PCV!

So I’m officially a Peace Corps Volunteer now! After 10 weeks of intensive language and cultural training and sessions our group was swore in on August 19th and we have taken to the wind and have spread to all 10 regions of Ghana. In addition to the disclaimer on the side of my webpage I would like to post another disclaimer: Because of the location of my site, my experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa is going to differ greatly than that of my peers. That being said, if anybody wants to come and visit me I’m only 3-4 hours of traveling away from the main airport in Accra! Some of my friends have to travel 2 days or more to reach Accra. Needless to say, I’m loving my site and my stay in Africa. The next school term doesn’t really begin until mid September so I have a little bit of extra time on my hands to putz around and try to mingle with some of the fascinating people in my community. There are some interesting characters here, and I‘m looking forward to meeting them all…
Ok, enough boring stuff. I have some more pictures to post. The top picture is of my friend Kyle and I at the swearing in ceremony and then the bottom picture is of another friend of mine, Brian and myself at the swearing in after party..also there is a picture of a giant logging truck that i thought my dad would enjoy to see that there is logging and giant trees out here in Ghana after all!

I've got some more photos of my homestay family that I've been living with in the Eastern Region of Ghana. They were most kind to me and they really can cook well. My homestay mom owned a rice stand and here rice was quite amazing! There are also some more pics of my friend Kyle and his family and myself. And the last picture is precious. it's a little boy at the my homestay house. I gave him a water balloon and without water pressure it is really difficult to fill them up with water....so he was blowing it up and the kids were chasing the balloons everywhere about the courtyard.