Recap

Well, it has been a year today since I left my family in D.C. Here is a recap of my year:
Took a train to Philly. Met some future colleagues. Got a few shots. Boarded a plane. Crossed the Ocean. Landed in Ghana. Took a PC bus to a women’s college. Trained for a few days. Found my way to the Upper West. Met a current volunteer. Shadowed her. Found my way back down to Greater Accra. Stayed in a hotel. Met my home stay family. Moved in. Trained. Found out where my site is. Started learning language. Celebrated Fourth of July. Met my ‘counter part’. Visited my site. Went to technical training. Spent two weeks in a house without water and electricity with 12 other volunteers. Sat on a crocodile. Went back to home stay and training. Finished up training. Took LPI. Went to site. Got a pup. Watched a baby being born. Cooked for the locals. Helped at a camp. Helped immunize children. Watched the village slaughter a cow. Went to Thanksgiving. Went to training. Celebrated Christmas. Celebrated New Years. Got a local name. Went to Damba. Helped testing for HIV/AIDS. Rode a camel. Helped paint the world. Came home (the states). Helped testing for HIV/AIDS. Worked a camp. Went paragliding. Went to a conference. Showed movies to my neighbor. Helped immunize children. Worked another camp. Celebrated ‘judgment day’. Finished a year of service.