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Homestay snapshots
September 19, 2023 Our Pre-Service Training was held in a small farming community about 2 hours from the capital city. It was humble but very picturesque. The two photos above show typical mid-day traffic, i.e., there’s little to none. I’m reminded of visiting rural Minnesota: by the time a car arrives at the farm everyone…
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ET Phone Home
September 11, 2023 The title above is among my favorite movie lines and it feels quite appropriate right now. After 11 challenging weeks of training, followed by a day of ceremony and celebration on August 24, my cohort and I are now official Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs). The day after our swearing in ceremony we…
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Month 2 – My head spins
August 18, 2023 Hello, just checking in after another hectic month. The time flies by; I can’t believe it’s been over a month since I last gave an update. Let me start with some simple geography facts: Ghana is located about 400 miles north of the Equator. That’s a latitude of about 6 ½ ºN;…
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Peace Corps (PC), Month 1
The fog has mostly cleared and I have a sense of what PC expects of me and what I can expect during my 27 months in Ghana. To recap: Following arrival in Ghana we spent 10 days at a conference center getting to know the other volunteers and PC staff, getting more vaccine shots, opening…
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Snippets I
It’s lunch break and I finally have an internet connection. Let’s see how long it lasts! My People Seven percent of Peace Corps volunteers are over the age of 50. While I always want to think of myself as young, the reality is that my life experiences, my historical reference points, my music, and so…
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First thoughts upon arrival
Greetings from Ghana. We arrived safely and uneventfully on Wednesday and now we’re in a business conference center an hour outside of Accra for 10 days while we get settled and recover from jet lag. It’s been an adventurous first few days. On the ride from the airport on Wednesday, I noticed that our Peace…
Not A Typical Day 