Because I actually want to do something, anything!, at my internship, I looked beyond the Dodowa Clinic. Nana Kwasi's sister, Angela, is starting an organic pepper farm so I think I will help her with it and use that as my internship. I want to do some composting, perhaps a rain catchment system, and maybe get the community involved and do a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program. On Saturday, I went with Angela to go look at the farm. Angela is as nice as Nana Kwasi. The sweeetest lady! We drove up to Aburi which is one of my favorite places in Ghana. It's about an hour north of Legon, directly east of Dodowa, where the clinic is. It's in the mountains and has the most beautiful scenery. Unfortunately, we did not get to see the farm because it began to rain, and when it rains here, it pours. This always seems to happen when I do my laundry and I put it outside to dry...So Angela and I turned around and headed back to Legon. She stopped at the roadside to get us some corn on the cob. She bought a whole bag of it for my friends to try too! It seems that the corn on the cob is dried and then boiled on the cob. You eat it with fresh coconut. It grows on you.

That night, I cooked some German food for some of my friends. Sauerkraut and vegan sausage sandwiches! Mmm. Maddie cooked some soup and made salad and dressing. I'm so abnormally full on the nights we cook. Maybe it's because we snack while doing it, or because I'm getting the nutrients I need. I'm not so sure..

The weekend was full of annoying drama but I won't get into that. Ugh. I can't escape it. Not even when I'm on another continent. We tried to get down at the club on Saturday, but strangely no one goes out on Saturday night. I mean NO ONE. We went to four different clubs and no one was getting down in them, okay maybe two people. Who doesn't go out on a Saturday night? I'll tell you who! Ghanaians!

Sunday, Nana Kwasi had some work to do in the town of Ada. Ada is a little more than an hour away. It's on the Volta River, east of Accra and Tema. It was beautiful. I love the rural areas of Ghana way more than the city. I talked with the woman who lived in the house that Nana was working on. She was a real live German! Oh how I love the times when I can speak German with another human being. Maybe it's because I dislike Twi so much so I cherish the times when I can speak a language I know and love. Today I had a Twi test, and was tested unknowingly on the words for sheep, black hat, and red dress. Practical.

Last night, Heather was not feeling well so we took her to Nyaho Hospital to get tested for malaria. We waited for a few hours after being shuffled between different health professionals. Finally the tests came back. So the blood tests were negative for malaria but...the doctor thought she had malaria. So we're still unsure to this day if Heather does indeed have malaria. Oh Ghana...

Today, Corinne and I decided that we needed to start exercising. Today was the first time I've exercised in Ghana. Although I've become rather skinny, I'm getting a bit of a starch belly. Ugh. So Corinne and I went for a run around campus. Campus is sooo gorgeous. Corinne loves plants and nature too so it was nice to stop at a few points on our run to look at and appreciate the abundant life here. I'll have to show you pictures of it because I can't even describe how beautiful everything is.