Back from Tema

Howdy Everyone,

I just got back from spending my week in the Accra suburb, Tema. I promise I will write a little more about it later - I'll tell you about our team, our outreaches, and about the other obrunnis that I met today. Right now, though, I don't feel muck like typing. I feel pretty put-off.

About 20 min ago (around 9:45 PM) I wanted to go down the street and buy a coke. A very simple quest. I set off down the road, but it didn't take me too long to realize that everything was closed. I guess this makes a good amount of sense since it's been dark since 6 PM. So, right as I turn around to head back, I notice that there are two guys quietly trying to speed up and walk behind me. I start to get nervous, and I turn around to look at them to let them know I see them. Then one of them starts to talk to me - "Hey angel. Are you scared? You are walking so fast . . . " I didn't know what to do but to pick up even more speed so that they would have to run to catch me, and I maintained course and speed for the 40 seconds longer it took to get to the road where the Telecentre is. As soon as I turned to the corner, I felt home bound because I could see other volunteers lounging on the front porch. Luckily, the creepy guys didn't turn down the road with me.

What the heck was that? I felt like I was back in New Haven. I've never been afraid to go out at night here in Ghana before, but maybe that was silly of me. Maybe I should be afraid. Well, I'll always go with a buddy from now on. Grr, I'm angry and insulted at being so blatantly disrespected.

So that's why I don't really feel like writing very much now. Not everything is sunshine and rainbows in Accra. But tomorrow we are going on a sight-seeing and sight-walking day trip to Kakum National Reserve which is a preserved area of rainforest. We are also going to the "slave castle" which used to be a huge containment facility for the slaves who were going to be shipped overseas from Ghana to the Caribbean and the Americas. It should be both a beautiful and solemn day. So once that cheers me up, I'll be ready to write! Sorry for being a bit frustrated right now.

Before signing off, I have one final question. Who are you, Theatre~Dude?! You keep commenting on my posts, but I don't have the slightest clue who you are. Please let me know, so I don't have to be sketched out by you like I was sketched out by the pair of Ghanaian night-crawlers that just ruined my evening.

Goodnight all!