Long Time

Sorry to everyone for not writing for a long time. I can't believe I've been in country for 6 months already. Time has been flying by and we've been having a good time. There have definitely been stressful times, but they're small and easily overcome. We have fallen into our own routine here and have made a little home for ourselves. When I'm traveling, I long to come back home and be able to relax in my personal space. I believe that's a good sign for a home and means that I truly feel comfortable here.

The US Ambassador was very generous by extending invitations to all PCV's in country to have Thanksgiving dinner at his home. So JB and I traveled down to Accra for that. It was marvelous. We had a wonderful dinner and were able to see a bunch of our friends from all over the country. We were able to stay in the home of an ex-pat and are very thankful for feeling welcome in her home. She was amazingly generous and kind to us. It was definitely a great mini-vacation. There is definitely a fishbowl affect here and it's truly wonderful to let down our guards and just be ourselves for a little bit.

Following Thanksgiving, JB traveled back up to Zabzugu while I stayed in southern Ghana and then attended my Inservice Training (IST) down in Kumasi. JB went through is IST before Thanksgiving. So now that we've done our IST's we're both really motivated to start up our real work. Well, JB is already doing his job and has just finished his first term as teaching. But for me, I now have a direction that I'm aiming for. Before, I was just integrating into our site and with my villages that I'm working with. But it was difficult having motivation, but not knowing what I should be doing. Kind of like treading water, knowing you want to swim somewhere, but unsure which direction you should go in. Well now I know my direction, so I'm not just treading water. Whoo-hoo!

This week is the Fire Festival up in the Northern Region. So I'll be taking pictures and giving a more detailed post on all that later this week. I'll hopefully be getting pictures up this weekend as well. I'm sorry for not being very good at keeping everyone up to date. I'll be trying to be better at that. :) Sorry this is a short post, but more will be coming soon!!!