Kayleen Travels

Wow. Already? This is what I am going to miss about December in Michigan... Pine trees.  Wearing scarves.  Hooded sweatshirts.  Fleece blankets.  Warming up in the morning with a cup of hot coffee.  Dad's homemade chili.  Christmas lights.  A white Christmas.  Being with my family for the holidays.  But I will NOT miss- The cold.  Scraping ice and snow off my car.  Awful driving conditions.  The cold.  Struggling to get out of bed. Because I'm cold.  Shaking. Because I'm cold.  My clothes getting wet from the snow.  Cold and flu season.  Snowstorms.  The cold.  Dry skin.  Never wanting to leave the house. The cold.  Happy December everyone :-)

when I have the time in the morning is to cut up fresh fruit--pineapple, oranges, grapefruit--and fill a cup with the slices and the excess juice. Then I fill the rest of the glass with either pink grapefruit juice or another fruit juice. And it's delicious.  Fresh, organic fruit...  One of the perks of Ghana life. 

Yesha and I on Thanksgiving. She is so precious I can hardly handle it!

Ghanaians do not celebrate Thanksgiving. But lucky for me, Thanksgiving is the biggest holiday of the year for the American-Ghanaian family I live with! This is how we celebrated Thanksgiving: The table set up--beautifully done! I love the kente style tablecloths.  Some music before we start :-) Dressed and ready for our skit! Kai, playing one of the Native Americans (and looking pretty intense and serious in this picture) put the skit together. She did an amazing job.  Baf played the King.  And... ACTION! The cast :-) Volleyball, a family favorite :-) Line up and get your food, it's time to eat!!!! Everyone worked really hard to put this together. I am talking weeks of planning and preparation.  What I ate: macaroni and cheese, collard greens, salad, pork, barbecue chicken, and stuffing. For desert I had coconut cake and the best banana pudding if my l...

Africa is three times the size of the U.S. and is the only continent to be in all four hemispheres.  Ghana is the country closest to the geographical coordinates 0,0. Africa is the only continent to experience all six seasons: spring, summer, fall, winter, wet, and dry season. In some parts of Africa it even snows.  The Akan people, a major people group of Ghana, were one of the world's earliest civilizations. You can find them in your bible in Genesis 36:27 as descendants of Esau.  Ghana was the first sub-Saharan country to gain independence from colonial rule. Ghana gained independence from the British on March 6, 1957. The word "Ghana" means Warrior King.  The name of Ghana's currency, the cedi, means "cowry shell," which was once used as money.  Ghana is nicknamed The Gold Coast. It is one of the top producers of gold in the world.  Ghana is also one of the top cocoa producers. Think about that the next time you eat a Snic...

Ondessa is on the left, and that is Yesha on the right :-). Yesha has been asking me for days if she can do this! Thanks for the new do ladies ;-)

Excuse me while I panic.