Only 2 days...

Only two more days until I take off on a plane destined to land in Accra, Ghana. As I am sitting on the floor packing up the last of my closet and belongings I probably don't really need, I can't help but wonder is this actually happening!!? It seems like I've been talking about going to Ghana for so long that it has become almost surreal. Looking over at my plane ticket on the rug, it really hit me that in two days I will be living on a different continent, staying with a family I don't know and working in an environment that is much more foreign to me than anything I've experienced here in Charleston, South Carolina. Although Accra is one of the more developed places in West Africa, I can only imagine how different and exciting it will be. Everything from the vegetation, wild life, government, sanitation, housing and architecture will be very interesting to experience. Trips never make me nervous, but this time I definitely have a case of the butterflies. Hopefully they will subside within the next day or so. Anyway, I anxiously await my departure to Africa! Sorry this blog post is boring, I promise they will be better. -English