Happy Easter

Happy Easter! I had a pretty good Easter weekend. Friday I worked, and Saturday I cleaned my house and washed clothes and hung out with Ghanaian friends. Yesterday I went and had dinner with another Peace Corps Volunteer in her village. It was really nice, we made alfredo pasta and jell-o instant pudding, which my parents sent me in a care package, and had veggies with it. It was delicious! Today I put on an HIV/AIDS awareness program, which was disguised as an Easter party. It went really well, tons of people came, we talked about HIV/AIDS for a few hours, and then we had music and dancing and games. I’m exhausted though.

The eclipse was awesome. A bunch of my friends came and stayed with me in Koforidua, because the eclipse passed directly over the city. We went to the top of a mountain which is right beside the city. It was gorgeous, and the view of the city was unbelievable. The eclipse itself was pretty amazing. As the moon covered more and more of the sun, it got cooler and cooler. There was a total eclipse for about 10 minutes, and it was actually cold! There must have been a 30 degree temperature change. And it was really dark during the total eclipse, almost as dark as night. It was very interesting. Some Ghanaians flipped out, others praised God, and others sacrificed animals and such. I gotta run, will write more later. All the best!