Ghana

Ghana: a country on the coast of West Africa, where i will be living for the next 27 months or so....

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Wait....these past months have been Winter?????

Hello all and welcome to my life as a new offical PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER!!!!! On August 30th, 69 of us swore in as the next group of volunteers to Ghana! The past three months has flown by/dragged by very slowly. I wont lie, i enjoyed all the training that we got, technical was the best times ever with my fellow NRM peeps! But all those times have past, and now i am at site, in a small town called mem chemfre in the Eastern region. for the next 3 months, all new volunteers have to stay at site; we are not to travel other than to our market town or for a meeting that we must go to! this is will be difficult for me, i love to move and see and travel, and now i must stay at site. I understannd the importance of this, cause i must get to know my community and have them get used to me and have me better understand the language, but oy, I dont know what to do with myself, with all this free time. I have been told what to do for the past 20 years of my life, and now im on my own, with no car and no one that speaks my language near me. It will take some time to get used to not doing much. As an American, i have never been taught how to be "still", how to appercate silence and the value of just sitting and watching the world. If i get nothing out of peace corps other than this very important lesson, than i would have learned a valuable part how who i am and how i fit into this world. Ok, so that was a little deep....to a lighter subject, I have moved on from my romance novels and now truly enjoy a book that makes me think! for those who knew me in college, know what a big step this is for me!! :)
I would like to remind everyone that letters and postcards always make my day and i just sent out 5 letters to people, so you will for sure get something back! Well, that is about all that is going on in my life for the moment. I will fill you in when something else happens! Hope all who read this have a Fantastic day!!