Well, folks, the time is winding down!  I head home in just six days, which is hard to believe.  Through the semester I just figured that home would continue to be a loooooong way away.  But it’s right upon me now.  The only things standing in the way of me and home are 2 exams, a paper, and a hop, skip, and jump(x2) across a desert, sea, Europe, and the Atlantic.

Thursday we had a “farewell dinner.”  All of us in the program gathered at a local restaurant (actually the restaurant where we shared our first meal…how special!).  It was a really good time for us to just hang out as a large group, probably for the last time.  We had some delicious Ghanaian foods, including our beloved FanIce (this is ice cream that comes in a little sachet and tastes like Coldstone cake batter mixed with Coolwhip, so it’s fluffy and delightful!).  I might attempt to stow some of this in my suitcase…

Some of us compared the farewell dinner to times when you say goodbye to someone on the street and then you realize that you’re both walking in the same direction before actually parting ways and it’s just a little bit awkward.  I’m thankful to be walking in the same direction for a bit, making it a slow goodbye to a place I’ve made a home and to people I’ve come to love.

Back to studying for my Twi exam in the morning…

And Happy Election Day! (you can read a bit about the elections by clicking on the picture)



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