so far so good

15 October 2004

Its hard to believe but tomorrow marks my one month anniversary in Africa. I plan on celebrating the occasion in a traditional Ghanaian manner. I'm going to a Seventh Day Adventist church in the morning with my homestay family. Last Sunday I sat in on a Presbyterian service. It was a humbling experience. The congregation consisted of 5 adults and 9 children. The pastor had to attend a funeral (no surprise there, my community of 3000 averages about three a week) so one of the elders of my house, Akuoko, led the service. It was held in a open air classroom with lizards running around on the walls. A little bit different from the super size Central Christian church in AZ.

In the afternoon I setup a soccer match between some PC volunteers and the local kids in my community, Krobo. If the game is anything like the one I played in last week, we will most likely be murdered by shoeless kids half our age. We play on a dirt field in front of the Catholic church. The goal posts are comprised of three bamboo posts -- two on each side and one along the top. but actually we just used a 10 in. stone on each side of the field as the goal. So you had to hit this little stone with the ball to score, making an already tough sport infinitely more difficult and tiresome.

In the evening, I plan on throwing down a beer or two at the local drinking spot called Adayesha Garderns. The beer is actually decent -- Gulder is my favorite local brew. Its a dark ale that tastes like Negra Modelo. The hard alcohol and mixed drinks are pretty nasty since ice is something I've yet to encounter over here.

I have so much to tell y'all and I hate mass emails so I will be getting a cell phone soon [from the US dial 011 233 24 328 4116].

until then,
-Kristopher