So far, I've enjoyed my first week in the north of Ghana with my new family. I met Thomas when he was touring the US, talking about his experience growing up and his work with Catholic Relief Services (CRS). Long story short, we kept in touch and he told me I could stay with his family. He's actually traveling with a group of American Catholic high school teachers and people from the CRS Headquarters in Baltimore right now and has two more groups coming throughout July so I don't get to see much of him. But, I've had a great time with his wife Felecia and three little kids Loretta, Kelvin, and Melvin. They have a nice house with a stove and oven(!), a (somewhat) flushing toilet, and a shower (but it doesn't work so we
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