A day of rest

So I got sick off of the kinke. I woke up Thursday night around 3 not feeling well and the upset stomach stayed with me through Friday. I just don't think my stomach is used to fermeted dough... whose should be? Thankfully Di had had a very long and stressful week and so we all went home around 2:30. I spent the rest of the day checking emails (that took a good hour), reading, and relaxing. Today I feel much better which is a good sign.

There is really nothing to report. I suppose I could just talk about the food here. Quite unlike my experience in Nicaragua, I am not eating the typical day to day food. But at the same time, I am much older than I was when I went there, and I think to travel abroad, you really have to be older. At 15 you just don't know what your getting yourself into and you don't have to the understanding to try new foods or even attempt to like them. But still, in Nicaragua, we stayed with a typical family, one that was poor and made as much as anyone else. In Ghana, no matter if I stayed at the guest house or with any of the employees with GILLBT, they make much more (relatively) and could and would provide me with the "less traditional" food of Ghana. So it is mostly rice and beans. Ghanaian food is generally spicy which helps with eating the rice. In Nicaragua they couldn't afford to flavor any of the food. As for typical cheap Ghanaian food it is mostly plantain, bananas, rice and dough. You can get a meal for as little as 2 Ghana Cedis, or around $1.40. But it would be something like Kinke - fermented dough boiled and eaten with a sauce.

Enough of the food here. Today is finally the weekend! I know there are a few things planned for the weekend, including going to the jail on Sunday with Dan for bible study. That should be interesting.