Days 1 and 2

Day 1-May 21, 2011
Today we landed and Ghana and what a day it has been. From the moment we went of the plane we hit the ground running. Connie picked us up from the airport and we started off by going to the mall. This got switched around and we were supposed to do this the second day, but our bus driver couldnt be here so we did it the first. The mall was just like an american mall with clothing stores, phone stores, and a food court. I however spent my whole time in the Vodofone and MTN store trying to get minutes for my phone and a broadband thing from the internet. But once I got my minutes the phones were all dead....hince why I didnt get to call people until later. After the mall we went tothe dress maker who sized us and is going to make dresses for us! It was so cool to see all the fabrics and to pick out what I wanted my dress to look like! I love it! After that we went to this jewlery store and loved all the silver jewlery there. I loved this little silver braclet but it was kind of expensive to I am waiting to go back to see if I really want it. By this time we were starving and ate some local ice cream, chocolate and coconut!!! Sooo good! We were all still hungry to we went to eat at a little place in Accra and ate local food. I had red red which had no meat with fried plantanes which was sooo good! After that we went to an outdoor market which was overwhleming to say the least. I got John and my dad a gift and got myself a braclet but couldnt even start to process what I wanted to get for everone else. Dont worry tho I will get you all something :) We went to another local place to eat and got cheese pizza! Who would have thought that I would have come all this way to eat pizza! As we were eating Connie got a call that our host family had dinner prepared for us so we quickly ate and drove back to our house. The ride took over two hours!!!! In Ghana as soon as the sun sets it is pretty much black out. There are little lights and no street lights what so ever, so our driver got lost on the drive, and there was tons of traffic! I was also not expecting this at all! I naped some of the way becuase I had a bad headache which seemed to be better by the time we got to the house. The house is a nice big house that is located on a farm. We got welcomed by everyone (the man who owns the house is a laywer who is starting the Mount Creast College here and a doctor named Sam. They have about 4 girls who are helping with our stay who are in training for hospitality business).  They made us some more local food which was also sooo good! I had rice with this red tomato sauce on it which was a fantastic way to end the night. After dinner I tried to take a shower but showering with 15 people in 2 bathrooms is kind of hard. I waited my turnand then the water ran out :( I was up until well after 1 waiting to shower. Once I finally did it was nice to get the grime of over 24 hours of travel off me and I slept like a baby :)
Day 2 May 22, 2011
Today was much more relaxing then the prvious day. We woke up around 9 to get ready and eat breakfast. Breakfast consisted of bread with jelly and scrambled fried egg with green pepers and onions and of course coffee! What a great way to start a day with a relaxing morning. We were supposted to go to church today and be introduced to the community but that fell through. Once thing I have learned here is that everything is on Ghana time which means things dont necessarly start when they are suppose to and you just have to be flexable with whatever happens that day. After breakfast we walked around the farm we are staying at. He has corn, coconuts, coco beans, plantanes, and other veggies. We got to get down a coconut to drink the milk and we even sucked on the seeds of the coco bean! We also got great pictures with the farm in the background. Next,  We tired to have a little bit of lecture, but things got stopped because the local chief was ready to greet us. So we packed up and went into town! The town we are in is a cute little town and much more my style then Accra. When meeting the chief it was a big todo and was super cool to see everyone dressed up for the ceremony. After the first 15 mintues the ceremony got boring, becuase I dont know much Twi. At th end coke was passed out and we started to wake up from all the sugar. Local children started to come into the meeting area and we gave them the rest of our cokes. They were all super cute and loved them!! After this we left to go back to the house to eat lunch. We had red red which they made me a veg one. I liked the one from the previous day better but it was still good. After we broke up into our groups and talked about our topics (I am in maternal health). We then met as a group to discuss more about the classes we are taking here and the formality of it all. Dinner was Fufu and fish soup....needless to say I didnt eat any of it. Fufu is slimy and doesn't taste like much. I came back to my room and had a energy bar (Thanks mom!!!). Then the best thing happened....THE INTERNET STARTED TO WORK!!! YAY!!!! Tomorrow we are getting up early to have a police escort to meet the vice president! I hope that everyone is well! MISS YOU ALL!!!!!!