Tomorrow makes ten months to the day since we've arrived in Ghana. Most of my group is gone home and the dorm is quiet as most of the Ghanaian students have left as well. I will be here two more days and then travelling to Ethiopia for two weeks and then home sweet home.
To say that this has been the most incredible experience of my life would be an understatement!!!! I will never forget Ghana and the many memories and friendships that I've established during the time I've been here. It has been my dream to visit Africa for so long and it is everything I thought it would be and so much more. I have done so much healing and connecting with the Ancestors and know that I have grown and changed in so many ways.
Thank you to all of you who read my blog and wrote to me with comments letting me know that you were reading it. Thank you, too, to all those who sent me emails, packages and phone calls from home. You will never know how much that meant to me. Thank you also for all the prayers and well wishes that I received from so many people and I hope that you were able to experience a little bit of Africa through my blog.
Thank you to all the Ghanaian students who went out of their way to show me the University of Ghana and took the time to explain so many things that made my life easier here. Thank you to the young ladies in my classes that made copies of notes for me when I was sick and needed to miss class, and delivered the notes to my dorm. Thank you to others who patiently translated lectures when I could not understand what the Prof. was saying, and took me under their wing; especially the young ladies and men in the Anthropology and Psychology Departments. Thank you to all the students who went out of their way to welcome me as a foreign student. I will always remember your smiles and concern about my well being. You all sensed that I was out of sorts in so many ways being in a foreign land so far away from home. Your kindness will not be forgotten.
Thank you, too, to all the Ghanaians I've met who took the time to patiently share your rich cultural heritage with me, give me cooking lessons, introduce me to the markets and give me directions when I was lost. I will forever be indebted to you for answering my many questions and making me feel at home in your beautiful country.
Also, thank you to all the young people in the California State University group. You were an incredible bunch and so many of you kept me sane here in Ghana when I wanted to give up and go home or when I was ill. I pray that all of your futures are bright and that you can use the lessons that we've learned here in Ghana to further your careers and personal endeavors.
I have mixed feeling about leaving Ghana. While on the one hand I will really miss it, I am eager to get home and enjoy so many things that I've missed. I am eagerly looking foward to the next chapter of my life and know that because of this experience, I am a broader more well rounded individual. This experience has taught me to count the many blessings that I have in life and to work to help others who are not as fortunate. It has also taught me that no matter what the circumstances, you continue to keep on keeping on. I'm certain that the Ancestors called me to Africa to heal my life and psyche. I have keenly felt their presence and for that I will be eternally greatful!!!
Peace and Blessings.
Adwoa
