the final countdown

monday morning. last full week at the office. and my oh my will this week (and the 2 whole days of next week that i'm here) be busy.
i'm doing the company interviews on chinese involvement in african industry tomorrow- so that should take all dayish.. especially since we're probably taking trotros (busses). but it'll be sweet to get out and see accra and talk to ghanaian business people.
mavis and i have to get back to accra market sometime this week- i still need to pick up a few last minute ghana-type things :) and that...could only take a couple hours if we planned well and didn't fool around- but comon. let a couple girls loose in the biggest market in accra and expect them to come home in a couple hours? try again. haha.
anita (romanian intern who arrived yesterday- soooo sweet) and i are going up to the national game park (up north..ooooooo) sometime this week- that'll take all day. but i'm pumped to see wildlife and sarafi-ish it ghana style.
i have to take my other fabric to the seamstress to get another dress made. side note. i picked up my first dress on friday. it's the most beautiful thing i've ever owned. it's perfect and wonderful and beautiful. the stitching is incredible and the design is exactly what i wanted.. it's perfect. mavis says that the color of my skin probably didn't hurt in making it so perfect.. but i mean comon. being pasty had to come in handy somehow.
i need to visit evelyn and francis to say goodbye sometime this week.. i doubt next week will be good for a whole lot- i fly out wednesday morning at 10:10am.
so- with all of that to do- this week will fly by.. and before i know it i'll be home.. for 4 days.. before moving back to school... for senior year. sweet mother.

this weekend was super sweet- sandra and i went to the "night of 1006 laughs and music" on saturday. they bring in the best comedians and recording artists from ghana/nigeria to perform.. it was sooooo funny. i had to work hard to understand the nigerians.. but it ws hilarious. the show was at the ghana national theatre in 37 (the district of accra it's in), which was built by the chinese in 2003.. oh the random facts you learn.
sunday we just kind of hung out and watched movies- anita came over for most of the day and i made breakfast.. she came to africa and got an american breakast of pancakes, eggs, toast and sausage.. piled high with syrup. dinner was definitely ghanaian though. it's been sweet to hear about bucharest and what anita's life is like and what she thinks about africa and things.

coming to the end.. words cannot express how much God has grown me this summer. and for all the amazing experiences and great pictures and sweet gifts (oh man i can't wait to give them to people)... the most wonderful part about being here is seeing how my faith and walk have grown and changed. it sounds so cliche.. go off to africa and live with out hot/running water for a couple months and come back talking about how much God changed you.. but i mean.. it's true. when you strip away all the distractions of home.. all the things i stressed about needlessly and all the things i tried to take into my own hands without even realizing it. it's amazing how distracted and pulled in different directions i was without even knowing. and having all that taken away for a summer brings you back to things that matter. it's strange how you can be refocused and have your eyes opened wide all at the same time. being here and learning about the other side of the world.. people who's lives are so different from my own little bubble, which extends far beyond grove city. my whole life was a bubble.. safe and sheltered and comfortable.. God popped the bubble in africa. it's a lot more than i feel like i can type out.. i know i probably didn't explain it very well.. but.. yea.