Well for those of you who do follow this somewhat lacking in post's blog, thanks for checking it out again! After years of working through jobs that are not always a teenagers ideal job, and years of working when all I wanted to do was sleep or hang out with friends, I finally bought my plan ticket to Ghana. I leave Denver, CO at 10:53 on July 15th and arrive in New York City at 17:02 (5:02). I will then depart from NYC at 21:30 (9:30) and arrive in Accra, Ghana at 12:30 on the 16th of July. It doesn't seem real. I never thought the day would come. So as of today I have 48 days to get my stuff together, finish paying for the trip, finishing my medication to go! Whoa. I don't really feel like I have any time left. It came so suddenly. I would not have been able to do it without the support of my friends, family, and fellow church goers. I'll come back to the USA on the 30th, actually the 31st, with the time change! I am so excited to go and take pictures, and make a difference where I can. This evening, my family and I watched a documentary (although it was poorly filmed and really, really, really, let me make this clear, REALLY repetitive) about Ghana and the castles and prisons from the slave trade days. It was interesting to see some of the festivals that happen, and how important tradition is in the Ghanaian culture. The country is beautiful, right on the equator, and green. It looks nothing like Alamosa. Things are actually alive there. It seems surreal that I will be in another country in just a short time. Yes, 48 days is six weeks which is roughly a month and a half. I applied for my passport and should get it this week. No I do not know where I will be staying. And no I do not know if I will have running water. No, I'm not scared. I'm so excited! This is something I want to do with my life. I want to give back, I want to help, I want to show people in my community that this is what the world is like right now. That this IS what we can do to help. It's important for someone to bring reality to those who do not know it, or seek it. This is what I believe God sent me to do. I am here to help, to make a difference, and to push others to do so. I understand that to some this may be stepping over a line. But I believe in saying what I feel and this is it.
Anyways. It's almost 11:30 pm now and I have to play at graduation tomorrow. I'm going to make a promise to post everyday. (I know I said that last time, but I mean it now.) An official countdown has begun!
