Last Day in Ghana!

It is crazy to think that I have been here for 7 weeks! Monday was my last day in school, which was great. I taught two classes about MI and the students were very interested. They had so many questions but also taught me more things about their culture. The second lesson I taught went over 15mins because the students were so engaged! It was awesome to have an 80 min lesson that the students turned into a 95 min lesson! After school, I went to my teachers house for the night. At first, I was a little concerned about spending the might at my professors house, but it was okay. As we are leaving, my teacher told me she had to pick up her girl, but she told me she only has 2 sons. I think she and her husband, who is a minister fosters this girl. We got to her house very late because she lives so far away and some of the roads to get to her house are HORRIBLE. I took some video to show just how bad the roads are. When we got to her house, I was shocked. It was huge. We took this two track road to get there and she lives in a Ghanian Mansion, which they have a guard. It was a five bedroom house and I had to take note of things such as the shoe rack so I knew where to turn to get to the guest area. It was great. Esther cooked me dinner, which was some rice and peanut butter soup, which is amazing! After dinner, Esther put on the tv. I forgot about the tv. I haven't watched the tv since I left. After we were watching tv for a bit, "the girl" turned the tv off and handed each one of us a book of hymns. Oh boy. I am flipping through this book and Esther's husband told us to turn to page 109. Then he started signing and, sure enough, we all joined in. It was very interesting. After we sang a few hymns, her husband did some bible reading in both English and Twi. Then there was a discussion followed by prayer. The three of them each said their own 5min prayer. I hope they didn't expect me to do a prayer. I just nervously looked down at my folded hands. After this memorable experience, I went to bed. The bed was so comfy and the pillow was the fluffiest pillow I have seen here. I felt like a princess...but that was only the guest area. Tuesday morning, we had to leave her house very early because of the traffic. The traffic added another 30-45mins to her drive.
Tuesday, we watched the kindergarten Christmas program. It was so cute. One of the guys dressed as Santa. The kids sang songs and got a present from Santa and of course there was some dancing in which teachers and parents quickly joined into. There was some debate over Santa. Some students wondered if he was real or not. They also noticed that he was white, which raised some confusion. This was a serious party with speakers, a mic, and tents. It was crazy, but the studenst were great! After the program was over, we had some lunch and went to do some last minute shopping. After shopping, we had our going away party with our teachers and the administrators from the school. Sadly, my teacher did not come, but it turned out to be okay. It was still a great party. After that, we went out with some of the other teachers from another school. It was a great time. Today, I am finishing my packing and we have some errands to take care oof. We will be leaving for the airport around 5 or 6pm. This experience has been great. I hope to return to this country within the next 10 years! Better start saving now!