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| The first night with my host family |
One of my main concerns in coming to Ghana was how my host family would be. Would they be like family at home? Would they treat me as a daughter or as an American stranger? Well once I got to the family I had nothing to worry about. I have four host sisters, 3 dogs and a mom and dad. My family is loving and caring. I feel so relaxed and at home. I can be crazy and laugh out loud. More importantly, I feel like a gained another family, people that I can trust and ready to share new things with me. Not having any sisters it was important to me to have a strong relationship with them. The older sister Tina and I are around each other all the time. She is 18 and loves art and dreams of coming to America to go to school and work. A special moment with me and her was when she was trying to teach me to wash. That experience for me was different and crazy for me. I looked a fool trying to wash and she would just laugh. I was washing the same shirt for almost ten minutes as she went 100 miles a minute on her clothes. I told her my way of washing was the American way. After washing we had a huge water fight!! It was so fun! I am texting and calling her everyday since we moved to Cape Coast. To me she is not just my host sister but family and forever a part of my life.
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| Making bread with my family for the store |
