Ghana time

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While in Ghana I have learned to be ready for things to start on time, but prepared for things to be hours late. 

For instance, a Christmas program at UCC was meant to start at 6:30pm. I was an hour late and the event had not started yet. 

When I was in Asiakwa (Eastern region) the program our group put on for the children was supposed to start at 5:00pm and go until 8:00pm. We started at 7:00pm. The next morning we were to have church at 7:00am and leave promptly at 8:00am. No one was ready until past 8:00am and we left after 10:00am. 

And every morning in my day-to-day life in Cape Coast, I am always ready to leave for Bronyibima (where I have been helping at the school) at 7:30am, though some mornings we don't leave until past 8:00am. 

This may be why I have become a more flexible and patient person. I am constantly exercising those virtues here, to the point where it is natural. In the U.S. we can get so crazy when things don't start on time or when things go late. Here in Ghana, it is a normal part of life. 

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