Well, this is it: (probably) our last post from the US.
It has finally hit me fully that I am leaving my family, friends, job, city, state, and country. Goodbyes have been said and blessings wished and tears shed. You can prepare mentally for something like that all you want; it still hits you hard when the day comes. I was in the air today on the way here to Philly, when I noticed that it still felt normal, like I was taking a work trip or going to see family or taking a vacation. I looked down and could see lots of green - it could easily pass for WI (it was probably Ohio or something). So we'll see how crazy it gets with this transition to Ghana climate, scenery, and culture.
Some logistics: we are in Philadelphia for what they call "staging" for the next few days. I got some Philly cheese steak for lunch - delicious. We each took a nap this afternoon to help us make it through the rest of the day. We'll have a full day of "staging" events tomorrow. I think someone in our group of volunteers has a birthday, so we may be going out to celebrate. Then on Thursday we'll bus over to New York and fly out from there. The flight to Ghana is just short of 12 hours - roughly double the longest flight I've experienced yet. Yay. We will be in Accra by Friday morning, and will try to post once we've had a few days to...well, have something to post about.
Best wishes to you all while we are gone, and thanks for following our endeavor.
(Tricia and Brutus in MKE)
Did Brutus make the trip to Ghana?? How'd he fit??
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