Hi Everyone! I'm in Ghana!!!!!
Ok,
so first of all, thank you sooooo much for everyone who sent support
responses/financial support for my trip here. I seriously could not
have afforded it without your help! I have been here for almost a week
now and have had many feelings and experiences already.
First of all, this is not what I would be calling a proper update
- this is me having a little extra time at an internet cafe so I'm
furiously typing and writing whatever comes to mind. The reason why I
am at an internet cafe is because I took a writing class during my
summer school time in Paris (WRIT 340) and I had a big portfolio due
today, a week after classes are out of session. I had planned on
finishing it before I had left France, but I also had another project
due, and a final, and finishing exploring Paris... oh there was so much
going on at the end. I had only a little left so I figured I'd finish
it up in Ghana and go to the
internet cafe that we went to last year. It was a risk because the
systems were so slow (took 15 minutes to open a single browser, and I
could only send a text email without attachments in 30 minutes), but I
needed just a little more time.
It was really difficult to finish it, even with the little I
had left, because I arrived, then the entire next day was spent
traveling to Kumasi, and then in the midst of this, my 2 week cough
turned into a fever with chills and aches, and I couldn't talk because
I was coughing so much. I stayed home for the first two days of
school, even though it was incredibly frustrating for me - I wanted to
see the children! Thank the Lord, I am much better now, and I did
finish the portfolio by Wednesday. BUT, it turns out that currently in
all of Ghana, there is a
power shortage. Therefore, the power goes out every other day, but at
strange times so it's really unpredictable. Then the internet cafe
that I went to last year is now closed down, and so we searched. We
searched for 3 days, went to 5 different locations, multiple times -
either they were completely closed down or out of power.
But here I am! Incredibly grateful for internet! And I am treating my time here like it's my last. :)
Other things...
-
the children still remember my name! :) They run and jump on me and
carry my things and get so excited. They remember everything I taught
them... even Chinese. haha.
- the girl I was sponsoring last year is gone from the school
now. She was sent away to the capital... at first it was a mystery as
to why she left - she just stopped appearing one day. I was sad and so
were the people at the school. I have found her 2 older sisters tho -
their family life is sooooo hard. :( I dont have time to explain but
please pray for Ophelia, Juliet, and Vivian - their mother died 2 years
ago and their father refuses to see them or send money to help them.
k my time is running out!!! I hope everyone is well and please send updates!! :)
love,
Akua Dolce
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