I just got a package from Mom. 2 blocks of cheese, candy, and photos from home. So when you send packages here we have to pay 3 Ghana Cedis to get it from customs (*Note that as trainees we get paid 2 Ghana Cedis per day). Anyways I'm not sure why but not only did I get cheese, but I didnt have to pay the customs fee!
So. Exciting.
So there have been some additions to my family. We already have Ama, Sika, Kwesi, Kofi, Gladys (my wife/mom) and Kwabena.
Not sure if I'd mentioned Kwabena before, he's an "uncle" who works near our house and comes over often for dinner or just to hang out. He's the biggest Ghanaian I've seen so far and the guy is the size of a large armour. Auntie (Gladys) feeds him and he repays by doing manual labor, pounding the fufu when we're eating that for dinner, and like clockwork I can hear him grunting every morning at about 4:30 AM as he pours huge buckets of water into our water barrel inside the house.
Anyways now we have a lady living with us with her 3 week old daughter. And just as you would expect since she's getting so much attention, mini-man has been crying for EVERYTHING now whenever he's over.
So after about a week of that we just added Kofi and Kwesi's sister. She's a 20 year old studying marketing in Accra. It's refreshing and exciting to meet a sharp, forward, young woman in Ghana. She asks questions just to keep me on my toes and it's such a change. Girls here are all so shy and reserved. It's a promising sign that some are confident and proud. I guess the women in education initiative is working.
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