KelseyD

Hi Everyone, I cannot believe that I am leaving Ghana tomorrow night. I've finished my exams and more and more people from my program are leaving everyday. My first housemate left on Thursday morning, my roommate left on Friday morning and all but four of us are leaving tonight. It is so difficult for me to say goodbye to all the close friends I've made and it will be hard to adjust to life without them. It will be sad not to have Brendan walking around shirtless, Lizzy experimenting with food in the kitchen, Suni and Pete bantering, Natalie asking advice for what she should eat, Megan preaching about everything that's wrong with the U.S., Jessie complaining about all the Ghanaian guys that want to marry her, and Stephanie doing her best Ghanaian impressions. But I'm ... read more

Hello Everyone, I hope this post finds you all well. I myself have some very exciting things to report. My friend Jordan and I got back on Thursday evening after spending an exotic week in Egypt! After weeks of stress, sending countless faxes and being put on hold by grumpy travel agents, we found ourselves on and EgyptAir plane flying to Egypt on the 22nd. We arrived in Cairo around 8:30am on Friday morning after our sleepless flight. After paying the $15 for a tourist visa and exchanging our money into Egyptian Pounds (exchange rate about 5.3 EGP to 1 USD) we searched for a man holding a sign saying Ramses II Hostel who was supposed to pick us up. But of course we didn't see him, however, there was a coffee shop to our right ... read more

Hello Everyone, Not much happened this past week. Hot, dry weather, classes, the usual. However, Wednesday was the last real day I got to spend with the girls at my internship. Hopefully I'll be able to visit them once or twice more before I have to leave, however, just in case I took lots of pictures and said some informal goodbyes. After distributing some school supplies and candy we brought for the girls and putting up a badly needed world map, I informed the girls that they would later be receiving some school supplies sent from high school teachers, students, and Lodi, Wisconsin community members. The girls were so overjoyed that they insisted I take a whole group picture of them for all the people at home who are working so hard to help them. I ... read more

Hello Everyone, I hope this post finds you all well. This last week proved to be a bit stressful. I assumed that my previous weekend of travel would recharge me, however, due to my menstrual cycle, two midterms, and getting drenched in torrential downpour every other day, I started this week with a flare up of homesickness. Even though I absolutely love Ghana and wouldn't change this experience for anything, it's the little things from home I miss. Things like making cooking with my mother, having dinner-table conversations with my family, and taking hot showers and not starting to sweat immediately afterward tug at my heart-strings sometimes. This past week a few students' parents came to visit. This also reminded me of how much I miss my family and made me realize what a large part ... read more

Hello Everyone, I cannot believe that I have hit the halfway point here in Ghana. These last two months have absolutley flown by. Looking back on what the first few days were like when I first got here, I can't believe how far I've come. In those first few weeks, it seemed that when into the future there was only the dark abyss of time and the unknown. Now looking into the future, I can see the end of the tunnel. I have to register this week for classes for next semester at home, and that has made me realize that I really will be leaving here in a few short months. It seems that everyone in my program has changed and grown at unbelievable rates. Some people have gained weight, some have lost weight, some ... read more