paperrrr

I have been working on this paper non stop all week- I almost slept in the office last night, except that the lights went out, so I woke up at 5:30 to come back and have been sitting here ALL DAY pouring over reports and am now rocking 37 pages... I would be a good student except for my apparent extreme lack of ability to organize information effectively.

I ate leftover deep fried bean-dough out of a plastic bag for breakfast and am living off black, instant coffee, writing about the rights of street children... depressing or uplifting? Tomorrow I am taking a 10 hour bus ride to Burkina Faso and then going to Mali for TWO WEEKS of travel in the sahel.. When I get home I am going to sleep for 5 days straight :)

Mathew 13:44

The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

Again- the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

I love...

 Riding motorcycles in the night
 Waking up early and reading my bible and journaling while drinking nescafe or tea in the taxi rank
 Fried yams with extra pepper and beans
 Chasing after water falls and mountains
 Making extravagant travel plans
 Climbing mango trees
 Walking long distances in the rain
 Eating Kenkey and dried fish with my hands
 Running sun-streaked and sandy on the beach
 Looking at the moon and marveling at forgien constellations
 Dreaming of coming home to you again.

I thank God that for all the beauty He has surrounded me with, He has put even more joy in my heart in knowing that soon I will be with you again. Sometimes I think my God is so beautiful that it makes my head spin a lot.

See you in a month! :)

"I am the moon with no light of my own,

but still you have made me to shine,

and as I glow in this cold dark night,

I know I can't be a light

unless I turn my face to you

You are the sun"

-Sarah Groves

1944

"Christian Theology can fit in science, art, morality and the sub-Christian relgions. The scientific point of view cannot fit in any of those things- even science itself. I believe in Chrisitanity as I believe that the sun has risen- not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."

-C.S Lewis

Ha! Trust God to remind you that "Jesus answers prayer" through painted writing on a taxi window!!

Traveling!

Yesterday I painted a wall while teaching a kid how to read. We learned a song about vowels while paint was splattering ALL OVER my face and arms and new second hand jeans but I didn't really care even though all the other kids were looking at me like I was crazy. I told them I was going to Accra for 2 weeks but when I came back we were going to make a mural on that wall about human rights so they should pick one and figure out how they want to draw it.

Then I met my friend in the lorry park and we drank warm coke before I boarded a bus to Accra and drove ALL NIGHT and barely slept except for when I got in at 4:30 in the morning and had no idea where I was so passed out on a wooden bench until the sun came up in a firey red ball over the industrial park so I could get my barrings.

Today I am going to spend and AWESOME weekend on the beach by myself reading, catching up on journaling and going through the two packages that are waiting for me in the post office at circle, that I am probably going to have to beg for because I don't have the package slips. I am also going to church on the beach, which will be beautiful.

Then I am going to come and pick my mum up from the airport, and on Monday we are going to go on an extravagant vacation to the Volta region, Akosombo, Busuea Beach and Axim. Also I am turning 21 on tuesday, which will be sweet.

Update on my life so far. I have a month left of my placement before I start prepping to come home. See you soon!

Jenn x