Greetings form Ghana!!
Hey everyone, I made it here in one piece. First impressions... its hot
and humid. Very hot and humid. They say this is a cool day too. I can't wait
to get out of my suit! Ghana is not what I expected. Its pretty green. Not a
whole lot of trees but a bunch of shrubbs and grass. The MTC is like a
fortress. It has big walls and an electric fence around the top. I like it so far though.
We waited for a long time at the airport to gather everyone together to drive to the MTC. There ended up being 12 of us total coming in. There is a bunch of native elders coming in this afternoon. My companion is one of them. He's from Kenya I can't wait to meet him. Driving here was crazy, there was traffic because a truck broke down on the highway and the driver just jacked it up there to fix it on the road so everyone else had to drive off the road to get around. Then we had to wait in a line to go through the toll booths. There are tons of street vendors. People just walk down the middle of the road with big boards with their stuff on them to sell to you. Lots of women did the same except they carried everything on their heads. It's pretty much different in everyway from America.
The people are really nice. They are always trying to help you or laughing or just being happy. I like that a lot. I had my first Ghanaian meal for lunch. It was chicken, fried rice, and pineapple. Not too different. We all got a little nevious when we saw a woman selling snails to eat on the side of the road. They were probably 8 inches long.
My next p-day is wednesday next week then a week after that I head out. Things are going pretty well I guess, I'm really nervious but super excited. Well, I don't really know what else to say.
I love you guys and miss you.
We waited for a long time at the airport to gather everyone together to drive to the MTC. There ended up being 12 of us total coming in. There is a bunch of native elders coming in this afternoon. My companion is one of them. He's from Kenya I can't wait to meet him. Driving here was crazy, there was traffic because a truck broke down on the highway and the driver just jacked it up there to fix it on the road so everyone else had to drive off the road to get around. Then we had to wait in a line to go through the toll booths. There are tons of street vendors. People just walk down the middle of the road with big boards with their stuff on them to sell to you. Lots of women did the same except they carried everything on their heads. It's pretty much different in everyway from America.
The people are really nice. They are always trying to help you or laughing or just being happy. I like that a lot. I had my first Ghanaian meal for lunch. It was chicken, fried rice, and pineapple. Not too different. We all got a little nevious when we saw a woman selling snails to eat on the side of the road. They were probably 8 inches long.
My next p-day is wednesday next week then a week after that I head out. Things are going pretty well I guess, I'm really nervious but super excited. Well, I don't really know what else to say.
I love you guys and miss you.
Love,
Elder Clark
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