My life about 3 weeks ago

So, I have been putting this off but I'm going to start trying to explain what happened each day in Ghana on our project trip. Most of this commentary is coming from my journal so I hope I can remember everything that I need to.

Day 0 - 5/31
We left for Ghana. First, I rode with a few people from Colorado Springs to Denver then flew to Atlanta. We met most of our team in Atlanta, except for 2 people, and flew from there to Accra, Ghana. That whole process took about a day.

Day 1 - 6/1
We landed safely in Ghana. Accra, the city we flew into, is the capital of Ghana. From the airport we went straight to our hotel we'd be in for the night in two 15 passenger vans. It was such an initial culture change. When we got there I thought it was intense actually, but by the end of the trip I was comfortable. Ghana is very safe, something I didn't realize at the time but ended up learning. I was tired from the plane ride so I spent some time resting in the hotel then threw the frisbee around some. When we were all together that night it was really cool to think about how, with a group as big as ours (14 people), that literally thousands of people could have spoken the same prayer for us. Also, it was pretty overwhelming to see the physical poverty there. Little did I know, Accra was the much better developed area of the country.

Day 2 - 6/2
In the morning a group of us went to the market and bought a guitar for the ministry. The fun part is that we got to play it all week until we finally gave it to them at the end of the week. After John and Greg got back from the radio station that morning, we all rode to Aflao. Aflao is in the southeast corner of the country, right by the Togo border. It was crazy to see how many people were along the side of the road selling stuff and carrying things on their heads. Seeing that made me realize even more how little the people there live on. When we got to the hotel, we unloaded then went to see the king. Yeah, the king. It was pretty crazy. We spent the rest of the night getting to know each other and sharing testimonies and life stories.

Pictures are up

I just posted my pictures from the trip. Here's links to my albums on Facebook. They are Ghana - Part 1 and Ghana - Part 2. Part 1 has more pictures from Aflao, where our team was most of the week and where the project site was. Part 2 has the last 4 days after most of the team members went home. Four of us stayed those extra days so we could have meetings with ministries and design professionals in the country. We also did some fun tours and sightseeing things at the end. More details to come.

Still not feeling the best and trying to recover physically from the trip. It's been super encouraging though since I've been back to talk with people back home. Thanks to Scot Irwin for calling me today. Cool to hear about what's going on in my friends' and mentors' lives. Just another reminder of how big God is.

Later.

Back from Ghana

It has been way too long. So much has happened since my last blog post. School ended, I started my internship, and spent 2 weeks in Africa. Hopefully I can fill in some of the gaps. That's my goal at least. I'll try to post updates and pictures as I go about what happened each day from my journal while I was in Ghana. Also, I'll try to add some of what else is going on since I've been back.

Yesterday I got back from Ghana and now I'm back in Colorado Springs at the eMi office. It was about a 24 hour total trip to get back to Colorado Springs from Accra, Ghana (the capital city). Everyone on the team made it back home safely other than a few stomach sicknesses. Ha. It was an amazing trip and I'm going to miss the country and people I met the past few weeks. I'm glad to be back though.

It would be an understatement to say that I learned a lot over the course of the 15 days we were there. Hopefully I'll be able to share some of my stories with you.