dinner, fought over the last bites. It was wonderful. I can't even begin to express the kind of warm love and endearment I feel for those guys. Maybe it's dumb but they are like family to me now. We hang out a lot, went to the beach together, eat together, laugh together, go out dancing together. It's just been a blast. I cannot thank God enough for the blessing that they have been in my life. I only wish I had more time with them. It feels unfair that I've just met them all a few short weeks ago, and now I only have a few weeks left to spend with them. It's thoroughly depressing, so I try not to think about it too much. Leaving will be much harder than I thought. If you would have asked me a month ago if I thought I would cry at the airport, I would have said, you're kidding right? Of course, I won't cry. I get to go home! But now, I'm not so sure. As much as I miss home and everything, everyone there, I will be really sad to say goodbye to the wonderful people I've met here, all of the people who have made this experience worth while and memorable and great. These Ghanaians seem to have a way of creeping into your heart and sticking there before you even know it.

Anyhow, still trying to upload pictures. Spent a weekend on an island called Marinata in the Volta Region a week or so ago. It was amazing. Spent the night in a beach hut. Played soccer/football (depends on which country you are from, lol). Swam in the Volta River, nice and warm and perfect. I want to go back so bad. We'll see if I can fit it in though. And in the evening there was a drumming group on the beach there, and I played on the drums a bit with one of the guys, and sang some of my traditional songs with them, AND they invited me to dance with them, so I got to practice what I learned in my traditional dance class. Overall it was just about the most amazing experience I've had here. I also just got back from a beach trip. I went to Kokrobite with my friend TG. It was a lot of fun, and relaxing, just sitting around being beach bums. And I bought some cool souvenirs so it was overall a successful trip. We'll see what the next few weeks bring. Gonna try and travel to the Volta Region, the Northern Region, Togo/Benin, and Koforidua Bead Market before I leave. And if I can manage it do some touring around Accra and some day trips in the surrounding areas. Might even make it up to Kumasi again before I leave, but we'll see.

Try and get the rest of my pictures posted here and on facebook soon. I NEED HI-SPEED INTERNET!! Uugh! LOVE YOU ALL!