Day 19

Sunday May 19^th, 2013

It was nice to sleep in today.  First time I haven’t woken up early in a while.  I headed out to church with Lisa, Cassie, Tasha, Cait, Emily, and Richard.  The meeting was on the second story of a building on temple grounds.  So that was pretty neat.  I liked the fact that we were have sacrament meeting in the middle of a busy city.  I could hear cars honking and loud vehicles but we were in our own little world having sacrament.  It seemed like at first they were struggling a little bit.  It seemed like the elders have recently passed the torch of leadership to members.  I could be wrong but that is the feeling I got.  They over booked sacrament and an Elder spoke way to long.  We saw a lady get confirmed which was pretty cool.  I enjoyed it there.  Back at the hotel I decided I would start my quiz for my independent study.  Ya, it was a 100 question quiz.  I was so angry.  I am okay at the fact that it is 100 questions but I was mad he didn’t tell me and that he expects me to do that while I am here in Ghana.  I started it and 20 questions in my Internet reset, so I got really mad.  I went to the market to get food for fufu and groundnut soup.  It was cool being there and seeing how the people just function here in Ghana.  The food markets are really gross.  The are not sanitary.  I watched a buy pull 4 chickens out of a kids backpack and they just manhandled them.  It was crazy.  We picked up a couple guys to help us pound the fufu.  When I got back I attempted my quiz and finished it like 2 hours later.  I got a 95%  I was very proud of that.  I tried my hand at pounding fufu.  Fufu is like a mash potato like vegetable but you have to mush it up to make it into fufu.  I wonder how far a kitchen aid would go in this country.  They love fufu here and it confuses me because it takes SO long to make.  I would never be that dedicated to my meal.  I definltely am American in that right.  I like my fast food.  The fufu wasn’t my favorite but I ate it and that I am proud of.  I had fufu the day I got really sick so just the thought of it doesn’t sit with me well.  The consistency is really mushy.  The groundnut soup with it was really good as was the chicken and beef.  I hung out with Kiley and Emily for a while and we got talking just about everything.  I had a really good time.  I continued to do homework.  I have a marketing plan due on Saturday so I got started tonight.  I am doing my project on Skype.  I always have to keep my ties with Estonia.  It is weird here in Os.  That is what I am calling it.  We have CNN so I have been watching CNN while I do my homework and I was looking up jobs.  It is weird to think that some of the jobs I am looking at are within reach.  I was looking at Skype jobs in marketing and there is one in UK that only requires a bachelors.  It is really exciting.  I can’t wait until I get to work.  Being in Ghana has really made me motivated.  I just want to help and I need resources to do it.  I am excited for the future.