Adventures with Fufu, and other meanderings of thought :)
Hello family and friends!I am again on another computer (have not yet managed a good strategy for keeping my laptop charged. Will work on that tonight,) and today has been good... we had our first...
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Whew... long week. I haven't even figured out what to say, I don't remember all of what I've said before, and I don't have much time, so I'll just talk for now and plan out the next post better when...
View ArticleSeminary Acceptance, Kumasi, and everything in between ;)
I’ve been accepted to two seminaries!Yaaaaaaaayyyyy!:)So exciting, so happy, so relieved.I mean, I knew that eventually things would work out, and that I should get into most if not all of them, but...
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Maps, classes & such ;)
Hello family and friends!Here's my draft (soon to be improved) map of CapeCoast….It’s very roughly to scale, I think/hope.In the future there will be fishing boats and sea creatures named Eric &...
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Pondering Race in Ghana, among other things
Hello family and friends!An opportunity for another post has arrived, so I’m going to write more, though not much has happened by way of events since the last one;)As a note: I have been told, but have...
View ArticleGoing to Takoradi this weekend, Water Situation, Speaking French
Hello family and friends!I won’t be able to post this weekend (we’re having a group trip to Takoradi and another place that I can’t spell;)I think it’s the place on stilts on the water.I’ll tell you...
View ArticleTakoradi trip and other small items
Hello family and friends!I miss you very much, though culture shock is tapering off again;)We’ll start with things that have been happening:My classes are all continuing, and becoming fairly regular...
View ArticleGood things and cumbersome things
Hello dear family and friends!I’m going to write about some of the sheerly happy things and feelings I’m experiencing here.We’ll mix these up between old loves and new, though I suppose they’re all...
View ArticleA couple of commercials, and good news! :)
Hello family and friends!:)My one new thought on Accra (prompted by a newscast on the topic) is that the city was rather clean while we were there, the result of months of cleanup.The citizens just...
View ArticleBuilding supplies
Hello family and friends!:)Yay, it’s letter/blog writing time again!Things that have been going on:Classes are proceeding as usual… it’s about mid-semester, so there are quizzes happening and...
View ArticleGoing to Candler, Matters of Cloth, School & Blogging
Dear family and friends!Hello:)it’s been a long week, but not at all a bad one.The major news: I have decided to go to Candler School of Theology next year for seminary!That’s the one in Atlanta, at...
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Hey family and friends!A fairly focused entry for today;)I’m going to talk about animals in Ghana, because they’re interesting, because they take up a whole entry by themselves, and because it’s...
View ArticleSome different impressions I'm getting ;)
Greetings, beloved family and friends!Life has been good since last I wrote.It’s Passion week on the Christian calendar, and therefore tons of Ghanaians are busy.Churches are extremely active at this...
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The entry I meant to post on April 12 ;)
Greetings family and friends!So, life has been quite eventful since last I wrote.The trip to Takoradi was extremely fun and worthwhile, so I’ll begin with that.I was rather surprised at the invitation...
View ArticleLook at the previous post, too :) this is the one meant for today/tomorrow
Dear family and friends!Hello:)Greetings.There are two posts today… the one below this was supposed to be posted last week, but the internet went out just before I posted it (the power went out...
View ArticleI'm better from malaria, and Ghanaian language discussion again
Hello family and friends!It’s Thursday, and all’s well.This morning felt slightly ill (fried plantain tastes awesome, but always does a number on my stomach); however, I’m completely better from that...
View ArticleA quick post, a quick reflection :)
Greetings, family and friends! :)So, I don't usually get to come online on saturdays, but as I'm here, and as there's a small issue to reflect upon that I might forget otherwise, it's sharing time!...
View ArticleAfrica, ATR, and other neat things
Greetings family and friends!I miss you.I’m coming to terms with the fact that I miss you, however, and have decided that this in no way diminishes how much I appreciate this experience, just as the...
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As usual, some reflections ;)
Greetings family and friends!These things which you hopefully see at the top of this post are my boubou/patapata African dress that I got in Takoradi and a FanYogo Maxi, which will be commented upon...
View ArticleA Shrine, Sewing, and Body Use in Ghana
Greetings family and friends!All is well in Ghana:)recent mental projects: coming to terms with the fact that I’m leaving soon, and have very little time left with my family here, and too little time...
View ArticleAn up-coming trip to the North, and cooking fiascos :)
Greetings family and friends!Life is busy, even in Ghana;)People tell me it’s not, but it’s still complicated to try to be efficient with my resources and time.C’est la vie.There’s trouble in paradise...
View ArticleSmall notes about old things, and the Trip to the North!
Greetings family and friends!As ever, life is crazy.I only have 11 days left, and I feel like time keeps slipping away from me, but not in that “ack! I’m leaving soon” kind of way… surprisingly, it’s...
View ArticleThe last post while in Ghana
Hello family and friends!I’m coming home in only two days!Today is Friday, and I’ll leave CapeCoast on Sunday afternoon, leave Ghana around 10pm that night (local time), arrive in WashingtonDC...
View ArticleI'm home!
I've made the journey home safe & sound! Daddy and I pulled into the driveway of our house at about 11:15 last night, and at nearly all points before that the trip was amazingly smooth. The only...
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Two Years Later: Growing where I'm (trans)planted :)
Dear World, including and especially friends and family,I am now in the UK!This comes as no surprise to some of you, I know, yet it may for others. Wasn’t I supposed to be in Atlanta for three years?...
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