Ghana Begins

I should have a little bit of time to write to you today, which I am excited about. Saying goodbye was harder than expected but once I got to Ghana I knew that this was right for me. For starters everything here is very hot and humid.
Being here reminds me of a mix between El Salvador and Zambia. There is a very big mix of wealth and poverty, tropical and dry, and city and rural. ahhhh I am having a good time, I have a roommate living with me which I am happy about, she is 25 and her name is Amy. There are also two other volunteers in the same house as us, all girls. I am the youngest but am very very happy. The toilets are repulsive I would have to say. I thought I would have either a hole or a running toilet but oh no! I got a toilet with working pipes but no water… so basically you do whatever you need to do on other people’s crap and pee (splashing happens, sick!).
My shower consists of a bucket with water in it with another cup to pour it over my head. Yesterday I had my orientation and walked all around Accra and ate at a traditional restaurant called Asanka Local. We had food called fu fu (plantain smashed with yams in a soup that you swallow and don't chew) red red (plantains and beans) and a tomato rice dish. I guess even though I haven't like bananas since I was a baby I will be forced to eat them now.
Dinner was amazing! My host mom and dad are very nice but don't talk much. We had a traditional meal and we get fresh pineapple every night, which I think is amazing. I still suck at sleeping like I did in the United States, big surprise. I take a tro-tro to get everywhere, which is like a big conversion van that has a door hanging on by a rope and the floor almost falling out. :)
The food is spicy which I wasn't expecting but good. Today was my first day at my job and let me tell you it was not what I was expecting! I was shoved into a 100-degree room with 10 five year olds who decided to get into a fight, for two hours. hmmmm this is not what I was expecting. I am not sure what to think about this, I might end up going in the afternoon to work with the older kids because that is more what I had planned on; although, I might go to the baby house because the babies are not picked up enough. A result of this is that since they have a soft skull they will become flat headed from lying down too much.
Everything is harder here. Even lying down at night is harder- trying not to get eaten alive and to cool down. I had to force myself to use the bathroom. This weekend my roommates and I might travel to the Cape Coast to stay at the slave fort and be at the beach. The beach at Accra is very dirty and has a lot of trash on it. I know this is all very jumbled and doesn't make a lot of sense but that is just cause my thoughts are all over the place. Ask me questions and that way I can answer them cause otherwise I don’t know what I'm going to do. haha. I hope everything is well back at home. Trust that I am safe and happy here. IF you are praying for me please pray for: my sleeping habits, stomach (its been a little upset), understanding, peace in all this chaos, safety, and help meeting others. Oh yeah I have already been proposed to! hah I am overwhelmed but happy, broken down but learning. I love you guys, Claire