So as most of you know, I'll be heading off to Ghana in a few days for about four weeks and then Peru for about three weeks after that! I keep a blog besides this, but decided to just go ahead and make a new one (sort of, this was the one I planned on using in Europe, but that didn't really work out haha) to keep everyone updated. Maybe I'll even keep it up after the summer? We'll see, haha.
So, here's the plan:
May 28th: leave my sweet little house in Alpharetta for the airport. What time, you ask? Oh, just 6am. Whatevs. Flight leaves at 9:45am, we arrive in NYC at around noon, add in a 5 hour layover. We leave NYC at 5:50pm.
What time do I arrive in Accra? Oh, you know. 8:10am. On Friday. Twenty-eight hours of traveling.
Ok, so actually because of the time change it's technically just 24 hours. But add in the getting our bags, and riding to Ghana, and we'll be on our feet for about 26 hours.
(If you didn't catch this from above, there is surprisingly just a four hour time difference between Atlanta and Accra. It'll hopefully make jetlag a bit easier.)
Sarcasm aside, I'm INCREDIBLY excited. UNBELIEVABLY excited.
When we arrive in Accra, Anne and I will take a car from the airport to Cape Coast, technically Kakumdo Village, where we'll be spending about four weeks working with CEJOCEP. It's an awesome organization we found out about through some Fellows who graduated a few years ago. They worked with them and had a fabulous experience. Anne's been in communication with Lawrence, the head of the organization, and we really feel like this is where we're supposed to be. You can find out more about the organization here, but in short, Anne and I will be teaching and helping out with construction. Not to mention having incredible adventures on the weekends.
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