Bridging Culture. Working Together.

I was talking with my Mom over the holiday, and she asked me "What are you planning to do after you come back in July?"  To be honest with you, I have no idea.  She said people have been asking her so I thought I would write out my thoughts to give you an idea of where I am at. There is a part of me that is trying to be controlled by money, which says that I need to go back home to pay off my student loans because it would not be possible to do that here. But then there is a piece of me that wants to stay here.  When I first came, I thought one year would seem like such a long time.  But in reality, it is a very small amount of time.  What can you really accomplish in one year?  By the time you begin to learn the language, understand the culture, it is time to go home.  It almost feels like a waste of my time to just come for one year. This morning, I was sitting and drinking my tea, and I was just praying and writing about what the plan is for t...

The Elmina Slave Castle near Cape Coast in Ghana I had the opportunity to go to Ghana for Christmas which was such a lovely time!  I stayed with a Ghanaian friend and her family who I know from Calvin College.  It was the perfect balance of spending some down time and also touring around Ghana.  I was able to just relax and enjoy some luxuries that we do not have in Kabala like cable tv, fast internet, and air conditioning.  But I also had the opportunity to travel around Ghana for a few days.  One of the most fascinating and yet difficult places to go was the Cape Coast Slave Castle.  Being from the United States, we hear about how the slaves were brought over from West Africa, but it was so real to actually be in the castle.  At the beginning of the tour, the guide brought us down into one tunnel where the men were kept before boarding the slave ship, usually up to six weeks or more.  There was one small window for light and there was a smal...