So my past couple of blogs have focused on my time in the village. I wanted to just give a brief update about this past week - our retreat in Nkawkaw. Our time has been spent for the most part with Monsigner Paul, who has been giving us really interesting lessons on African Traditional Religion and the Influence of Christianity and the West on African Religion and Culture. He's a fantastic teacher and extremely funny - it's also been kind of comforting to be in a "classroom" setting. It feels familiar after so many new situations and experiences. On Thursday we also went to Boti Falls - this beautiful waterfall in the mountains where we had a picnic with the Fathers. It was so gorgeous; misty, cool, lush and felt really secluded since we had to go down a flight of stairs to get there and there weren't too many other people there. It was really nice to just hang out and think and to kind of take a break from interacting with people outside the group. Even the long drive there and back, crowded as it was, was kind of nice downtime. Introvert that I am, sometimes I need to take time away from being surrounded by people, especially when so many of them want to talk to us.
It's also been really nice to have internet, and to be able to blog and e-mail and call home. It's crazy to think that the next chunk of time is going to be 4 full weeks - from Monday to December 19th. Then we have travel time, and will be going up to Tamale to volunteer with an organization that provides a free Christmas dinner to the community. Not sure where else we'll decide to go during that chunk of time, but the truth is, this might be the last blog I post for quite some time :( In mid January I'll start my work placement in Accra, and should have semi-regular internet access again. Thanks for reading!!
Love,
Jacqueline
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