Busy busy...

I know it has been far too long (again) since I’ve posted on this here blog of mine. The last few months have been a whirlwind of activity for me. So much has happened and I’m sure I’ll forget to mention a lot of important things that have happened, but I’ll do my best to remember as much as I can!
First off, I’ve had new furniture for my house and I’ve done my best rearranging it all to make my house now comfortable to hang out in.

The chairs you see here are much more comfortable than the lone plastic chair I’ve been using until now. So I can now fall asleep reading in a much more comfortable chair! Lol. Anyway, other than furniture my house is pretty much the same as always and life is good and comfy. Also, speaking of new things; my school finally got permission to start using the brand new school building that was built by a Chinese contractor. And I must say that the new building is waaay nicer than 99% of the schools I’ve seen in Ghana. For starters, the school has electricity. And not only do we have electricity but we have an electric bell and there are fluorescent lights and ceiling fans (that work) in every classroom! A computer was also donated to the school by the assembly man and there are metal bookcases to put books and make a library! Needless to say, I’m slightly overwhelmed with how nice this whole setup is…and unfortunately I don’t have any more pictures of the school to post. But I promise that once our school reopens in September I’ll try to get some photos of the inside of the school.
I actually have a photo of the very last class I had in the old school building. I had some friends stay with me for a few days and took a photo of my class and I.

My students were so excited! Haha! And yes you heard right…’when school reopens’, that means that we’re now on vacation! Time to relax and not worry about teaching! Not like I’ve taught much lately, I’ve been busy with the new group of trainees. I was asked to assist with their training and provide support. It’s been a blast and I’ve been lucky to meet almost all of the new trainees. They’re a pretty good bunch, and they remind me a lot of my group when we came to Ghana last year.
And now we come to one of the highlights of my PC experience. I got to see Obama give a speech in Accra! What an awesome experience, we heard at the very last minute that we (all Peace Corps volunteers in Ghana) were invited to attend the event. And surprisingly enough, even with the late notice almost all of the volunteers were able to travel to Accra and see him speak. And not only did I get to see President Obama speak, I also had the privilege to see President Mills (Ghana’s President) speak as well.

Obama even threw out a big shout out to us Peace Corps volunteers, and that was really cool to have the President of the US speak directly about a project that I am involved in. And somehow I got lucky enough to be near the front of the crowd. In fact, I was so close that after the event I looked at my phone and I had a text from my mom saying that she had just seen me on CNN in the crowd when Obama was going around and greeting the spectators. And somehow I wormed my way in there and got to shake the President’s hand, and also the First Lady’s! That is something I’ll never forget...