Monday, May 17, 2010

I just want to say!

A huge thank you and hugs and kisses to Ghana the country and all the people in it for making my time there these past four and a half months truely wonderful. Of course there were challenges, everyone has them, but I can say that I have at least come away from Ghana to say that I am much more patient in terms of time! God bless you GMT! In Ghana if they say something starts at 2pm it means the thing will start at: 2, 2:15. 2:45, 3, and maybe even 4. If something is coming, it might not be coming for some time, or at all. So I have gotten used to waiting, not being incredibly crazy when someone is fifteen minutes or a half hour late. This does not mean that anyone should take advantage of this fact or me, but it has become normal for me to just wait for things.
So, knowing this, you will now understand how during my journey to England (where if I had just been coming from America I would be freaking out) I was cool. My plane ride out of Ghana was timely, which I did not expect -thank you Air Eygpt! I thought that because it was departing from Ghana we would never board on time, for lack of passangers to fill the plane- we left maybe two minutes after the scheduled time! Upon arrival everything was running too smoothly, lucky for me I learned that the public transport system from the airport to the trainstation was messed up that day, so I could feel I little more at home jumping from train to bus to train again. I did not complain or worry, and just said that I would get there when I get there, which definitly frustrated those I was traveling near. When buying a ticket for the train I learned there would be another transfer and another difficultly, and what worried me most was that my bag was so big that I had to lug it everwhere. I got some guys to help me with that! And while the train was completely messed up, it was still going to come that day, so there was no reason to worry! So now I am here in England; being here feels like I am in a hotel or a dream, where the bathrooms are really nice and I don't have to pay for internet.

More updates soon, I have to go throw all my clothes in the washing machine, SHALOM!!!!

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