Kumasi

Hello from Kumasi! We are settled into our new city for the next 2 weeks until we head to our rural village homestay, which I am so excited about. The peace and quiet of the village will feel so blissful after the chaos of the cities here! My new host family is WONDERFUL, I have a huge family. I have an 8 year old brother, a 10 year old sister, a 27 year old brother named Morrison who I've been hanging out with (along with his friends), a 30 year old sister Tina, and some other siblings who have been in and out who always sit down to talk to me. Our parents are not home because they work on a cocoa farm for a few weeks and then come home soon, so I will meet them before I leave.  My room is on the outside of the house, and I have my own key and a key to the gate, so I have a lot of freedom here which is so nice.  I also have a picture of Bob Marley on the wall... awesome.  The only difficult thing is the bathroom, one bathroom for all of us that doesn't have any lights in it and it is outside, so going in the middle of the night is a challenge. We also don't have a sink so I brush my teeth outside, but it's pretty fun spitting in the hole haha.  We have a little kitten and some big watch dogs, and my host sister  said the neighborhood is very safe because they have volunteer patrol men at night.  I also live in walking distance to 3 of my friends from my program, which is amazing.  We go home together and walk to each others' houses before big rainstorms... I love this place!
We have been learning Twi and will be taking Twi classes in the morning, and 4 hours of dancing in the afternoon while we are here. At the end of our two weeks we will be putting on a performance! My host brother's NGO put on a Gospel Rock show last night which was interesting... the cultural music and dance was amazing, but the Gospel was... something I wasn't used to.  But thus far Kumasi has been filled with positive energy, always moving until I hit the pillow. Love you all!